These story songs from the 1980s likely threw most of their listeners for a loop with those lyrical twists and turns.

Fine Young Cannibals was one of the best rock bands from the 1980s that has unfortunately been forgotten in favor of their pop-rock contemporaries. Formed in England, FYC was all over MTV in the late ...

If the 1970s was the decade that rock came of age, then the 1980s was the era when it truly spread its wings. Those 10 insanely fertile years saw the emergence of countless brilliant bands who would ...

Classic rock may have been on the decline in terms of popularity in the 1980s, but a handful of tracks proved to be popular ...

The music of the 1980s reflected the era’s sweeping cultural shifts and technological advancements, producing a diverse array of sounds and styles that continue to influence contemporary music.

Eric Howard Carmen is born in Cleveland, Ohio. The singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist was first known as the bandleader of the power-pop band the Raspberries. He scored numerous hit songs ...

Progressive rock bands going pop is a well-established phenomenon. And it's one that still happens today, believe it or not. Do you have a favorite prog band that subsequently dabbled in popular music ...

The 1980s were heady times for synthesizers and drum machines. Ushering out the distorted three-chord guitars and traditional ...

Popular music was splintering in about a dozen directions as the '70s came to an end. The decade's buildups of pop, rock, new wave, punk, disco, soul and any number of variations on those genres ...