The best rock ballads of all time are also some of the best ballads period, from "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to "Dust in the ...

Anyone who witnessed the music boom of the 1980s firsthand can recall the shredding guitar riffs that often took center stage in the decade's biggest hits. And, while those guitars may have been ...

For Gen X and Baby Boomer music lovers, the term "classic rock" might bring to mind songs from the '60s and '70s. But as far as the radio is concerned, classic rock is all about the '80s. As Ultimate ...

We tend to think of the 80s as the era when the power ballad flourished. In truth, the idea of a band that usually played hard rock slowing things down and delivering some emotional lyrics actually ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

The New York State Fair is putting more ‘70s and ‘80s rock music to this year’s concert lineup. Slippery When Wet - The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute will perform at Chevy Court on Monday, Aug. 25, at 1 p ...

Lee, an eccentric, charismatic, and mercurial artist, founded Love around 1965. The band was one of the few mixed-race groups to emerge from the 1960s Los Angeles scene. The group offered an eclectic ...

The year 1984 was a watershed in pop music. The stars who’d made it big the previous decade had to embrace new instruments and MTV or risk being left behind. By Ben Sisario Don Henley was stuck. It ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. (L-R) Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross from 'Yacht Rock: A ...

The ‘90s supposedly “killed the guitar solo.” Yet even amid a decade dominated by grunge, gangsta rap, teen pop and nu-metal, southern rock, a classic sound synonymous with guitar solos, made a ...

Mary Harron’s satirical horror film “American Psycho” (2000) follows New York City businessman Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) as he leads a double life as a serial killer. Set in the 1980s, the ...