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 ...

There are songs based on real-world events, then there’s “Winds of Change.” Written by vocalist Klaus Meine, the song is his reflection on the end of the Cold War and the end of the Soviet Union.

Plenty of rock bands from the 1980s are still popular today. The likes of Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue, Skid Row, and Red Hot Chili Peppers found massive success and remain in heavy rotation with fans ...

Triumph, the Canadian hard rock band that enjoyed its peak popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has announced it is reuniting for a North American tour. Parade reports the Rock & Roll Machine ...

Rock music is generally traced back to the 1950s, but classic rock had its breakthrough in the '70s and '80s. While Elvis Presley is often called the King of Rock and Roll, rock music was actually ...

The guitarist and co-founder of a famous 1980s hard rock band died at the age of 67. The death of Chris Hager, a member of Mickey Ratt and then the hard rock band, Ratt, which was created in 1981, was ...

Chris Hager, a member of Mickey Ratt—the precursor to hit ‘80s hard rock band Ratt—and later a member of Rough Cutt, has died. He was 67. A cause of death has not been released. His death was ...

Hard rock evolved from several popular music factors at the beginning of the '70s. From electric blues to garage rock to pop radio, shifts in tastes and performance blurred the line between rock 'n' ...

Chris Hager has died at the age of 67. Hager was the guitarist of Mickey Ratt, then hard rock band Ratt. The cause of death was not revealed. Stephen Pearcy, lead singer of Ratt, announced the news ...