The wah-wah pedal is a way to pump up fans. Indeed, these are three rock songs from the 1980s that star an epic wah-wah pedal ...

It's kind of crazy how fresh these 1980s rock songs still sound, despite being well over 40 years old at this point.

The rock music of the early 1980s had a unique style that stemmed from the trends of the 1970s in music, such as progressive rock, disco and soft rock. The '80s wasn't a decade really known for its ...

In 1980, the term yacht rock had yet to be coined, but from Boz Scaggs to Hall & Oates, that year gave us some of the best ...

Aimee Mann’s “Voices Carry” became the signature song of ’Til Tuesday after the Boston band recorded its debut album.

Some songs are made for the radio. Others are made to test how far a band can go before it hits its limit. One song from the popular progressive rock group Yes, "Machine Messiah," is firmly in the ...

Blondie created one of rock music's most enduring classics with the release of "Call Me" in 1980. The rock band, widely considered one of the pioneers of the new wave movement, reached even greater ...

What were the best deep cuts from the 1980s best-selling rock and metal albums and how did they stack up against each other? That's what we're exploring in this list as we revisit some of the biggest ...

In the 1980s, rock and roll evolved with a new form thanks to MTV and music videos. Suddenly, music was no longer restrained to our radios. Fans could now see their favorite acts as they really looked ...

People of a certain age will tell you that everything peaked in the 1980s. To them, in an era before the internet and social media separated everyone, this decade was when America was about joy and ...

Earlier this summer, Paste began its big, multi-month project: picking the greatest songs of all time. The plan is to go decade by decade and choose our favorite singles and deep cuts before producing ...

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 ...