Popular music of the ’70s and ’80s mixed and matched parts assembled earlier in the 20th century, borrowing from the melisma of soul, the locomotion of rock and roll, the improvisational verve ...

Bad Religion released their debut album, 'How Could Hell Be Any Worse?' and it's still important more than 40 years later.

Robert X. Planet was one of those rare individuals gifted with an obscene level of talent who was great at anything he did.

After joining forces in Chicago, the band known as Bag People became a source of weirdo vitality in New York’s early ’80s post-punk/no-wave scene, but they never got around to releasing any recordings ...

If you grew up in the ’80s and the ’90s ... Well, Matt Archbold changed all of that and paved the way by going a bit more punk rock and rebelling against the entire culture.

"80s music signifies a temporary demise in creativity and the triumph of mainstream culture." Madeline Harding shares her opinions, positive and negative, on 80s music as a whole.

Pop quiz: who was the heaviest band of the 80s? If you’re tempted to respond to that question with some of the usual suspects ...

They got me going down a rabbit hole of Aussie bands, and Civic kept coming up—they just stuck. Think early ’80s S. Cal punk meets The Saints. Great guitar riffs! Great band with a great message!