Punk rock started in 1976 in New York, when four cretins from Queens came up with a mutant strain of blitzkrieg bubblegum.

The 1980s was a Golden Age of one-hit wonders, but if you had an aversion to MTV-pretty artists and their synthesizer – or (shiver) keytar – heavy, boppy pop tunes, the pickings were slim. Thankfully, ...

Top Gun' Turns 40 — and It’s Still One of the Most Iconic Action Movies Ever "When Doves Cry" became Prince’s first No. 1 single and top-selling 1984 hit. The song's music video sparked controversy ...

Celebrating 100 years of UK black music, with the homegrown black music of 2 Tone, Ska, and early black UK Pop and Hip Hop in ...

Much of the music and movies from the 1980s share one crucial element: campiness. These songs, albums, and films can be ...

Jack Douglas, a prolific producer who helmed iconic albums by John Lennon, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick and many more has died at 80.

Classic rock had a lot to offer in the 1980s, and these songs still dominate radio stations today, decades later.

Many songs could compete for the best song of the 1980s. The decade saw the heyday of superstars like Michael Jackson, ...

From Madonna to Sting and Bono, the 1980s produced some of today's most beloved tracks and superstars, who are still touring ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like ...

In 1986, The Bangles could do no wrong. The third single from the multi-million-selling Different Light was the US No 1 ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’, a playful pop track which looked to start a new dance ...