The American Music Awards celebrated an eclectic list of artists during the 1986 show. But that makes sense—the 1980s was an era full of characters. If you close your eyes and think about it, you can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1986, music fans were swept back to the early ’70s by a rock anthem that delivered a bold message about love and marriage. The ...

Songwriters Chris Waters, left, and Kix Brooks, who were selected to compose Nashville’s official theme song, celebrate on April 1, 1986, with the city’s growing skyline behind them. Their song “I ...

Over the course of the week Rocks Off will be looking at the biggest years for goth music and exactly what they meant for the genre. Goth history does not have a lot of supergroups, unfortunately.

When Fela Kuti played this 1986 gig, he’d just spent 20 months in prison on charges brought by a Nigerian dictator. So the Afrobeat godfather’s always-present indignation has particular bite on this ...

In the 1980s, legendary Australian rock band INXS ventured out to the moon plains of Coober Pedy in South Australia on an adventure to get the perfect setting for the music video of their hit song, ...