The new class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be announced live on 'American Idol' on Sunday, April 27.

AC/DC electrifies the Rose Bowl in Pasadena with 21 instantly recognizable tunes, the majority of them classic rock radio ...

Rock and roll of 1960s America can usually be defined by the British Invasion, but there were several years before that influenced the era.

Both punk and new wave wanted to get back to the focus and drive of early rock ... had scorched the earth so they could rebuild rock ’n’ roll from scratch. New wavers such as Elvis Costello ...

Bob Fiorino, his bandmate in that group and others over the decades, remembered one of their early gigs in Geneva ... “I called him ‘The Heart of Rock’n’ Roll.’ That’s what he lived ...

While rock 'n' roll wasn't exactly turning heads in England in its heyday, George Martin knew when the genre was officially ...

A look at Karen O and how her place as frontwoman for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs hides what a great singer she is, via how 'Maps' is her best vocal perfoamance.

It was the first time rock 'n' roll had ever been featured in a major Hollywood soundtrack. And it confirmed every parent's worst fears: this wild new music was going to turn their sons and daughters ...

Still, some feared a bad influence had crashed onto our shores — namely, rock 'n' roll. They vowed to exorcise it with a big splash, by dumping 7,000 records into the bay. I learned about this odd ...

early rock ‘n’ roll hitmaker Chubby Checker; late blues belter Joe Cocker; radio-friendly punk rocker Billy Idol; post-punk-turned-dance-rock pioneers Joy Division/New Order; pop iconoclast ...