In "Raised on Radio," Paul Rees explores the glory years of arena rock, from Journey's anthems to Toto's hits and the rise of ...
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations have been announced for 2026, but what are the Black Crowes merits for being ...
Album-oriented rock ascended along with FM radio. It reached tremendous mainstream success—and a reputation for being uncool.
I loved the DJs, the music, the contests, the weekly countdowns, and even the stunts such as the music battles — remember the champion and challenger, with listeners (at least supposedly) voting for ...
Fly the friendly skies of AOR '70s/'80s rock with Night Ranger: Jeff Watson, Jack Blades, Brad Gillis, Alan Fitzgerald, and Kelly Keagy. Credit: Record cover They are the bands who have moved hundreds ...
But this music has legs. Take Journey’s hit Don’t Stop Believin’. Recorded in one take in 1981, it was featured in the last episode of The Sopranos in 2007 and rerecorded by the cast of Glee in 2009.
They defined eras and left us timeless songs – yet these 12 iconic bands were a musical full stop, their sound still strangely unclaimed to this day ...
The making of Aerosmith's 1987 comeback album 'Permanent Vacation' is revisited in the new book 'Raised on Radio', an oral ...
Living Proof' is one of the most confident and emotionally charged releases of Beck’s career, blending soaring melodies with ...
Journey’s most famous anthem was a largely forgotten relic of the early 1980s, until it had a massive digital-age resurgence ...
Below we’ve highlighted the most important pop-punk album from every year through the '80s. Since the sub-genre was still in ...
From Poco to Eno, Caravan to Creedence, 15 extraordinary 1970s albums that, undeservedly, have slipped through the net ...