If you think about it, the 1980s boasted a lot of characters. The entire decade seemed to be populated with personas more than people. It seemed like wherever you looked, a colorful face was right ...

The 1980s didn't just sound different; it looked different, felt bigger, and pushed rock in multiple directions at once. Arena anthems got shinier. Guitar solos got faster. Alternative scenes got ...

We just checked with the Guinness Book of World Records, and it’s true. Being in a band is the most difficult thing that a person can do. More difficult than swallowing a dozen cannon balls, more ...

The 1980s was a singular era in rock and roll. The decade ushered in the advent—and renaissance—of a number of genres, including post-punk, heavy metal, dance rock, and thrash metal. Even the hard and ...

What were best 1980s rock albums by the best 1980s rock bands? Let's take a closer look. In most cases, the bands included in this list kept giving us great music well into the '90s and most have been ...

Here are the 11 best progressive rock albums from the 1980s (ranked)! In general, the 1980s were not kind to progressive rock, as the genre largely lessened in commercial viability and ...

Several big names in ‘80s rock are hitting the road together for ‘The Big Rock Summer Tour’. The tour features Ratt, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Skid Row, and Slaughter. All of them will be performing at ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...