Four lads from Birmingham invented an entire genre mostly because Tony Iommi lost his fingertips at work.
Fun fact: Tony Iommi lost two fingertips in a factory accident and plays guitar with homemade prosthetics.
Outlasted every other grunge band by decades, mostly by picking fights with Ticketmaster before it was cool.
Fun fact: The band testified before the U.S. Congress in 1994, accusing Ticketmaster of monopolistic practices.