Progressive Rock Meets Indiana Jones: Roger Dean Artwork and Asia’s ‘Don’t Cry’
by The video is one of the few examples of a Roger Dean fantasyscape making the leap to the small screen.
Otis! My Man!
The singer from the most famous toga party in moviedom was alive and well in the eighties. Sort of.
My Mr. T Mystery
How did the former bodyguard and Rocky III and A-Team star end up on stage with the Beach Boys?
The ’80s Rock & Roll Revival and How the Traveling Wilburys Took It to the Mainstream
Read about the Reagan-era successes of Carl Perkins, the Everly Brothers and so many more.
When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth … Again: Prog Rock in the ’80s
From Abacab to A Momentary Lapse of Reason, erstwhile prog artists were everywhere during the decade.
Drugs, Dictators and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I thought I had moved on from my Ninja Turtles obsession. But then this happened.
Cowabunga! When the Ninja Turtles and a Rapping Bart Simpson Stormed the Pop Charts
The cartoon stars led the early nineties tot-rock trend.
Of Kloo Horns and Ewok Drums: Diegetic Music in the Star Wars Universe
Wherein we ask the question: What does everyday life sound like in a galaxy far, far away?
When Fictional Bands Led an R&B and Soul Music Revival
Or: What do Bruce Willis, a bunch of animated raisins, and Mallory from the TV sitcom Family Ties have in common?
A Brief History of the Elwood Blues Revue, Part II: Back on the Proverbial Big Stage
Elwood and the band ride the wave of the R&B and soul reawakening in the eighties.