When it comes to popular music, was there ever a bigger a transition is style, tone, instrumentation and performance between ...

Of course, electronic music existed long before that decade. Yet the synthesizer-as-primary-instrument score came to ...

Salem 66 — 'one of the only women-led bands' in the 1980s indie rock scene of Dinosaur Jr. and the Pixies — are getting a new compilation.

These underrated pop stars from the 1980s made it big and then promptly disappeared. Let's find out what happened to them.

1980's The River was Bruce Springsteen 's first record to top the charts - an especially remarkable feat for a double album.

What 1980s rock bands should have been bigger ... Others had extensive runs of charting music that didn't seem to be as big as you might think given the quality of their output.

going to the movies in the 1980s was a truly special experience every time. Movies aren't the only form of medium that prospered in the '80s, however: it was an especially strong decade for music.