As the 80s gave way to the 90s back in 1989, these classic rock songs served as the soundtrack for the end of an era.

Our list of nine great '80s hard rock bands that weren't hair metal is a reminder that the decade had plenty of movers and shakers outside of the glammed-up Sunset Strip scene. Some bands initially ...

These are our picks for the "Big 4" bands (and artists) of 1980s metal. That of course doesn't mean that there are only four legendary thrash bands, it just means they're the bands that are most ...

As frontman for the multi-platinum glam metal band Ratt, Stephen Pearcy was one of the most recognizable hard rock voices of the '80s. But as a new video proved, while the 68-year-old lead singer is ...

In the 1980s, a lot of metal bands were content to sing about sex, drugs, partying and banging your head senseless — but not all of them, as you’ll see in the following list of 11 ’80s metal songs ...

There’s nothing quite like the sound of 80s heavy metal and thrash. Two distinctive approaches to the genre, but sharing a lot of DNA. Blending the abrasiveness of punk with the whiskey-fueled ...

"We're here to tell the story of one of the most under-appreciated genres of music in rock history," says Emily Havens, the museum's executive director. By Paul Grein Rock music from the 1980s doesn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the mid-1980s, Loudness became one of the few Japanese rock bands to break into the American mainstream, touring ...

Remember the musical landscape in 1987? Back then, glam metal undisputably owned rock and roll. Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls” hit number two. Whitesnake went multi-platinum. Poison, Ratt, and ...

The 1980s gave rock music room to get bigger, louder, and stranger. Hair metal took over MTV, heavy metal kept expanding, and newer sounds like new wave and alternative rock pushed the genre in fresh ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

Iconic '80s Metal Singer, 68, Divides Fans With Recent Performance originally appeared on Parade. As frontman for the multi-platinum glam metal band Ratt, Stephen Pearcy was one of the most ...