The '70s paved the way for the '80s sound, as evident in these three 1979 rock songs. Revisit these throwback hits.

Lex Williams is a music writer and film critic, who shares her time between North Carolina and New York City. From a young age, Lex has always had a passion for arts in all its forms, having worked in ...

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 ‘70s and ‘80s were a golden era for duets. Particularly in the few years surrounding 1980, it seemed like the most popular recording artists were constantly recording hits with each other. In the ...

The transition from one decade to the next is significant in more ways than just the flipping of a calendar page. For musicians, it can represent a sonic, aesthetic and ideological changing of the ...

Here's why Genesis abandoned prog rock for pop in the 1980s! Progressive rock was huge throughout the 1970s, but as the music industry and the pubic gradually leaned into synth-pop, art pop and new ...

Tracking Aerosmith's career trajectory from the beginning to the end of the '80s reveals one of the most remarkable comebacks in rock history. The Aerosmith of the late '80s was a different beast than ...

One of the most iconic voices of the '80s rock scene is undoubtedly David Lee Roth. The former Van Halen front man was the voice of the band for their first six albums, providing iconic vocals on ...

In a 2017 interview with Classic Pop, he said his band was "just having a laugh and getting paid for it,” but for millions of fans, their music was the defining soundtrack of the 1980s. Now, more than ...

Clem Burke, the longtime drummer for legendary rock band Blondie, has died. He was 70 years old. Blondie announced Burke’s passing on the band’s Instagram story Monday. “It is with profound sadness ...

Billy McGuigan & The Pop Rock Orchestra energized the Ritz Theatre with classic hits from the 60s and 70s, drawing an ...