The unique content on Grunge is a result of skilled collaboration between writers and editors with a broad array of expertise in music, music history, pop culture and strange news. Our goal is to provide accurate and diverse content bolstered by expert input.
Focused on accuracy and ethical coverage, the Grunge editorial team consistently fact-checks and reviews site content to provide readers with an informative, entertaining, and engaging experience. Click here for more information on our editorial process.
We're reliving Cheap Trick’s best year ever — 1979 — through five songs that captured the band’s explosive rise and creative and commercial peak.
Read MoreFrom Billy Idol to ZZ Top, MTV provided a new launchpad for '80s musicians to flex their creative muscle, reach bigger audiences, and climb the charts.
Read MoreThis Roy Orbison song was a No. 1 hit in 1964, and in the '80s it was revamped for the Gen X audience by Van Halen. Here's a look at the track's history.
Read MoreSome of the best female-led soft rock came from Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Olivia Newton-John, Tina Turner, Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand.
Read MoreHeart pulled of an incredibly successful reinvention in 1985 with a self-titled album that included "These Dreams," "What About Love," and more.
Read MoreBefore breaking into the mainstream and becoming alternative rock classics, these college radio songs defined the underground sound of the ’80s.
Read MoreIn 1980, the term yacht rock had yet to be coined, but from Boz Scaggs to Hall & Oates, that year gave us some of the best examples of the easy-listening genre.
Read MoreJoan Jett owes some of her success to the original writers of her biggest hits, including Tommy James. He penned this classic with his band, the Shondells.
Read MoreTurn your next drive into a disco party with five of the best Bee Gees songs for a road trip. Crank up the volume, and let the good times roll!
Read MoreFrom Neal Schon's blistering guitar outro in "Faithfully" to Bruce Hornsby's iconic piano break in "The Way It Is," here are the decade's best soft rock solos.
Read MoreFrom Madonna to Soft Cell, if you were a clubgoer in the '80s, you were likely waiting for these iconic songs to play so you could shred the dance floor.
Read More1981 saw the release of Journey's seventh studio album, "Escape," which gave us timeless hits such as "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Open Arms."
Read MoreNo art form gets us in our feelings more than music, and the emotional breakdowns in songs like Pearl Jam's "Black" and Nazareth's "Love Hurts" still hit hard.
Read MoreIn the summer of 1978, the charts were a melange of disco, rock 'n' roll, and R&B from the likes of Andy Gibb, the Rolling Stones, the Commodores, and more.
Read MoreGen X would probably rather forget songs like Warrant's "Cherry Pie" and Extreme's "More Than Words," even if they were huge hits in the '90s.
Read MoreThe best duets thrive on real chemistry, and '80s duets from artists like Tina Turner and Bryan Adams, and hard rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford prove it.
Read MoreRecording studios like Abbey Road, Electric Lady, and Muscle Shoals delivered albums that became legendary. Here's what fans of '70s music can still see.
Read MoreFrom the foot-stomping music of Mumford & Sons to the honest, timeless power of Tracy Chapman, folk rock can excite a crowd even when it doesn't go electric.
Read MoreFrom Donna Summer's pioneering disco sounds to Barry Manilow's dulcet tones, these were the chart-busters that brought the heat in the summer of '77.
Read MoreEmotions run deep and heavy in the confessional songs of the '70s, which helped make the decade a notably expressive era and still hold up today.
Read MoreTake two classic rock giants, such as David Bowie and Mick Jagger, put them together, and what do you get? Magic, that's what, and these are the best examples.
Read MoreSometimes, if you want a job done right, you've got to do it yourself. Such was the drive behind such producer-performers as Dave Grohl and Jimmy Page.
Read MoreIn 1986, the Bearded Ones (and Frank) took a break from signature bawdy hits like "Legs" and "Tush" to deliver a slowed-down power ballad.
Read MoreSoft rock duets are mostly a thing of the past, but classic pair-ups like Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" live on.
Read MoreCyndi Lauper's first album, "She's So Unusual," delivered four Top 5 songs, but one was a last-minute addition worked up as a demo. That one went to No. 1.
Read MoreStevie Nicks is no stranger to heartache, and she's dropped a collection of fiery songs tailor-made for listeners in need of support while navigating break-ups.
Read MoreThey're mixtape and wedding reception favorites, but these seemingly romantic '70s songs by the likes of Dolly Parton and Joe Cocker are not what they seem.
Read More
