UCR's list of Top 15 Rock Songs of 2025 (So Far) isn't subject to trends or perhaps even reason. There have already been a pair of incredible – and incredibly unsuspected – studio reunions this year.

In 2013, The Pretty Reckless made its maiden appearance on the tally with “Heaven Knows,” a song that ended up reigning for four weeks beginning in March 2014. That kicked off a streak of four ...

Rock music as we know it today sounded nothing like the rock and roll of the 1960s and early 1960s. It was a very different time, and quite a few of the biggest rock and roll songs from that era are ...

From David Bowie to Roxy Music, the Sex Pistols, and Marvin Gaye, the 1970s had plenty of icons, but was classic rock ...

“Just as Kiss has been underrated as a band all these years, so was Ace underrated as a guitar player,” Van Zandt stated. “The original band had that magical undefinable chemistry that all great bands ...

It was put to John Lodge a couple of years ago that, given his contributions to the band and subsequent works on his own, he was the true rock ‘n’ roller in the Moody Blues. His response; “I think so, ...

We recently looked at five standout songs recorded in the 1950s that were largely overshadowed by covers that came later. Of course, there weren’t only five songs that fit that description. One of the ...

This little R&B rock and roll tune from The Crystals dropped in April 1963 and was a fast hit for the band. Co-written by the famed Phil Spector, this song was composed in only two days. That’s ...