Classic rock didn't end with the '80s. As you'll see in the list of songs below, the '90s offered plenty of reason for rock music fans to tune into something other than the same records they had been ...

Here are the 80 best rock and metal albums of the 1980s and the 90 best of the 1990s! The sounds and styles that were pioneered and popularized across these two decades is mind-boggling. The guitar ...

Who was the biggest rock band of the ‘80s and ‘90s? According to YouTube it is Guns ‘N’ Roses by a fairly wide margin. The band’s epic “November Rain” clip just became the first ‘90s video to hit one ...

The 1980s didn’t just sound different; it looked different, felt bigger, and pushed rock in multiple directions at once. Arena anthems got shinier. Guitar solos got faster. Alternative scenes got ...

Back in the 1980s and '90s, when cell phones were large and musicians couldn't rely on the Internet to market their songs, Bay Area bands had to work a little harder to find success. Some lucky acts ...

The ‘90s supposedly “killed the guitar solo.” Yet even amid a decade dominated by grunge, gangsta rap, teen pop and nu-metal, southern rock, a classic sound synonymous with guitar solos, made a ...

There were some really shocking moments in rock and metal during the '70s, '80s and '90s. There are certainly some pretty shocking things that still happen in our world today. But when you look at ...

Maybe it was because The Rolling Stones had recently reunited. Or, like alternative and grunge, it was a counterreaction to the slick contemporary hard-rock and metal that had been dominating the ...

While the 1970s may be the decade most think of when it comes to classic rock songs, the 1980s aren’t far behind. The unique era of music—what with its synth-heavy sounds, colorful dress and hairspray ...

R.E.M. reunited for the first time in 17 years at the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night, according to multiple reports. Singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bass player Mike Mills and ...