The 1980s metal explosion turned many bands into stars overnight as loud choruses and flashy music videos filled arenas and ...

The power ballad earned the Grammy for Best Rock Song in 1994, even though it fell short of the No. 1 spot.

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Richard Gere is a father to three children, including a son, Homer, with his ex-wife Carey Lowell, and two sons, Alexander ...

Billy Corgan tells UCR why he faced a certain level of opposition when he and Smashing Pumpkins were finalizing their ...

1991 wasn't just a pivotal year in rock. It was an earthquake that fundamentally reshaped the musical landscape. For a decade, hair metal and glossy pop had dominated, but as the 90s dawned, a potent ...

It’s been an eventful week for MTV-related news, which, when you consider the channel’s declining relevance over the years, is news in itself. First came the widespread rumors that MTV had shuttered ...

Born David Robert Jones today in 1947, David Bowie was a major figure for more than four decades in the world of popular music. He was widely regarded as an innovator and was known for his distinctive ...

For those of us of a certain age, it still feels both sad and inexplicable that MTV—a channel that literally used to be called “Music Television”—stopped, y’know, playing music, on television. Sadly, ...

MTV shut down its remaining 24/7 music channels in several countries, including the UK and Australia, at the end of 2025. The main MTV network shifted its focus to reality shows long ago and it ...

Reports of MTV’s death may have been premature, but it’s still a far cry from the Music Television of yore. Some of our elder readers probably remember their elders telling them that MTV used to show ...