About a year after rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, Bruce Hornsby received a parcel in the mail. It was from the foundation bearing Shakur’s name. “And so obviously, I’m opening this up, curious,” ...

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The end of the 1980s marked the end of classic rock, in a way. Find three rock songs released then that were rock's last stand.

For their Snakebite EP in 1978, the band recorded a cover of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City," which had been a ...

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J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

You’re belting out your favorite ’80s anthem at the top of your lungs, completely confident in every word, when someone stops you mid-chorus to point out that you’ve been singing the wrong lyrics for ...

Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...

Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

The 1980s: a decade famous for its catchy tunes, massive shoulder pads, and lyrics that just haven't aged well. It's one thing to throw on your legwarmers and pump out those aerobic jams, but have you ...