Jim Fusilli was the rock and pop music critic of The Wall Street Journal. Fusilli is also founder and editor of a destination for “Music for Grownups." ...

Genre lines are hard to cross. Though those lines are getting muddier by the day, there were times throughout music history when listeners stuck very closely to what they knew. It’s not super common ...

The 1990s completely reshaped rock music. Hair metal faded, grunge exploded, alternative rock went mainstream, and new genres like nu metal, rap-rock, and pop-punk emerged. It was a decade when guitar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Responsible for timeless hits including "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Surfin' U.S.A." and "God Only Knows," the Brian Wilson-led, ...

Rock music has shaped culture for generations. The bands who defined it left legacies that transcend time, influencing countless musicians and touching millions of fans worldwide. Yet ranking them ...

It’s true, 2001 was a strange year. It was a new century, a new millennium. We’d gotten through Y2K and the year 2000. All of a sudden, the world for certain wasn’t going back to the 1990s. And then… ...

They had the world at their feet, and then things went awry for these once-great musicians ...

Queen guitarist Brian May has a very clear perception of music, and once named the quintessential pop-rock anthem. It's an ...

From Blink-182 and Green Day to Yellowcard and Paramore, many pop-punk bands have stolen the hearts of rock music lovers. Though the genre has slightly shifted as the years (or decades) have passed, ...

Forgotten names, unforgettable influence: the cult bands whose riffs, ideas and attitude shaped entire scenes while fame ...

Regional bands that play post-hardcore, country, progressive-electro-fusion and other styles of music are competing for cash and an unusual gig. The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic is staging a ...