Soft rock ballads usually get a bad rap for their overly sentimental tone and sappy lyrics. But a handful of tracks from the ...

Power ballads are often associated with the 1980s. This is mostly due to the rise of power ballads, which paired traditional ballads with modern distorted rock guitar. Many power ballads dominated the ...

There’s a surprising amount of romance in 90s rock songs, but the following three songs are perfect for the quiet moments. Watching the sunset in the golden hour, when everything is held still, needs ...

These three rock ballads make us want to go back in time. If we had a time machine, many 1990s rock fans would choose to revisit these staple tracks from their era. It would be nice if we could ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Aerosmith had already spent more than two decades building one of the most successful careers in rock history when the band finally landed its first (and only!) No. 1 hit. And it wasn't "Dream On," ...

“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,” “My Heart Will Go On,” “Without You,” “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing,” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart” are songs that have transcended their original moment and become ...