Ah, the ’80s. It was a wacky and wonderful time for pop music, especially when it came to visuals. MTV’s programming schedule was packed with gender-bending, genre-crossing new-wavers starring in...

  James Durbin was the American Idol standout who begged America to “give metal a chance”; boldly belted Sammy Hagar’s Heavy Metal theme on Movie Night while Zakk Wylde played guitar; covered...

Nowadays, indie and alternative rock bands think nothing of promoting their music via TV, commercial, and film placements. But back in the ’90s, when Oklahoma eccentrics the Flaming Lips (who...

The Voice is about to launch its 12th (yes, TWELFTH) season, and while many superstars have filled the show’s famous spinning chairs, two coaches have remained constant: self-declared “rusty old...

Alicia Keys has always spoken her mind and fought for the causes she believes in. A recipient of BET’s Humanitarian Award, she’s a passionate philanthropist, women’s rights advocate, and co-founder of...

Musicians of all genres have been extremely vocal during these political tumultuous times, and with the 59th annual Grammy Awards right around the corner, it’s likely that some of the...

Thirty years ago, MTV actually played music videos. And the network played a lot of Madonna videos. So many, in fact, that it devoted an entire day — Oct. 30, 1986, also...

Some people might be surprised that Sammy Hagar, a dyed-in-the-wool (or, more precisely, dyed-in-the-Hawaiian-shirt) rocker dude, would have any interest in being a mentor on a pop-leaning TV talent show...

Last Friday, actor/musician and former child star Corey Feldman and his backing band, Corey’s Angels, delivered an outlandish, Internet-breaking performance on The Today Show, playing “Go 4 It,” a track off Feldman’s fifth...

RuPaul Charles’s days in Wee Wee Pole, the band he fronted when he was a fixture on Atlanta’s early-’80s queer new wave/punk scene, are long gone. And lamentably, he tells...