In Ireland, rock music essentially began with the so-called “showbands” in the early-’60s. Individual pioneers like Van Morrison, Henry McCullough of Wings and the Joe Cocker‘s Grease Band and the ...

The 1980s didn’t just sound different; it looked different, felt bigger, and pushed rock in multiple directions at once. Arena anthems got shinier. Guitar solos got faster. Alternative scenes got ...

The early 1980s saw rock at an intersection. The ’70s state of mind was still lingering, but new ideas were trickling in, daring to disrupt the genre as it had been known in the decade prior. Many sub ...