The ’70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country rock and metal, but one genre stands out in the classic rock field: hard rock. Easily encompassing many of the above styles, as well ...

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For my own music, I really like to have endless possibilities,” Spiritbox leader Courtney LaPlante says. The singer believes the metal world is too preoccupied with subgenres — helpful for listeners ...

With that in mind, read on to see the best prog song by five hair metal bands. Bon Jovi sought to move beyond the frothy pop-metal sound and aesthetic of their '80s output with 1992's Keep the Faith.

On paper, punk has little in common with hard rock. In its infancy, it rejected corporate bands, guitar solos, concept albums, and similar bloat that plagued the biggest artists of the 1970s. But some ...

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' ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...