F or some, the 1980s were about neon and new wave, yacht rock and wine coolers, wide lapels and pristine pop. For others, the ...

The Misfits are a legendary band, and their debut album, 'Walk Among Us' is an all-time classic. Combining '50s and '60s ...

Then, in the 1980s and into the 1990s, artists like Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, Savatage, and especially Dream Theater essentially melded those prog rock attributes with the fiercer attitudes of heavy ...

Everybody wins. Screeching in on a motorcycle and dressed head to toe in leather, Judas Priest are one of metal's most cherished bands for their dedication to all things heavy metal. Even some of ...

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in music history. The hair spray, makeup, and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV.

New bands formed out of a love for Kiss and Black Sabbath but also Minor Threat, Fugazi, and Bad Brains. And the ethos between heavy metal and punk rock created an ethical dilemma. He said that ...

But this pursuit is what also inadvertently brought me head-to-head with metal ... “Heavy Rock from the American Comedown Era,” as RidingEasy describes it. In purely musical terms, these bands ...