These 20 Rock Bands Helped Make the ’80s So Loud The 1980s gave rock music room to get bigger, louder, and stranger. Hair ...

'80s Alternative Rock Legends Share Exciting News and Fans Are Thrilled originally appeared on Parade. From humble beginnings as a Boston punk band in the mid-1980s to becoming college radio mainstays ...

We often think of decades in music history as isolated chapters. However, music, as with everything, evolves. Underground artists were reacting against the slick production and excess of popular music ...

Appetite for Destruction was a very influential album in this way. This album undeniably opened the door to the raw realism ...

The 1980s get reduced to big hair and power ballads more often than they deserve. Sure, MTV was king and glam metal ruled the airwaves, but underneath all that hairspray, a completely different world ...

Music in the ’80s is typically associated with the computerized, neon-tinged sounds of MTV, but there was much more to this ...

‘80s Rock Icons Leave Fans Speechless With Flawless Sound originally appeared on Parade. Some bands age like fine wine, and The Psychedelic Furs just proved that nearly five decades of rock experience ...

Just when you thought the 1980s were over, these 1990s bands brought the music of the decade back for another round. At times, the desire for a '90s band to turn the clock back 10 or so years has been ...

What 1980s rock bands should have been bigger? Each of the acts on this list had varying levels of fame during the 80s. Some were as brief as being labeled one-hit wonders. Others had extensive runs ...