Duran Duran perfected what a lot of boring, obscure British bands had been doing before them: mixing colonialist rhythms with sapphire-bullet synths and surly brass. The band peppered the ’80s with a number of hot singles (most of which can be found on the unstoppable side A of Rio) ...
UCR takes a chronological look at the 100 best rock albums of the '80s. Gallery Credit:Nick DeRiso and Michael Gallucci 'The Pretenders' Sire 'The Pretenders' The Pretenders (1980): Chrissie Hynde was a new-school punk with a classic-rock heart. She loved the Kinks as much as she loved...
Rock music: a sprawling, glorious mess of a genre that's given us everything from stadium-shaking anthems to bedroom ballads. It's a musical force that's soundtracked our lives, our loves, and our losses.
The 80's saw a brand new flavor of music propelled by advances in musical technology. Superstars such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Billy Idol, and Paula Abdul shared the spotlight with great bands such as Journey, Guns and Roses, Def Leppard, and more. ...
When did punk rock die? Everyone knows it happened sometime in recent history, but few people agree on when. The music still exists, in knowing quotation marks, but its winning combination of unforced abrasiveness and calcu...
Byline: MAEVE QUIGLEY; DEMELZA DE BURCAThe Mirror (London, England)
Also ranks #2 on The Best Chicago Rappers Also ranks #5 on The Best Drill Rappers Of All Time View on AMAZON 5 Post Malone White Iverson, Too Young 10,208 votes This genre-defying artist has consistently blurred the lines between rap, pop, rock, and country, captivating audiences with...
Long Live PopThe greatest pop bands and artists in every conceivable sub-genre, ranked. The Very Best Pop Punk Bands Pop Artists of the 1980s The Greatest Pop Rock Bands The Greatest Indie Pop Bands The Greatest Britpop Bands The Greatest Pop Folk Artists The Best Pop Albums of the Decade...
BACKSTORY:The former Bauhaus frontman’s third solo album served as his commercial breakthrough in America, with single “Cuts You Up” dominating modern-rock radio in the States. SINGLES:“The Line Between the Devil’s Teeth,”“Cuts You Up,”“Strange Kind of Love” ...
Almost all of the early New York City punk rock bands would ultimately take on the new wave descriptor, which is actually rather appropriate given the array of experimental styles found in that city's mid-'70s scene. Still, the way the term was co-opted by the mainstream pop establishment...