The 1980s were a time of experimentation and excess that saw the birth of hair metal, thrash metal, alternative rock, new ...

"Brown" just doesn't seem to be a great rock color when it comes to naming bands. In fact, our winner here has spent more ...

Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not, controversy also helped. These were the days of the “satanic ...

While plenty of bands or artists from that decade are re-forming to make a little money off this retro obsession, other prominent groups from the '80s are still going strong. Not all we'll ...

34. “Ace of Spades” by Motörhead The Heavy Metal outfit lead by frontman Lemmy Kilmister have remained one of the single most influential rock bands from the late 70s and early 80s.

Did you ever dig deep enough to find out the second best songs of certain one-hit wonder bands? Well, we did and in this feature you'll find that some of the '80s and '90s biggest one-hit wonder ...

Almost 50 years on from their formation, NWOBHM spearheads Saxon and much-loved frontman Biff Byford are verging on national ...

One of the best things about the ’80s? Weirdness became very, very cool. From Boy George to Prince to Cyndi Lauper and Weird ...

Stryper at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 3, 1987 was my first concert. After living under the fundamentalist ...

Four years ago, almost to the day, Minnesotans were digging out of record-snowfall — a stark difference to the forecasted ...

With that being said, the following list was constructed after considering a wide array of popularized 80s artists. Each of these bands and artists saw significant success and released a majority ...