Not very many of the 1970s' biggest bands are still active, let alone with the same lineup they had in their heyday. Yet some original members are still alive.

The 1970s saw a rapid proliferation of new bands onto the music scene, so it's no surprise that a few boomer favorites were eventually lost in the noise. The decade saw the mainstream rise of reggae, ...

Alan Gorrie, best known as the bassist and founding member of Average White Band, is celebrating his 80th birthday on Sunday.

Beloved rock bandLed Zeppelin is still getting praised nearly six decades after they debuted their first album, 1969's Led Zeppelin I. The publication reported that Led Zeppelin ranked as number one ...

Looking back, the 1970s were full of musical heavyweights who paved the way for future artists. Yet, at the time, contemporary music fans simply experienced the decade as fertile ground for innovative ...

Music is currently in a weird place right now, for a lot of reasons, but the reason we are highlighting is the lack of bands that have acquired mainstream success. Instead of promoting bands, it seems ...

Classic rock in the 70s was arguably the best the genre had to offer. And some of the best music to come out of that era has been relegated to “forgotten bands” lists (like this one) and small cult ...

The 1970s were rock music’s golden age. This was the decade of arena tours, double-platinum albums, guitar heroes, and larger-than-life personalities. Hard rock exploded, punk emerged, Southern rock ...

The music scene was rapidly shifting in the ‘60s and ‘70s, influenced by new types of rock bands, cultural and social movements, and technological developments that completely changed how music was ...