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If music as we know it today is our universe, the 1960s are the Big Bang. Of course, nothing exists in a vacuum, and many of the groundbreaking artists who rose to prominence in the decade borrowed heavily from the artists who came before them, but looking back, there's no denying the '60s were some sort of scary, beautiful explosion of sound. Read More

Roger Waters says 'The Wall' was more about him in 1980 when Pink Floyd played it at the Sports Arena. Read More

The weekend kicked off with Billboard's Battle of the Bands on Friday inside The Joint, hosted by Grammy award winner Taio Cruz. Long Island, NY pop-punk quintet Patent Pending earned a golden ticket to perform at Billboard Music Awards. Read More

Robin Gibb, a founding member of the Bee Gees and a co-writer of hits that brought the world to the discotheque in the mid-'70s, has died at the age of 62, according to his website. Read More

Billboard Battle of the Bands winners Patent Pending. Read More

As Billboard's second annual Battle of the Bands wound down last night (May 18), Magnum Ice Cream kept the Billboard Music Awards energy revved up with its private party-featuring Natasha Bedingfield-at Hard Rock Hotel club Body English. Read More

When Pink Floyd first took its concept album "The Wall" to the concert stage more than three decades ago, even lead singer and chief songwriter Roger Waters couldn't imagine a day when rock music might get any bigger. Read More

Mark Coleman is the author of "Playback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music Machines and Money (Da Capo)". Read More

We tend to think of musicians who have been able to keep coming forth with creative, fresh ideas with nearly every attempt in the past tense. Read More

The summer music festival scene is heating up, and if rock concerts make you think of cheap beer or whiskey in plastic cups, you're not alone. Read More