1980′s
Best Sellers From The ’80s: Peter Gabriel’s “So”
Already a critically-acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer and former member of [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Genesis[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Peter Gabriel[/lastfm] became an international superstar with the release of his fifth album, So, in May 1986.
Bret Michaels And Poison Sued For Allegedly Stealing Songs In 1980s
Bret Michaels and Poison are being sued by former members of a Chicago band for allegedly stealing songs or parts of songs back in the 1980s. The Hollywood Reporter says a suit filed last week […]
Rock Flashback: Huey Lewis and the News
The artists we revere the most tend to be the most serious ones. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bob Dylan[/lastfm], poet of a generation. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jimi Hendrix[/lastfm], guitar god. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]John Lennon[/lastfm], philosopher. There’s nothing wrong with that. Being […]
Best Sellers From The ’80s: Van Halen’s “5150″
When [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]David Lee Roth[/lastfm] first left [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Van Halen[/lastfm] in 1985, the band considered tabbing a different guest vocalist for each song on their next album. Instead, they signed up [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Sammy Hagar[/lastfm] as […]
MTV 30th Anniversary: The Channel’s First Advisor, Lee Abrams, Looks Back At The Rights (And Wrongs)
Lee Abrams of Atlanta based Burkhart/Abrams was MTV’s first advisor when the channel debuted 30 years ago today. We asked Lee what his initial thoughts were about MTV and how it spoke to the younger […]
Neil Young Unearths Live Album From The 1980s, Sets It For Summer Release
[getty id="41740" title="U.S. Farm Aid 25th Anniversary Show Milwaukee WI (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images)" src="http://cbswogl.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/104666751-385x256.jpg"] Neil Young toured with The International Harvesters from 1984 to ’85 and recorded a live album on the tour. […]
Forgotten Favorites: Fun Boy Three's "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Two years after [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]the Go-Go’s[/lastfm] broke out with “Our Lips Are Sealed,” cowriter Terry Hall took the song back to his band, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Fun Boy Three[/lastfm], and made something better of it.
The Top 40 Artists of the '60s, '70s and '80s Countdown Weekend
All this weekend, CBS FM is counting down the Top 40 Artists of the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s. Dan Taylor kicked off the countdown Friday morning at 9am and Ron Parker presented the number one’s
Cyndi Lauper's The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
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SXSW 2011: Duran Duran Launch World Tour With SXSW Opening Night Performance
[getty id="9763" title="Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images" src="http://cbslastfmdiscover.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/109751812-385x270.jpg"] [lastfm]Duran Duran[/lastfm] took the stage at Stubb’s on opening night of the annual South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, as part of their […]
