As the '80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock and metal ...

The 2000s were a great time for rock and metal music. Many of the remaining grunge musicians were making new music, the punk bands that made waves in the late 1990s were embodying the frustration of a ...

For many people, rock and roll is synonymous with “cool.” Rock stars are arguably the coolest people on the planet. The 1990s brought new kinds of rock stars. The early part of the decade saw the rise ...