Rock music was dominated by spectacle, and female artists eventually carved out a space in a male-dominated industry. Yet, not every chart-topper aged well. Some were more style than substance, others ...

If nothing else, the '80s were the decade of shred. Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai: These are some of the names that come to mind when thinking of all sorts of virtuosic ...