One of the big hit songs of 1984 was Sister Christian by San Francisco rock band Night Ranger. But that success came after a run of bad luck that would have finished off a lesser band. When these guys ...

Eric Carmen wrote and performed some of the biggest power ballads of the 1970s and '80s. Many of them became famous from the movies they helped score. Carmen wrote eight top 40 hits; his best-known ...

Back in the '80s, there few women in rock cooler than Pat Benatar. The combination of her powerhouse vocals and punkish style made her a popular artist on MTV in its earliest days, and she was one of ...

If you’re “motorin'” around the Beltway this weekend, you might hear power ballads echoing across Tysons, Virginia. Night Ranger will rock Capital One Hall on Friday, July 7 as part of the band’s 40th ...

Jimmy Psycho’s hair metal heartbreak. Jimmy Psycho continues pillaging his musical past on his latest themed album, “Love on the Rocks: Heart Broken Power Ballads.” The local musician’s sci-fi-tinged, ...