awesome 80s weekend

It's an Awesome 80s weekend on Jack FM, so while you still love hearing so much of the great music you grew up with, chances are you don't have the same affinity for celebrities from the 80s. Still there are a few that got us guys threw puberty and the ladies gushed over in teen beat magazine that you still adore today. Here's o...

A lot of people would love to see Led Zeppelin play again, and Kiss' Gene Simmons says there was one promoter who went as far as to use him as a go-between in attempting to reunite the band for at least one more show.

Next February will make 10 years since a fire at a Great White show at the Station Nightclub in Rhode Island claimed 100 lives. Co-founder and guitarist Mark Kendall says his relationship with the victims families is what's helped him through the tragedy.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is going all out for the upcoming Guns N' Roses 'Appetite for Democracy' Las Vegas residency, even adding a special drink menu for those coming out to the shows.

In a development that should prompt widespread use of the phrase "not gonna take it," Twisted Sister's management team has begun a concerted effort to prevent businesses from sharing the band's name -- even if they're as obviously unrelated as, say, a food truck in Minnesota.

Remember the good ol' days when you didn't need some kind of magical, electronic device like the iPod to listen to your music? Cassette tapes haven't completely disappeared from our existence. In fact, they might just be the way of the future.

In news that should surprise no one, the thunderous opening to AC/DC's 'Back in Black' was named as the top riff of the 1980s. The list was conducted by Gibson guitars, who, coincidentally, manufacture Angus Young's trademark SG.

Today the internet unearthed this little vintage gem: director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams working together to write the music for 'E.T.' All these guys needed was a piano, some film, and a little magic.

Could you imagine how different Poison would sound if Slash was their guitarist? Or how the former Guns N’ Roses star would look with poofy hair and tons of makeup? Well, the top-hatted one did in fact try out for the job, and as you might expect it wasn’t a perfect match.

Ready your inner child, readers, because 'E.T. The Extra Terrestrial' is returning to theaters on October 3, just in time for that amazing and long-awaited Blu-ray release on October 9. Stock up on Reese's Pieces because we're about to phone home all over again.