Back when our New Wave Workout Essentials came on the scene, the U.S. fitness craze was just gearing up, and though we've come a long way from the time when step aerobics was the wildest thing t …

There's something for every stripe of skinny-tie wearin', big-hair moussin', synth-pop boppin' fitness freak in Deep Cuts, where Adam Ant's ode to industrious animals "Antmusic" coexists in beat-happen …

It's as American as the Constitution: the inalienable right to celebrate your favorite team's home game with a quarter of your body weight's worth of chips, dip, brats, beer, burgers, buns, and beer. A …

Each score demoralizes the enemy further, and M.C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," the Scorpions' "Rock You Like a Hurricane," or Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" accompanies the  …

The power ballad is an equal opportunity employer, as evidenced by the inclusion of Heart and Pat Benatar on the list with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Steve Perry. And, of course, no one was ever quite sure whi …

Past the pop fatade of modern-day country music is the everlasting myth of the urban cowboy. You know the type: singing along to the "9 to 5" narratives of Dolly Parton, with a Southern belle type alwa …

From Vegas to the Catskills, after the WWII and before the Beatles, cool cats and cooler kittens pushed the art of the vocal front-and-center, wrapping their substantial pipes around the greatest tunes …

In the glory days of Rome, an arena crowd roared as the Emperor chose life or death for his gladiators. Today, the heroes of the playing field are spurred on by rock anthems, sung and stomped out by pa …

Sure, the New York City and L.A. scenes tend to get more attention, but in the middle of the nation there stands a city that's got just as much musical action per square foot as either coast, and just  …