"Don't Fear the Reaper" is Blue Oyster Cult's most successful song, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been widely used in film and television and was included on Rolling Stone's ...

A legendary 1982 track has been ranked as the best rock song of all time, beating out decades of iconic classics. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a timeless hit that topped the ...

The music pioneer's career highlight came with a surprising twist.

A legendary 1982 track has been ranked as the best rock song of all time, beating out decades of iconic classics. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a timeless hit that topped the ...

These four rock songs all came out in 1984, and are so good, they still make anyone want to dance, even decades later.

Rock music as we know it today sounded nothing like the rock and roll of the 1960s and early 1960s. It was a very different time, and quite a few of the biggest rock and roll songs from that era are ...

Shoot to Thrill does not even make the top 10.

For so many women in music, and in particular rock ‘n’ roll, it’s not uncommon to look around and find yourself the only woman in the room. Even those who are now world famous — perhaps those people ...

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 ...