Are they rock or are they metal? There are a handful of bands whose genre labels we can't seem to agree on from time to time. You may have noticed that a lot of our ...

In 1977, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio cofounder and Swampers guitarist Jimmy Johnson offered a local band called Jackson Highway a song called “Old Time Rock and Roll.” The band, named after Muscle ...

The overall sound of this blues-tinged rock act has been influenced in a manner that suggests the Rolling Stones meets T-Rex, infused with some hair metal. The band, which included the classic lineup ...

We’re back at it – ranking bands – and this time it’s rock. The emergence of rock music came on a little over six decades ago, so to some people, it’s still considered a “younger” genre of music. Rock ...

When people talk about rock bands that have transcended the test of time, they typically talk about The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, and other bands from the ’60s and ’70s.

Art-rock band Salem 66 tore through the underground music scene in Boston in the 1980s. The group played alongside musicians like Amherst-born rock band Dinosaur Jr., toured across the country and ...

Classic rock bands, especially from the 60s and 70s, tend to have pretty interesting names. What better way to stand out from the sea of other rock bands than to name yourself something like ...

Life sometimes calls for that upbeat song when everything else has got you down — but what happens when you don't want to cheat on your favorite depressing rock or metal band? Thankfully, some of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Dad-rock is this fascinating label in pop culture that’s often ...