"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Do you remember the best songs from the 1980s? Let's take a step back in time. The hair was big, and the ...

This British synth-pop outfit was known as Yaz in the States. You might remember them by the song “Don’t Go” from 1982, an experimental pop gem that hit No. 1 on the US Dance charts and plenty of ...

Case in point, the British synth-pop group Soft Cell, which comprised members, vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The 1980s were a strange and glorious time in popular music. Compared to the 1970s, pop music became what rock and roll was – a larger-than-life stadium genre that ruled over popular ...

Back in the ’80s, pop music was ignited through new wave, romantics, and other formulations, just as rock began diverging across assorted paths—from raging Back in Black metal and songs that slipped ...

Here are the five best Rush songs from the 1980s! Like many progressive rock bands in the 1980s — and as previously mentioned in our The History of Rush in 10 Songs feature — Rush went through a ...

“I’m a goth that accidentally ended up in a pop band. It’s very upsetting.” Singer-songwriter Boy George is known for wearing many hats. Big hats, even. The largest hats anyone has probably ever seen ...