Hard rock as a genre is difficult to pin down ... VH1 ranked it 47th on their list of the 100 greatest 80s songs. In 1985, ...

As the ’80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to ...

This chart-topping song (on multiple formats) spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on both the Mainstream Rock + Alternative Airplay ...

The presence of MTV helped numerous hard rock and various genre of metal acts enjoy mainstream success through their music videos. Whether conceptual, performance-based or even surrealistic ...

Singer Axl Rose emerged with Guns N' Roses just when rock needed him, with late-'80s music dominated by safe pop-metal and synthy dance music. GNR reshaped hard rock in their image on their 1987 ...

David Chiu is a freelance music ... Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary.' Almost 20 years ago, the irreverent comedy series Yacht Rock debuted on the web, lovingly spoofing popular ‘70s and ‘80s ...

Heavy music was at war with itself in 1985 — and from the conflict emerged a slew of groundbreaking albums from one of hard rock and metal's most consequential years. Our list of the Top 20 ...