The accepted parameters of what defines a rock star might change with each passing trend, but you know one when you see one. We rank the top 50 around today.

The epicenter of grunge in the '90s extended only a few miles beyond Seattle, so it's not surprising that proximity bred some incredible creative synergy.

So, below, we spotlight 35 of the most offensive band names ever. Of course, everybody has a different interpretation of what's over the line (or if a line should exist at all), but to cover our ...

It was 40 years ago that a tiny country bar in a seedy part of Manhattan compromised its principles, started booking rock acts and altered the course of music history.

The Fab Four could get pretty rocking, as this list of the 10 Heaviest Beatles Songs makes clear.

Ground zero for the mass-market dual-cassette technology came courtesy of U.K. consumer electronics pioneer Alan Sugar. While visiting the Tokyo neighborhood of Akihabara, which is known for its ...

OK Computer is where everything changed for Radiohead. Their 1993 debut album, Pablo Honey, was spotty, bland and tentative; its 1995 follow-up, The Bends, was a major leap forward. But who was ...

Here are 20 times the 'Star Wars' film universe has been referenced in lyrics and song titles.

R.E.M.'s 'Exhuming McCarthy' linked the red-baiting Joe McCarthy era of the '50s with the political climate when 1987's 'Document' arrived.

From the moment the Arctic Monkeys released 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' in 2006, they've been one one of the most buzzed-about bands on the planet. Last year's 'AM' finally ...

To celebrate the incredibly prolific, influential and diverse body of work left behind by Prince, we will be exploring a different song of his each day for an entire year with the series 365 ...

After 75 years, and at least four disappointing major motion pictures, Batman has finally been satisfyingly translated into a new medium that has long eluded writers, directors and performers: the ...