Sheena Easton, an '80s pop star who won two Grammys, reflected on why she left the music industry for a more normal life. Her ...
The 80s stand as one of the most competitive eras ever in terms of artists trying to make an impact on the pop charts. It’s no wonder that some bands craved the winning formula of proven outside ...
Power pop blossomed in the 70s. Bands combined the melodicism of 60s pop with the harder rock sounds that were coming into vogue. That genre faded in popularity a bit as the 80s dawned. But it never ...
Hole’s third album Celebrity Skin marked a bold shift from grunge to glam, giving the band a polished sound that earned major ...
Soft Cell was renowned for its 1981 cover of “Tainted Love,” a massive hit that brought electronic music to a mainstream ...
The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...
The pop music world learned of the unforeseen passing of an ’80s legend. David Ball, one half of popular group Soft Cell, died on Tuesday, according to bandmate Marc Almond. “It is hard to write this, ...
Haircut 100 have teamed up with lead singer Nick Heyward to release the band’s first new album in more than 40 years. “Boxing ...
When an experimental project escaped from the studio in 1980, no one could have predicted the consequences for both prog and ...
Ball’s death came after Soft Cell played for more than 20,000 fans while headlining Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames in ...