The supergroup may seem like an increasingly rare species of artist these days, but the '80s were something of a golden age ...

Grab your Walkman and dust off that Members Only jacket '€” it's time to take a trip back to the most iconic decade in pop ...

In the 1980s, rock and roll evolved with a new form thanks to MTV and music videos. Suddenly, music was no longer restrained to our radios. Fans could now see their favorite acts as they really looked ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Recently, some colleagues and I got into a discussion about the theme song to “St. Elmo’s Fire,” the 1985 movie starring Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, and the rest of the Brat Pack. My boss hated John Parr’s ...

What were the best rock music videos for each year of the 1980s? It was a decade that set the standard for what the music video can be and we saw the growth explode over the course of the 1980s.

A powerful love song that debuted back in 1987 has just been declared the best song of the '80s by devoted music fans. The track in question is Starship's hit duet, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now." The ...

The 1980s might be the easiest decade to caricature. But the best ’80s albums prove that the decade wasn't just about big hair, big shoulder pads, and even bigger mobile phones—and that the era's ...

Paul McCartney began the '80s in much the same position as he'd entered the '70s: He released a home-recorded solo album after a blockbuster band had broken up. Despite those ups and many downs, ...

U2 has had its fair share of hits, but the live version of "Bad" helped cement the band in music history. Rolling Stonenamed it number 41 on its list of The 200 Best '80s Songs. Live Aid was a ...

Just when you thought the 1980s were over, these 1990s bands brought the music of the decade back for another round. At times, the desire for a '90s band to turn the clock back 10 or so years has been ...