New book 'Tearing Down the Orange Curtain' chronicles history of Southern California punk through interviews with Social Distortion, Sublime, more.

It's easy for many artists to grow cynical after a while, but Joni Mitchell felt that there were a handful of people flying ...

The phrase "girl power" was coined by Bikini Kill in the early 1990s, but its meaning was watered down later in the decade when angry radical women in music were followed by younger, less opinionated ...

EXCLUSIVE: The glory days of music videos in the 1990s – when a hit video on MTV could change a band’s career – is set to be ...

In an industry notorious for fleeting relationships and high-profile breakups, Calvin Broadus Jr., known worldwide as Snoop ...

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Chicago remembers when teens used to hang at the mall, juke at the roller rink or dance battle at the nightclubs.

When the ’70s drew to a close, there were around 200 known gay bathhouses in the U.S. And they weren’t just places where men cruised for sex. As “Anonymous from LA” eloquently explains, they were so ...

If you were a teenager or young adult in the 1990s, you probably take a trip down memory lane the minute you hear the band ...

The most "hated" bands of the 1990s had some of the best songs, and they're still arguably good today. Here are my 10 top ...

The Courant’s arts picks for May 18-24 include a blues challenge, a tribute to a guitar legend, a horror rocker and some ...