There have been some heavy bands who've decided to give their their songs a little extra spring with some swing. The ...

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and furthermore one of the most defining songs of the 1980s. Billy Idol sonically encompasses a lot of what was amazing about the 80s from hard hitting rock, frenetic pop choruses and an ...

Like “Funkytown,” a hit song in the early 1980s was bound to be influenced at least a little bit by the echoes of disco. Harry and her band don’t shy away from the beat, but they rock out hard and the ...

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These four Led Zeppelin songs were never performed live, and the reasons why make (more or less) perfect sense.

Each of these bands and artists saw significant success and released a majority of their career defining work during the 1980s ... rock acts in history. As pioneers of chaotic hard hitting ...

There were soaring guitars, melodic keyboards and larger-than-life power ballads. All of those musical qualities are distinguishable characteristics for several 1980s rock acts. Those are also traits ...

For the soundtrack of 'Footloose', Heart vocalist Ann Wilson performed a duet with Mike Reno of Loverboy, but he was not her first choice for the part.

The track also features vocals from American hip-hop group De La Soul and is the perfect pick-me-up for any alt-rock ... 1980 hit “You Make My Dreams (Come True).” The cutesy love song has ...

"This little band was created to have fun re-imagining, for the most part, 70's cover songs, but not the usual ... You will anyway!" 10 HARD Rock Bands Whose Biggest Hit Is a Ballad 10 HARD ...