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3 Guitar Riffs That Built Grunge From the Late 80s to the Early 90

The rise of grunge was explosive and brief, and these guitar riffs marked some of the hardest songs to come out of the genre.
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8 Troop Songs That Shaped Late 80s and 90s R&B.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups from the late 1980s and early 1990s managed to blend vocal precision, stage charisma, and emotional depth quite like Troop. Hailing from Pasadena, California, the five ...
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Iconic ’80s songwriter, with 3 No. 1 hits, turns 70

Patrick Leonard turns 70 years old.

1992 Power Ballad Became One of the Last Hair Metal Songs to Hit No. 1

During the late '80s and early '90s, hair metal ruled rock radio and sold millions of albums. Then, that shifted after one ...
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10 Hair Metal Music Videos That Defined ’80s (and Very Early ’90s) Pop Culture

Here are 10 hair metal music videos that defined 1980s (and very, very early 1990s) pop culture. Big hair. Bigger hooks. Even bigger budgets for fog machines and neon lighting. If there’s one thing ...