1978 was an evolutionary year for rock music. The genre was splintering, opening up space for disco and other floor-filling pop to take over. Despite rock going into a tailspin, many songs were ...

If you're a songwriter, getting rejected by musicians can sting. If you penned rock songs for a specific person and got ...

Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...