• Kerry Livgren: Kansas, AD, Kerry Livgren (solo)

    Why You Should Know Him If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past 30-plus years, chances are you’ve been exposed to at ...
  • Doug Aldrich: Lion, Burning Rain, Whitesnake

    Why You Should Know Him Doug Aldrich is a hard rock guitarist with a knack for playing in multiple rock bands through the years. He ...
  • Mick Jones: Foreigner

    Why You Should Know Him There are songs that got washed away with the ‘80s, and songs that withstood the test of time and popular ...
  • Randy Jackson: Zebra

    Why You Should Know Him The progressive hard rock band, Zebra, was founded in 1975 by drummer Guy Gelso, bassist/keyboards Felix Hanemann, and guitarist/keyboards/vocalist Randy ...
  • Dann Huff: Giant

    Why You Should Know Him Dann Huff is the man, and in our humble opinion, the reason why you should know him is because, simply, ...
  • Frank Hannon & Tommy Skeoch: Tesla

    Why You Should Know Them Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch are the sinister six-stringed pioneers that propelled the Northern Californian hard rock band, Tesla, to ...
  • Steve Hackett: Genesis, GTR

    Why You Should Know Him One of the most frequently overlooked guitarists and songwriters from the 80’s is English progressive-rock giant, Steve Hackett. Hackett’s biggest ...
  • Brett Garsed: Nelson

    Why You Should Know Him Before joining forces with the notorious blonde-haired Nelson twins and finding international success in 1990 with the pop hits “Love ...
  • Robert Fripp: King Crimson, David Bowie

    Why You Should Know Him Robert Fripp, the sound scientist of the progressive rock community, is an English guitar player most notable for delivering his ...
  • Elliot Easton: The Cars

    Why You Should Know Him Although many of the artists on our list hail from across the Atlantic, the ‘80s certainly saw its fair share ...