'80s Alternative Rock Legends Share Exciting News and Fans Are Thrilled originally appeared on Parade. From humble beginnings as a Boston punk band in the mid-1980s to becoming college radio mainstays ...

We often think of decades in music history as isolated chapters. However, music, as with everything, evolves. Underground artists were reacting against the slick production and excess of popular music ...

The 1980s get reduced to big hair and power ballads more often than they deserve. Sure, MTV was king and glam metal ruled the airwaves, but underneath all that hairspray, a completely different world ...

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 ...

40 Years Ago Today, This ‘80s Alt Rock Legend Survived Harrowing Near-Death Experience originally appeared on Parade. August 10, 1985, started as just another day of competitive sailing for Simon Le ...

These three songs were alternative rock before we even has a name for the sub-genre. These tracks helped establish a new ...