The 1980s were an incredibly polarizing time for music fans, thanks in no small part to the vast differences in popular genres, which ranged from heavy metal to synth-pop to hip-hop. Frankly, in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum members (from left) Peter Yanowitz, Michael C. Hall and Matt Katz-Bohen have unveiled a new ...

Power ballads were all the rage in the 1980s, and when one thinks of emotional songs from the era that elicit goosebumps, they think of such songs. However, that decade featured quite a few songs that ...

Some 1970s rock giants lost their way in the '80s – these 12, though, reinvented themselves and thrived in bold new ...

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other ...

Dave Smith, a pioneer of the synthesizer, revolutionized pop music in the 1980s. David Bowie and Madonna are among the legions who used his... Remembering Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the ...

The 1980s was a defining decade for popular culture, but its impact was heavily felt in music. It saw the new romantics, Live Aid, Madonna, the rise of hip-hop, and the birth of MTV. The constant ...

An image from the film “Resynator” shows Alison Tavel with components of the synthesizer her father invented. (Photo courtesy of Select a Shape Pictures) When Alison Tavel asked family members about ...