The year 1978 was an especially potent one for rock debuts. These four songs all introduced bands that would become legendary.

1978 was an evolutionary year for rock music. The genre was splintering, opening up space for disco and other floor-filling pop to take over. Despite rock going into a tailspin, many songs were ...

Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...