Weezer’s biggest hit wasn’t theirs; their cover of Toto’s ’80s classic Africa became a surprise phenomenon for a new ...

You’re a young band attempting to make your way in the music industry and then, without warning, a pandemic strikes, removing any opportunity for you to tour and build up a live following. What do you ...

The ‘80s was an era in music as distinct as any in history. Bands and artists made bold sounds with synthesizers and programmed drums that redefined pop music. Innovation and ingenuity in some cases ...

Do you remember Far Corporation, the '80s supergroup behind a hit dance pop cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"? The '80s were a wild time when new wave and synths became the flavor of the ...

Picture this: It's December. You turn on your car radio. The first few synth-pop notes of "Last Christmas" by Wham! start playing. What do you do? Why, you turn the volume up and you sing every single ...

Some people celebrate Thanksgiving in November. For others, only the Vomitorium will do. The annual event, now in its 29th year, features "synths, solos and shameless nostalgia," designed to indulge ...

Some artists thrived in the '80s — Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, etc. Others, arguably, did not. Even the most devoted of Bob Dylan fans don't typically point to the '80s as his best decade of ...

If there was ever a decade that defined the musical guilty pleasure, it was the ‘80s. The advent of new technologies unlocked sonic possibilities like never before. Blessed with a broad array of ...

You’re belting out your favorite ’80s anthem at the top of your lungs, completely confident in every word, when someone stops you mid-chorus to point out that you’ve been singing the wrong lyrics for ...