Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me," released in 1987, is known for its infectious chorus and is often regarded as one of the best rock songs of the 80s. The song's blend of hard rock and glam metal elements helped it become a defining track of the era. 40. With or Without Yo...
The 1980s are perhaps the most defining decade in hard rock and metal. Bands like AC/DC, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, who emerged in the '70s, continued to release stellar discs, but a whole new form of metal burst onto the scene in the '80s when thrash took over and bands like...
what sounds like hammer for sticks, Appice’s seismic drumming anchored some of the band’s heaviest songs like “Sign of the Southern Cross.” His swinging rhythms on the title track and “Falling of the Edge of the World” provide a rock-hard foundation for Iommi’s tectonic guitar ...
a hard-rock milestone combining flash, grit and songcraft.Destroyerwas Kiss' first album to go platinum; some of their best songs are here - "Detroit Rock City" and "Shout It Out Loud" top the batch - as is their first Top 10 and biggest single, "Beth," a ballad cowritten and sung...
-minute, seven-part "2112" is the one devoted fans point to as the apex of their career, but the flip's shorter, more concise songs ("A Passage to Bangkok," "The Twilight Zone") clear the path for the broader, more commercially successful music that came at the start of the '80s....
less tangled and more open to the pop music of their future, with songs such as "Dance the Night Away" finding new balance. Van Halen would dial back some of these glossier tendencies over the next few records before they emerged with a modernized and synth-driven sound in the mid-'80s...
songs and videos. Pretty soon the familiar pentagram and sinister image would make way for a rather one-dimensional parade of lust within the band's lyrical offerings. But this track certainly makes a good argument for Motley Crue as one of the singularheavy metalacts of the early '80s. ...
Vote for your favorite Kansas songs, not just singles and hits. List of Kansas songs, ranked from best to worst by the Ranker community. These American rockers experienced their greatest success in the '70s and '80s. They infused their progressive sound with both a hard rock edge and catchy...
but the gambit wouldn’t have paid off if the songs weren’t also great. The title track co-opts the frothy glam-metal hooks of the day, but album cuts like “Exciter,”“Not for the Innocent'' and “Fits Like a Glove” are steely hard rockers that combine Kiss’ gift for melody ...
but the gambit wouldn’t have paid off if the songs weren’t also great. The title track co-opts the frothy glam-metal hooks of the day, but album cuts like “Exciter,”“Not for the Innocent'' and “Fits Like a Glove” are steely hard rockers that combine Kiss’ gift for melody ...