Highlights Debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984), reached number two on the UK Album Chart, selling over 1.2 million…
80s Music
Look back and reminisce on the broad spectrum of the 80s music scene, everything from boybands (Bros, Wham!, Duran Duran) and Rock (Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Def Leppard) to Punk (The Damned, The Cure) and Indie (Jesus and Mary Chain, Echo and The Bunnymen) and loads more inbetween. Our dedicated Music section has a full rundown on all things 80s music and is well worth a look.
Alison Moyet
Highlights Former member of Yazoo with Vince Clarke of Erasure Debut album ‘Alf’ was a…
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are a British New Wave band notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven…
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic/pop music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant who provides main…
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood (FGTH) was one of the most controversial and commercially successful UK pop…
The Bangles
The band was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981 as The Supersonic Bangs, later shortened…
Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister are an English pop group best known worldwide for the 1986 song “Breakout“. Other hits include…
Echo & The Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group’s musical style primarily consists…
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958), better known worldwide by only her first name, Madonna,…
The Go-Go’s
The Go-Go’s are an American new wave band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1978. The Go-Go’s rose to fame during…
Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of…