Needle drops didn't occur much before 'Miami Vice'. The 80s cop show redefined how music was used on episodic television.

Also included in the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class is Joe Cocker, Bad Company, the White Stripes and Soundgarden.

The ’80s were somehow the best and worst of times for the Rolling Stones. At the beginning of the decade, the band was still ...

One of the early songs by Pere Ubu, Heart of Darkness, has a driving bassline. The song has a strong sense of foreboding, and its lyrics are like Mantras. As one of the earliest songs of the band, the ...

Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P., heavy metal front man best known for mock-torturing women onstage, has some thoughts about ...

Angel’s keyboard maestro Gregg Giuffria had, Kerrang! revealed, put together a brand new line-up of the group and was in LA’s ...

How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty ...

For musicians to be in a band for over 50 years is an incredible accomplishment, and one that Chicago can proudly claim. This ...

Once again putting aside faith songs, Harrison became absorbed in a ... But he rocks it all the way out. As the '80s concluded, Harrison had put his life back together, then his faith and finally ...

PHOTO PROVIDED Uptown Music Collective will wrap up its performance season with “80s Arena Rock: Power Ballads & Rock Anthems” on April 25 and 26 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport.

Unfortunately, by now, the examples are too many to count. The music industry, working together, has led the way in search of fair and practical solutions that protect every person’s right to ...