Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

Back in the '80s, there few women in rock cooler than Pat Benatar. The combination of her powerhouse vocals and punkish style made her a popular artist on MTV in its earliest days, and she was one of ...

As anybody who turned on the radio or watched MTV in the late '80s will remember, the music from Def Leppard's ...

Who doesn’t love a good rock ballad? Even the most vapid of operatic rock love songs are still quite good songs in their own right. However, there’s something so emotional and raw about a song that ...

The power ballads and rave-ups to best have you swooning this Valentine's Day. Rock may first and foremost be about sticking it to the man, as noted expert Ned Schneebly would tell you — but that ...

If you’ve been around for a hot minute, you’re probably all too familiar with at least a few of the following four greatest rock ballads of all time. However, younger fans of rock music may not be ...

“After writing the first three chords, I knew something was happening,” Mick Jones recalled of the night in 1984 when he ...

When it comes to iconic 1980s rock ballads, no band quite stacks up to Air Supply in the "lyrics that make you want to cry all night long in a good way" department. From "Making Love Out of Nothing at ...