In his marvelous book about the rise and fall of SST Records – Corporate Rock Sucks – author Jim Ruland paints a depressing picture of the transformation of popular music in the 1980s into one ...

Tentpole genres like rock and pop produced a number of ... point for exploring the various iterations of popular music created in the 1980s. Music in the 80s was moving in a number of loosely ...

The thing with big hits is that as soon as modern pop (in its rock or any other form ... for coming up with this stuff that fits classical music strips into synth-pop clothing and makes the ...

The world of pop was never great outlets for guitar solos, but some songs managed to get some fretboard action in the mix.

These one-hit wonders launched some pretty memorable music videos, and some might remember those videos more than the source ...

Just when prog rock’s prospects looked ... Genesis started the ball rolling in March 1980 when they sanded down their idiosyncratic edges long enough to pull a pop-friendly single off the ...

When it comes to Brat Pack movies (starring 1980s young Hollywood ... is the high quality of the music included in those films. Mostly rooted in pop and alternative rock, with plenty of new ...

At that time, there were many popular solo ... be listening to? The 1980s saw the dawn of post-punk bands, new wave, and the new romantics which saw guitar-oriented rock music move in a more ...

With the introduction of music videos on MTV in the 1980s, pop music continued ... you get a true flavour for how pop music has changed since the 1950s. rock ‘n’ roll A musical style ...

The 1980s undeniably brought the world some incredible music. Rock bands like Guns 'N Roses and Bon Jovi dominated the charts, while Michael Jackson's legendary Thriller album, which he released in ...

"Whether you’re nostalgic for the music of the 1980s or are discovering it for the first time, one thing is for certain: Roxey Ballet’s newest production will have you dancing ...