In most tellings of pop music history, the 1980s were primarily ... The English band was a leader of 1970s progressive rock. By the early ’80s, after a series of lineup changes, it was in ...
Almost 20 years ago, the irreverent comedy series Yacht Rock debuted on the web, lovingly spoofing popular ‘70s and ‘80s artists ... whose smooth music blended rock, pop, jazz and soul.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood were the epitome of 80s excess, the singular sound of a band trying to push the sound of pop music into the ... and blue-collar American rock. Two decades after Gerry ...
Signals’ first single, it would become Rush’s only U.S. Top 40 pop hit ... moved on from his old band roots-tinged art rock on his first album of the 80s, things were drastically different.
Plenty of pop stars out there have given rock music a shot through the years. While many pop icons didn’t exactly dive into straight-up rock-and-roll territory, many of them produced fairly good ...
It was music that was smooth ... Boz Scaggs’ smooth pop and the later, 80s pop-rock of Hall & Oates beyond the fact that the various members of Toto appeared on many of these albums, making ...
“The influence of 80s icons and Yorkshire legends The Human League can’t be overstated - pop music simply wouldn ... place to welcome both pop and rock royalty.” The Who frontman Roger ...