Mötley Crüe were frankly an untameable beast at their peak, and there was little that was going to stop bassist Nikki Sixx from taking his drug use further.

Quiet Riot’s Metal Health became the first heavy metal album to top the Billboard 200 and you better believe Frankie Banali’s iconic drum work played a big part in the massive success of “Cum on Feel ...

It was Oct. 23, 1987, and Toronto was electric with the kind of raw energy only a Mötley Crüe tour could bring. As the on-air personality of Q107’s Power Factory metal radio show, I was 20 years old ...

On paper, punk has little in common with hard rock. But these hard rock songs would sound very different without their punk roots.

The 1980s was the decade of big hits and bigger hair – and Heart were all onboard with the hits These Dreams, What About Love and the multi-platinum album that spawned them ...