The Music

Erasure 80s

Erasure

 Erasure – English duo, consisting of Andy Bell and founding member of Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke who split with Yazoo partner Alison Moyet after releasing two hit albums. Erasure formed in London and entered the music scene in 1985 with debut single “Who Needs Love Like That”. Following the release of their fourth single “Sometimes”, the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s. Erasure’s first three singles were commercial failures in the UK, although the third, “Oh L’amour”, charted well in Australia and Read more…

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Bad Boys Blue 80s

Bad Boys Blue

Bad Boys Blue are a multinational pop group that was formed in Cologne, Germany. The group performed many international hits including “You’re a Woman”, “Pretty Young Girl”, “I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat”, and “Come Back and Stay”. Bad Boys Blue band was formed in the summer of 1984 in Cologne (Germany) by producer Tony Hendrik (Coconut Records) and his wife Karin van Haaren. They planned to look for members of the new group in England, but finally they found them in Cologne. The original Bad Boys Blue line-up was following:: Jamaican Trevor “Supa T” Taylor (the original lead vocalist), British Read more…

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Pet Shop Boys 80s

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo, consisting of Neil Tennant (main vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar), and Chris Lowe (keyboards, occasional vocals). Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide,and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Pet Shop Boys are three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart. The discography of the Pet Shop Boys comprises twelve studio albums, four compilation albums, two live albums, Read more…

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Culture Club band

Culture Club

Culture Club are an English band that were formed in 1981. The band comprised Boy George (lead vocals), Mikey Craig (bass guitar), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards) and Jon Moss (drums and percussion). In the UK they had twelve Top 40 hit singles between, including the number ones “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” and “Karma Chameleon”. Ten of their songs reached the US Top 40. After occasional singing with the group Bow Wow Wow George decided to start his own band and enlisted bassist Mikey Craig, drummer Jon Moss, and guitarist Roy Hay. Realising they had an Irish Read more…

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Dead Or Alive Band

Dead Or Alive

Dead or Alive band were a British new wave group from Liverpool, England. The Dead or Alive found success in the 1980s and had seven Top 40 UK singles and three Top 30 UK albums. They were the first group to have a number one single under the production team of Stock Aitken Waterman. Dead or Alive, which has variously included Pete Burns (vocalist), Wayne Hussey (guitarist and songwriter), Mike Percy (bass guitarist), Steve Coy (drummer), Timothy Lever (various instruments), have released seven studio albums and five compilation albums. Dead or Alive was formed in 1980 in Liverpool by Burns, Read more…

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The Power Station band

The Power Station

The Power Station band was a 1980s group made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor (bass) and Andy Taylor (guitar). Bernard Edwards, also of Chic, was involved on the studio side as recording producer and for a short time also functioned as The Power Station’s manager. Edwards also replaced John Taylor on bass for the recording of the supergroup’s follow-up album. The band was formed in New York City late in 1984 during a break in Duran Duran’s schedule that became a lengthy hiatus. The Power Station was named after Read more…

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Europe Band

Europe

Europe band is a Swedish rock group formed in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson and drummer Tony Reno. Since its formation, Europe band has released nine studio albums, three live albums, three compilations and nineteen videos. In 1982, Joey Tempest’s girlfriend entered Force in the Swedish rock talent contest. They won the contest thanks to two songs, “In the Future to Come” and “The King Will Return”. The reward was a record deal with Hot Records. Just before the contest, Force changed their name to Europe. Read more…

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Arcadia / Duran Duran

Arcadia

Arcadia were a pop group formed in 1985 by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran, as a side project during a break in that band’s schedule. The Arcadia band recorded just one album, the platinum-selling So Red the Rose that peaked at Number 30 in the UK and Number 23 in the US, and featured the UK/US Top 10 single “Election Day,” as well as the top 40 hits “The Promise” and “Goodbye Is Forever”. It also contains the single “The Flame” and the promo-singles “Missing”, “El Diablo” and “Keep Me in the Dark”. Drummer Read more…

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are a British new wave group formed in 1978, whose founding members, Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), are originally from Wirral, England. While steadily eschewing pop star status, the band cultivated a fanbase in the United Kingdom from 1978–1980. They gained popularity throughout Europe with successful 1980 single “Enola Gay.     The group was founded in 1978 by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys who remain, and were perceived as, the core members. Adding sidemen Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper by the end of 1980, this quartet (with occasional Read more…

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New Order Band

New Order

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman. The band was formed in 1980 by Sumner (vocals, guitars, keyboards and synthesisers), Peter Hook (bass and vocals) and Morris (drums, electronic drums, keyboards and synthesisers) – the remaining members of Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis – with the addition of Gilbert (keyboards, synthesisers and guitars).     Between 1977 and 1980, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner were members of the post-punk band Joy Division. The initial Read more…

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