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While many bands from the 1970s became iconic, others are less remembered, but they deserve to be based on their ...
The 1980s was a very different time from the 1970s. And these three rock bands failed to launch a successful comeback because of it.
There was so much inventive rock and roll in the 1970s that it is easy to overlook some classic albums. Here are five not to be missed.
May 20—Rock 'n' roll trailblazer Joan Jett and country music star Scotty McCreery will take to the stage for concerts during the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo in August. The fair concerts ...
The 1970s/1980s rock band Foreigner made a huge announcement on Thursday, May 8 — their iconic discography is coming to the stage in a brand-new musical that will be directed by a Broadway ...
Bruce Howe Bruce Howe, a legendary rock bassist in the 1970s band Fraternity, died on Jan. 29, according to multiple reports. He was 77. Howe reportedly died after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Around the mid-1980s, Reed says, industrial musicians began incorporating influences from dance music and rock ‘n’ roll, leading to KMFDM’s rise. The band was founded in 1984 as a ...
The hallmarks of mainstream ’70s rock — long guitar solos, bushy sideburns — were out. Synthesizers, drum machines and stylized, eye-popping music videos were in.
After joining Kool & the Gang as lead singer, James “JT” Taylor sang "Celebration," "Ladies Night," "Cherish," and other Eighties hits ...
With the Beatles a thing of the past and the counterculture revolution aging into different forms of expression, rock music in the 1970s evolved into an even more sophisticated and album-oriented ...
When most people think of the genre of classic rock, it's the 1970s that come to mind. And rightfully so, in many ways. That's when you have bands like Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles ...
1970s - Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin was the pinnacle of monster rock music with insanely talented musicians, a brilliant bluesy wailer of a singer and a huge presence on stage and in the studio. Page ...