There are so many reasons Night Ranger’s quintessential ’80s power ballad, “Sister Christian,” still hits decades later: the ...

Music in the 1980s was distinct. While artists today seem to borrow from the gamut of music history, musicians in the ’80s were doing their own thing, carving out a unique sound that couldn’t be ...

Hair metal flexed its muscle in the late 70s. These four power ballads showed the softer side of these heavy acts.

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'Alone' could have been lost to history if Heart didn't cover it.

It's been nearly 40 years since Whitesnake took the music world— and MTV— by storm. On October 10, 1987, the English rockers hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their breakout U.S. hit “Here ...

The glam metal band Warrant released one of the late '80s hit power ballads, but received some backlash from the rock community.

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 ...

"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey was ranked No. 3 on a list of the greatest power ballads ever written by Ultimate Classic ...