You probably know that Kansas hails from Kansas and Alabama is from Alabama, but what about the other 48 states?

Most bands fade out slowly. Album sales dip, tours get smaller, and eventually someone quietly announces a "hiatus" that ...

Every legendary band has one '€” that unsung hero holding everything together from the shadows. Join us as we count down our ...

Stacker scoured Billboard charts from the '80s and chose 25 of the top bands whose music became the soundtrack of the decade.

On March 7, a band that's making music together since *1998* will make their Saturday Night Live debut during Ryan Gosling's episode. Gorillaz began as a side project for Damon Albarn, the lead singer ...

No matter what genre your band is in or your level of talent, you have to fight hard to get anywhere in the music industry. Young bands have to take some time to flesh out their sound and image, and ...

A lot of famous bands go on long past their prime, doing nostalgia tours and squeezing their hits for all they’re worth. But not R.E.M., one of the biggest bands in the world during a stretch of the ...

Fred Armisen recalls how Saturday Night Live helped shape his musical taste and led him to create one of his own great sketches — “Band Reunion at the Wedding” — in a new exclusive clip from Questlove ...

Many of your favorite bands likely didn’t start with the current name they have now. In fact, it’s quite common for groups to take on new monikers after gaining popularity or signing to record labels.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. The 2000s marked a transformative period for music, but not ...