I've never been a huge ZZ Top fan, especially when it comes to the rather silly, bawdy double entendre-laced songs the band was often known for during the '70s and ... Read More

By the end of the '70s British blues-rock band Foghat had fallen hard from favor among music fans, the band's arena rock suffering noticeably in comparison to punk rock's raw ... Read More

Some call it cynical; others call it survival. Maybe you think it's shameless, and your friend declares it utterly natural. Wherever you stand on the issue, '80s hair metal champions ... Read More

One of England's best post-punk bands that bore a strong sonic resemblance to American new wave, B-Movie continues to be one of the most obscure groups of the early '80s ... Read More

If you don't mind twisted portraits of depravity in your movies, Christian Bale's brilliant turn in 2000's film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho interestingly turns out to be ... Read More

For those of us who find the whiny croon of the Smiths' Morrissey to be a bit too much to take, a great late-'80s alternative to that singer quietly lurks ... Read More

With the recent release of his latest solo effort, Are You Lookin' at Me?, former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay carries the torch for a glaringly small contingency of ... Read More

I realize that '70s and '80s singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg clearly falls into the category of riding-in-the-backseat-with-your-parents music, the kind of music with which you can rationalize a strong familiarity simply ... Read More