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One hit wonders get lots of attention, but what about those 80's bands whose hopes were raised just a bit higher before fading into oblivion?

These 1980's songs will probably not lead to enlightenment or world peace, but how many would you turn way up if they came on the radio?

This is a quiz on "sabermetrics" baseball statistics that use unconventional measures of performance. Answers are based on 2006 statistics. I hope you enjoy it.

"Way before Nirvana" to quote a Bowling for Soup song, these artists helped define alternative genres to the decade's mainstream pop music.

These artists became household names during the 1980s. Can you identify the works that came just before they achieved mainstream success?

The 1980's music scene is not usually associated with literary, scientific or classical music inspiration, but see if you can connect these songs with their historical roots.

The 1980's showed that political awareness could go nicely with big hair, shoulder pads and bad make-up. Here are questions about some of the decade's more memorable political songs.