Sometimes, you just need to crank up those old rock tunes and let yourself feel all the feels. The ‘80s were a golden era for rock music, and among the headbangers and anthems, there was a treasure ...

From unforgettable slow dances to heartbreak anthems, these iconic ’80s ballads defined an entire generation and still bring ...

There’s something about a rock ballad that stirs feelings of nostalgia even when the lyrics aren’t particularly wistful. The music of the 1980s arrived with heightened earnestness as the decade became ...

Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

We tend to think of the power ballad as a distinctly 80s phenomenon. In fact, rock acts were already well aware of the potential of slow songs to break through to portions of the listening audience ...

Who made the 80s the greatest decade in rock history? Find every legendary band, iconic song, and unforgettable moment that ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...