The following story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Jan. 26, 1986. Chuck Yopp didn’t start out wanting to be the photograph historian of the Jersey Shore music scene. And he certainly ...

In late 1981, Bruce Springsteen was living in a rented house in Colts Neck, N.J., decompressing from a grueling world tour following the release of his 1980 album, “The River.” He had a batch of new ...

Bruce Springsteen and the Asbury Park Press go back a long way. Seven decades ago, APP, part of the USA TODAY Network, first wrote about Springsteen's music when his teenage band, the Castiles, played ...

Truth be told, neither Aerosmith nor Springsteen captured their raw, ragged, rock 'n' roll essence on their debut albums.

January 5, 1973, marked the arrival of a new voice in American rock music when Bruce Springsteen released his debut album, ...