October 1985 provided a showcase for many young bands to make their mark; check out these five standout albums as evidence.

Three Hall of Fame female pop artists scored No. 1 hits in 1985. These are the women and their hit songs from that year.

Grab your Walkman headphones and steer that Delorean straight for the golden age of hip-hop, metal, and indie rock.

Bruce Springsteen has released his fair share of emotionally devastating songs, with The River and Jungleland being among his ...

The following story is part of a special section on Bruce Springsteen published in the Asbury Park Press on Aug. 18, 1985. Bruce Springsteen seemed a bit tired at his show in Washington, D.C., earlier ...

The best songs make us think, challenging assumptions while searching for answers in a complex and often confusing world. Many pose these questions right in their name. But not everything is so ...

To anyone at all familiar with The Format’s catalog, it’s only so surprising that the indie-pop duo’s first full-band performance in nearly two decades sold out a venue as massive as Veterans Memorial ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

Dance halls, honky-tonks, speakeasies, jazz clubs, ballrooms, rock 'n' roll clubs, discotheques, raves, nightclubs and EDM festivals have different names, but they all have continued to attract music ...

It was the start of the eighth month of the year 40 years ago. The Billboard charts were ruled by a former soap opera star. Yes, Rick Springfield, also known as Dr. Noah Drake on "General Hospital," ...

With 'KPop Demon Hunters' charting, we look at some of our faux music act favorites from genre movies of the past 30 years. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes This summer has seen some pretty catchy ...

(Photo Credit: Jennifer Troche Walsh) Left to right: Johnny Rabb (drums/background vocals), Ed Roland (vocals/guitar), Jesse Triplett (lead guitar/background vocals), Will Turpin (bass/background ...