In its place, a slew of heavier, darker and altogether weirder bands burst forth, foreshadowing the alternative revolution of ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

Rock fans and contemporaries are mourning the death of a musician who had his biggest hits in the 1980s. John Sykes, an English guitarist who was a member of both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, died after ...

The first 25 years of the 21st century started with a bang for rock music. The genre had taken a hit as the ’90s closed, as ...