The power ballad was just as essential to the 1980s as hairspray, shoulder pads, and neon. Here are three of the best.

These story songs from the 1980s likely threw most of their listeners for a loop with those lyrical twists and turns.

As we made the switch from the music of the 1970s to the 1980s styles changed and adapted too. The 1970s had been full, of different styles and ended with new wave and the tail end of punk rock added ...

FILE PHOTO: Performer Matt Goss arrives for the Universal Pictures movie premiere of "Jason Bourne" at Caesars Palace hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada U.S. July 18, 2016. REUTERS/LE Baskow/File Photo ...

What 1980s rock bands should have been bigger? Each of the acts on this list had varying levels of fame during the 80s. Some were as brief as being labeled one-hit wonders. Others had extensive runs ...