music of the 1980s carryed on from music that happened in the 1960 and 70s

These groups benefited from technological advances(i.e. synthesizer), the advent of television station MTV, and the production of CDs and music videos to go together with their music. MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...

It must be mentioned that 1980s music is generally very distinct from the music of other decades. While 1960s and 1970s music and well as 1990s and 2000s music share a lot in common, the 80s sound loosely is confined to the 1977-1992 period. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The 2000s are the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009. ...

Among groups that were famous during the 1980s are (excluding artists who have continued their success from previous decades):

• 10,000 Maniacs
• .38 Special
• 52nd Street
• 54-40
• 9.9
• ABC
• A-ha
• ABBA
• Paula Abdul
• AC/DC
• Adam & the Ants
• Aerosmith
• A Flock of Seagulls
• After the Fire
• Air Supply
• Aldo Nova
• Marc Almond
• Alphaville
• Adam Ant
• Animotion
• Anthrax
• Art of Noise
• Asia
• Autograph
• Automatic Pilot
• Bad Company
• Bad Religion
• Baltimora
• Bananarama
• The Bangles
• Toni Basil
• Bauhaus
• The Beastie Boys
• The Belle Stars
• Berlin
• The B-52's
• Big Audio Dynamite
• Big Black
• Big Country
• Black Flag
• Black Sabbath
• Blondie
• Blue Öyster Cult
• Bon Jovi
• Bono
• Boston
• Bow Wow Wow
• David Bowie
• Boys Don't Cry
• The Breakfast Club
• Bronski Beat
• Lindsay Buckingham
• Buckner & Garcia
• The Buggles
• Kate Bush
• Butthole Surfers
• Cabaret Voltaire
• Cameo
• Camper Van Beethoven
• Eric Carmen
• The Cars
• Cheap Trick
• Cher
• Chicago
• The Clash
• Phil Collins
• La Compagnie Creole
• Communards
• Concrete Blonde
• Alice Cooper
• Elvis Costello
• Marshall Crenshaw
• Crowded House
• The Cult
• The Cure
• Curve
• Culture Club
• Cutting Crew
• Cyndi Lauper
• Classix Nouveaux
• Dead Kennedys
• Dead or Alive
• Deep Purple
• Def Leppard
• Depeche Mode
• Desperation Squad
• Devo
• Dexy's Midnight Runners
• Dire Straits
• Divinyls
• DJ Jazzy Jeff
• Doctor and the Medics
• Dokken
• Thomas Dolby
• Dream Academy
• Duran Duran
• Echo & the Bunnymen
• Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
• Electric Light Orchestra
• The English Beat
• Erasure
• The Escape Club
• Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
• Europe
• Eurythmics
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds
• Face To Face
• Faith No More
• The Fall
• The Falsetto Basses
• The Fat Boys
• Falco
• Fastway
• Fine Young Cannibals
• The Fixx
• Fleetwood Mac
• Foreigner
• John Foxx
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• The Fresh Prince
• Front 242
• Peter Gabriel
• The J. Geils Band
• Genesis
• Boy George
• The Georgia Satellites
• Giant
• Girls at Our Best!
• Glass Tiger
• The Go-Go's
• Golden Earring
• Go West
• Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
• The Greg Kihn Band
• Guns N' Roses
• GTR
• Sammy Hagar
• Haircut 100
• Hall & Oates
• George Harrison
• Corey Hart
• Heart
• Heaven 17
• Helix
• Helloween
• Don Henley
• The Honeydrippers
• Honeymoon Suite
• Whitney Houston
• The Human League
• Norman Iceberg
• Icehouse
• Billy Idol
• INXS
• Information Society
• Intro
• Iron Maiden
• Chris Isaak
• Janet Jackson
• Joe Jackson
• Michael Jackson
• Rick James
• The Jayhawks
• The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Joan Jett
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• Billy Joel
• Olivia Newton-John
• Journey
• Joy Division
• Judas Priest
• Kajagoogoo
• Katrina and the Waves
• Kino
• Kiss
• The Knack
• Kraftwerk
• Lenny Kravitz
• Kool & The Gang
• Jonny Lang
• Julian Lennon
• Level 42
• Huey Lewis & The News
• Lilac Time
• Lita Ford
• Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
• Living Colour
• LL Cool J
• Kenny Loggins
• Los Chamos
• Los Chicos
• Los Lobos
• Loudness
• Love and Rockets
• Loverboy
• Madness
• Madonna
• The Manhattan Transfer
• Marillion
• Richard Marx
• Mary Jane Girls
• Paul McCartney
• Paul McCartney & Wings
• Mecano
• Bill Medley
• Megadeth
• John Cougar Mellencamp
• Men at Work
• Men Without Hats
• Metallica
• Menudo
• George Michael
• Midnight Oil
• Mike and the Mechanics
• Steve Miller
• The Steve Miller Band
• Milli Vanilli
• Missing Persons
• Modern Talking
• Molly Hatchet
• Mondo Rock
• Eddie Money
• Morrissey
• The Motels
• Mötley Crüe
• Motörhead
• Mr. Big
• Mr. Mister
• Musical Youth
• My Bloody Valentine
• Naked Eyes
• Nazareth
• Nena
• New Edition
• New Kids on the Block
• New Order
• Stevie Nicks
• Night Ranger
• Nik Kershaw
• Nitzer Ebb
• Klaus Nomi
• The Northern Pikes
• Ted Nugent
• Gary Numan
• Nu Shooz
• N.W.A.
• Naughty chiks
• Billy Ocean
• The Offspring
• Oingo Boingo
• Operation Ivy
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Ottawan
• The Outfield
• Pantera
• Robert Palmer
• Ray Parker Jr.
• Pet Shop Boys
• Tom Petty
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• Phenomena
• Pink Floyd
• Pixies
• Robert Plant
• Platinum Blonde
• The Pointer Sisters
• Poison
• The Police
• The Power Station
• The Pretenders
• Prince
• Proclaimers
• Pseudo Echo
• The Psychedelic Furs
• Public Enemy
• Queen
• Queensrÿche
• Quiet Riot
• The Raincoats
• The Ramones
• Randall
• Ratt
• Real Life
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
• Red Rider
• Re-Flex
• Regina
• R.E.M.
• REO Speedwagon
• Lionel Richie
• The Rolling Stones
• The Romantics
• Romeo Void
• Roxette
• Rush
• Sade
• Saga
• Salt-N-Pepa
• Scandal
• Peter Schilling
• Scorpions
• Seona Dancing
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• Simple Minds
• Simply Red
• Siouxsie & the Banshees
• The Sisters of Mercy
• Skid Row
• Slayer
• Slade
• The Smiths
• Soda Stereo
• Jimmy Somerville
• Sonic Youth
• Soft Cell
• Soul II Soul
• Spandau Ballet
• The Specials
• Split Enz
• Rick Springfield
• Bruce Springsteen
• Billy Squier
• Ringo Starr
• Starship
• Stray Cats
• Barbra Streisand
• Stryper
• Styx
• The Sugarcubes
• Surface
• Survivor
• The Swans
• T'Pau
• Taco
• Talk Talk
• Talking Heads
• Tears for Fears
• Tesla
• The The
• Thompson Twins
• George Thorogood
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers
• Til Tuesday
• Timbuk 3
• Tommy Tutone
• Tom Tom Club
• Toto
• The Traveling Wilburys
• Tina Turner
• Twisted Sister
• U2
• UB40
• Ultravox
• USA for Africa
• Van Halen
• Vanilla Ice
• Vangelis
• The Vapors
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Violent Femmes
• Virgin Prunes
• Vixen
• The Village People
• John Waite
• Wall of Voodoo
• Wang Chung
• Jennifer Warnes
• Warrant
• Was (Not Was)
• Wet Wet Wet
• Wham!
• Whitesnake
• The Who
• Will To Power
• Winger
• Wings
• Steve Winwood
• Stevie Wonder
• XTC
• XYZ^{[disambiguation needed]}
• Y&T
• Yazoo
• Yazz and the Plastic Population
• Yello
• Yes
• Zapp
• Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers
• ZZ Top

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Leonard Albert Lenny Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger whose retro style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads. ... Kool & the Gang is a highly successful R&B/soul/funk/disco group. ... Jonny Lang (born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr. ... John Charles Julian Lennon known universally as Julian Lennon, (born April 8, 1963 in Liverpool, England) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and first son of Beatle John Lennon and the only child of his first wife Cynthia Lennon. ... Level 42 is a British pop and funk band. ... Huey Lewis & the News is a Grammy winning and Academy Award nominated US rock band based in San Francisco, California. ... See Evelyn Laye for information about the album Lilac Time, and Wolfe Gilbert and Nathaniel Shilkret for the 1928 song Jeannine, I Dream Of Lilac Time The Lilac Time is a British band formed by Stephen Duffy and his brother Nick in 1986. ... Lita Ford on the cover of her 1988 album Lita Lita Ford (born September 19, 1958) is a glam metal singer and guitarist who achieved popularity during the 1980s. ... Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Velez on January 15, 1967) and her band Cult Jam were one of the original American latin freestyle groups of the 1980s. ... Living Colour is a hard rock group formed in New York city in 1983 by Vernon Reid. ... James Todd Smith III (born January 14, 1968), better known as LL Cool J, is an American hip hop artist and actor. ... Kenny Loggins on the cover of his collection Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Greatest Hits of Kenny Loggins Kenny Loggins (born Kenneth Clark Loggins on January 7, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. ... Los Chamos was a famous Venezuelan music group of the 1980s. ... Los Chicos was a popular boy band in Puerto Rico, created to rival Menudos success. ... Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... This article is about the heavy metal band Loudness. ... Love and Rockets may refer to: Love and Rockets (comics) Love and Rockets (band) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... Look up madness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal group that was established in New York City in 1972. ... Marillion are a British Rock group. ... Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Winnetka, Illinois) is an adult contemporary singer, songwriter and record producer. ... The Mary Jane Girls were a popular American R&B, Soul, Funk and Pop group from the 1980s. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is an iconic Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of the Beatles. ... Paul McCartney, as photographed by Richard Avedon for the 1968 LP The Beatles (aka The White Album). Sir James Paul McCartney,KBE, MBE (born June 18, 1942), better known as Paul McCartney, is a British musician, composer and producer. ... (For the toy construction material, see Meccano) Mecano was a Spanish pop/alternative band whose debut coincided with La Movida Madrileña, a sociocultural movement that occurred in Spain during the 1980s. ... Bill Medley (born William Thomas Medley on September 19, 1940 in Los Angeles, California) was one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer and songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including Jack and Diane, and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. ... Men at Work Men at Work were an Australian reggae-influenced rock band of the early 1980s. ... Men Without Hats are a Canadian pop group from Montreal, Quebec who were popular in the early 1980s. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal band, formed in 1981,[1] which has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... cover of a Menudo DVD Menudo is a Puerto Rican boy band that was mostly popular during the 1980s and 1990s. ... George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: Γιώργος-Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου) on June 25, 1963) is an English [1] singer-songwriter and pop star who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo WHAM!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. ... Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band active from the early 1970s until 2002. ... Mike and the Mechanics is a British band started in 1985 led by Mike Rutherford, already a founding member of Genesis. ... The name Steve Miller might refer to: Steve Miller (musician), leader of the eponymous Steve Miller Band Steve Miller (writer), author of science fiction stories and novels including the Liaden universe stories Steve Miller (artist), author of How to Draw Books including Thunder Lizards!: How to Draw Fantastic Dinosaurs Steve... Steve Miller is a blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. ... Milli Vanilli (milli is a word meaning national in Turkish, picked up by the artists while visiting Turkey on one of its national days) was a duo, Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus, formed in Germany in the mid-1980s. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Modern Talking was a German pop music duo consisting of composer/producer/background singer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. ... Molly Hatchet is an American Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1975, known primarily for their hit song Flirtin with Disaster from the album of the same title. ... Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band. ... Eddie Money (born Edward Joseph Mahoney, March 2, 1949) is an American rock musician and singer who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums. ... Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, England. ... The Motels were a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area. ... Mötley Crüe (IPA pronunciation: ) is a popular American glam metal band from Los Angeles, California. ... Motörhead are a grammy winning British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Mr. ... Mr. ... Musical Youth formed in 1979 at Duddeston Manor School, Birmingham, England. ... My Bloody Valentine were an Irish-British shoegazing band best known for their creative use of guitar distortion, tremolo, and digital reverb. ... Naked Eyes was an Eighties synthpop duo, best known for their first single, a cover of the Burt Bacharach / Hal David standard (Theres) Always Something There to Remind Me (Bacharach himself has cited the cover as a personal favourite). ... Nazareth is an earthy and versatile Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, Love Hurts, in the middle of the 1970s. ... Nena (born March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer who became famous with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons in the English version). ... New Edition is an American R&B/Pop group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1980, that was most popular during the 1980s. ... New Kids on the Block (later NKOTB) was a successful boy band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Stephanie Lynn Stevie Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and a long solo career, which collectively has produced over twenty Top 40 hits. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nik Kershaw Nik Kershaw (Born Nicholas David Kershaw on March 1, 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, popular during the 1980s. ... Nitzer Ebb (pronounced night-zer or nit-zer—the band themselves pronounce it either way) was an electronic body music group formed in 1982 by Essex schoolfriends Douglas McCarthy (vocals, synthesizer), Vaughan (Bon) Harris on synthesizers and drums, and David Gooday. ... Klaus Nomi (January 24, 1944 - August 6, 1983) was a German countertenor noted for remarkable vocal performances and an unusual, elfin stage persona. ... The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984. ... Theodore Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (a. ... Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958) is an English singer, composer, musician and electropop pioneer. ... Nu Shooz is a dance music group fronted by husband and wife duo John Smith and Valerie Day. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Offspring (sometimes referred to as simply Offspring) is a popular American band from Orange County, California which formed in 1984. ... Oingo Boingo was a critically acclaimed American New Wave rock band better known for their influence, soundtrack contributions, and high energy Halloween concerts rather than their chart successes. ... Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Tumbler-Snapper and before Upshot-Knothole. ... Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a synth pop group whose founder members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, UK. OMD record for Virgin Records (originally for Virgins DinDisc subsidiary). ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location City Information Established: 1850 as Bytown Area: 2,778. ... The Outfield are a British pop/rock band based in London. ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... Robert Allen Palmer (January 19, 1949 – September 26, 2003), born in Batley, Yorkshire, was an English singer. ... Ray Erskine Parker Jr. ... The capitalization of song titles in this article may be disputed. ... Thomas Tom Earl Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a popular American musician, known for his album-oriented, classicist rock n roll. ... Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (born October 20, 1953 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician. ... A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, especially something special (literally something that can be seen from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde style and for being pioneers of progressive rock music. ... The Pixies[1] are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. ... Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is the greatest English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. ... Platinum Blonde may refer to: platinum blonde is a very light shade of hair colour, sometimes obtained by means of chemically bleaching out almost all natural colour from the hair. ... The Pointer Sisters was an American vocal group and recording act that achieved great success during the 1970s and 1980s. ... Poison is an American glam metal band which originally achieved popular success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ... left to right: Robert Palmer, Andy Taylor, John Taylor, and Tony Thompson Power Station was a pop group made up of singer Robert Palmer, bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, and former CHIC drummer Tony Thompson; two other CHIC members, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers were... The Pretenders are an Anglo-American rock band. ... The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ... Craig and Charlie on the cover of their debut album This Is The Story The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. ... Pseudo Echo were an Australian New Romantic band. ... The Psychedelic Furs are an influential English post-punk band founded in the late 1970s. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a seminal hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community. ... Queen [are] an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ... Queensrÿche (pronounced IPA: ) is a heavy/progressive metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle. ... Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s glam metal scene. ... The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. ... The Ramones (L-R, Johnny, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee) on the cover of their debut self-titled album (1976), cementing their place at the dawn of the punk movement. ... Randall may refer to the following: // Lord Randall Well-known Scottish folk song. ... RATT redirects here, it can also be used as an acronym for radio teletype. ... For other meanings of this phrase (book and album titles etc. ... Red Lorry Yellow Lorry is a rock band that was formed in Leeds, England in early 1981 by guitarist/songwriter Chris Reed and vocalist Mark Sweeney, along with bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown (who would later join The Mission UK). ... Red Rider was a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. ... Re-Flex was a British techno-pop/ dance group featuring Baxter (vocals), Paul Fishman (keyboards), Nigel Ross-Scott (bass), and Roland Kerridge (drums). ... Regina Richards, who uses the stage name Regina, is a female dance music singer born in Brooklyn New York. ... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in early 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe. ... REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s. ... Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... The cover photo of the Romantics self-titled 1980 debut album, featuring the band in its notorious red leather suits. ... Romeo Void was a New Wave band in San Francisco, California from 1979 to 1985. ... Roxette is a Swedish pop double act, sometimes rock influenced, that consists of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. ... Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Sade can mean: Sade (movie) starring French actor Daniel Auteuil. ... Saga is a progressive rock quintet, formed in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. ... Salt, DJ Spinderella, and Pepa on the cover to their 1999 CD single, The Brick Track Verses Gitty Up Salt-N-Pepa is an American R&B and hip hop group, consisting of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton (Salt and Pepa, respectively), and Deidre Dee Dee Roper (DJ Spinderella). ... Scandal (l to r): Benjy King, Thommy Price, Zack Smith, Patty Smyth, Ivan Elias, Keith Mack Scandal was a band from the 1980s led by Patty Smyth. ... Peter Schilling (born Pierre Michael Schilling on January 28, 1956, Stuttgart, Germany) is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes (aliens, astronauts, nuclear holocausts, etc. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Seona Dancing was a 1980s British pop group best known for providing Ricky Gervais with his first taste of fame. ... Sigue Sigue Sputnik is a British pop-cyberpunk band that achieved moderate fame in the mid- to late 1980s, when the song Love Missile F1-11 hit the pop charts around the world. ... Simple Minds is a rock band from Scotland, which had its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. ... Simply Red are an English pop band. ... This article does not adequately cite its references. ... The Sisters of Mercy are a rock band that emerged out of the English post-punk scene in 1980-1981. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hair metal prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ... Image:SodaStereo. ... Jimmy Somerville – concert in Warsaw, 2006. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Soft Cell was an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980s (currently re-formed). ... Soul II Soul is a dance/funk/soul act that emerged at the end of the 80s from London. ... Spandau Ballet were a popular English band in the 1980s. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Split Enz was a successful New Zealand band during the late 1970s and the early 1980s featuring brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. ... Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23, 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a songwriter, musician and actor. ... Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Billy Squier (born May 12, 1950, in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) is a Rock musician. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool),[1] known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of the Beatles. ... Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock movement. ... Stray Cats is a rockabilly band first formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/Brian Setzer Orchestra) with school friends Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Stryper is a Christian metal band from Orange County, California, USA. Formed in 1983, they are considered pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian rock music. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic rock-pop band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. ... An open surface with X-, Y-, and Z-contours shown. ... Survivor is an American rock band formed in 1977 by core members Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. ... Swans were one of the few bands to emerge from the New York, USA No Wave scene intact. ... TPau could refer to one of the following TPau, a fictional character and the space ship named after her in the Star Trek universe TPau, a British musicial group from the late-1980s and named after the Star Trek character This is a disambiguation page — a... barbacoa tacos. ... Talk Talk was a popular English music group that was active from 1981 to 1991. ... Talking Heads was an American rock band existing between 1974 and 1991, composed of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison. ... Tears for Fears (abbreviated TFF) are a popular English pop band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, which emerged after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate. ... SI unit, see Tesla (unit). ... Matt Johnson The The is an English musical and multimedia group that has been around since 1979 in various forms, with Matt Johnson being the only constant band member. ... The Thompson Twins were an English New Wave/pop band normally associated with the 1980s. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... George Thorogood (born December 31, 1951) is a blues-rock and rock and roll performer. ... Til Tuesday was an American New Wave band formed in Boston in 1982. ... The band Timbuk 3 was formed in 1986 by the husband and wife team of Pat MacDonald and Barbara MacDonald. ... Tommy Tutone is a rock band from San Francisco, California, best known for its 1982 hit 867-5309/Jenny, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard pop charts. ... Tom Tom Club was a New Wave band, a side project set up by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz who were also members of the Talking Heads. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Traveling Wilburys were a short-lived supergroup created by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne. ... Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning African-American rock (one grammy win with ex-husband Ike, six as a solo artist, and one win by Whats Love Got to Do With It songwriters Graham Lyle and Terry Britten... Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... UB40 UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. ... Ultravox (formerly Ultravox!) was one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the early 1980s. ... USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa), was the name under which forty-five U.S. artists, led by Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single We Are the World in 1985. ... Van Halen is an American rock band. ... Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1968), better known as Vanilla Ice, is a Grammy Award nominated, American Music Award winning American rapper, known mostly for the single Ice Ice Baby, which topped the charts in the early 1990s. ... Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου) [IPA: ] is a world-renowned Greek composer of electronic, New Age and classical music and musical performer, under the artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) or just Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos) [IPA: or ]. He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of... The Vapors were a New Wave band from England that existed between 1979 and 1981. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. ... This article is about the band. ... An Irish rock band. ... Vixen is an all female American Rock band which achieved some success during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Village People were a disco band of the late 1970s. ... Missing You record cover John Charles Waite, born on July 4, 1955, in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, is a rock singer. ... 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