Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York.

“I’m a goth that accidentally ended up in a pop band. It’s very upsetting.” Singer-songwriter Boy George is known for wearing many hats. Big hats, even. The largest hats anyone has probably ever seen ...

In the late 1970s, British rock bands reacted against punk rock and new wave music. They dressed in robes, wrote fantastical lyrics, and dropped the blues from their heavy guitar riffs. Still, some of ...

Imagine living in a dystopian society. If you lived in England in the 1980s, and you weren't of a certain class, you didn't have to imagine, you were there. The view on the street was a lot worse than ...

Thanks for your piece on Chris de Burgh’s “The Lady in Red” (The Life of a Song, September 9), and may I record my heartfelt sympathy for the British troops in Iraq who had to endure the Iranians ...