Britain had multi-platinum superstars Def Leppard, but there was a big drop off after that. That’s not to say there weren’t plenty of UK bands ready to take their shot at the big time. The likes of ...

Whitesnake anthem "Here I Go Again" was one of the rock songs that defined the era, and its success can be attributed in ...

Oasis lost the “Battle of Britpop” to Blur but emerged larger than the narrow hype. Radiohead sprinted from their biggest song and began reinventing the very notion of a rock band by dismantling it.

In terms of greatest hits packages, it’s hard to top Squeeze's Singles – 45’s and Under. Released in 1982, it compiled an incredible string of killer pop songs released by the British band in their ...

In the early ‘80s, the British pop scene was undergoing a major transformation. Punk was giving way to a new wave of music ...

After taking over Genesis frontman duties for the gone-solo Peter Gabriel in the mid-'70s, drummer-singer Phil Collins had ...

How former Giles, Giles & Fripp and King Crimson bass player Peter Giles became a Gold Medal-winning athlete at 80!

Former Giles, Giles & Fripp, King Crimson and 21st Century Schizoid Band bass player Peter Giles has been unmasked as a Gold ...

Howard Jones and Martin Fry of ABC first found stardom in the early ’80s as the United Kingdom’s new wave and synthpop scenes overtook the United States ...

A great TV theme song has the power to instantly transport us into the world of a show, setting the tone before the first ...

The first British band to command the stage at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater wasn't the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. It was Cymande. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CHASING AN EMPTY DREAM") CYMANDE: (Singing) ...