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The Jayhawks are a long-lived country-roots rock band who started in the mid-1980s. [154] Another group to form about the same time was Babes in Toyland, an early quasi-riot grrl band. [155] Many groups of the 1980s and 1990s eventually split up, and a number of other bands formed from the remnants.
Musical groups (e.g., bands, orchestras, et al.) originating or based in the American state of Minnesota For individual musicians, see Category:Musicians from Minnesota . Also related to this category is the Minnewiki , a Wiki of Minnesota music.
The Minneapolis sound is a subgenre of funk rock that incorporates elements of new wave and synth-pop. Started at Sound 80 with tracks like “Funkytown” by Lipps, Inc and pioneered by Minneapolis -based musician Prince and André Cymone beginning in the late 1970s, the musical style's heyday extended through the late 1980s. [ 1 ]
The Suburbs are an alternative punk rock/funk/new wave band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. In its 1980s heyday, the band found great success in Minneapolis and the Midwest, and scored radio and dance-club hits with the songs "Music for Boys", "Waiting", and "Love Is the Law". The band released four albums and two EPs, including the well-regarded ...
Lipps, Inc. (/ ˈ l ɪ p s ɪ ŋ k / LIP-sink, a pun on the phrase "lip sync") was an American disco and funk group from Minneapolis, Minnesota.The group is best known for the chart-topping 1980 worldwide hit single "Funkytown", which hit No. 1 in 28 countries and was certified as double platinum in sales.
Mazarati was an American R&B, rock and funk band, formed in the mid-1980s and was active until 1989. [2] The band had seven members and was produced by the former Prince and The Revolution bassist Brownmark. [2] [3] Originally hailing from Minneapolis, they became defunct as a group in 1989. The band's sole hit was a song called "100 MPH ...
Hüsker Dü is widely regarded as one of the key bands to emerge from the 1980s American indie scene. Music writer Michael Azerrad asserted in his 2001 book Our Band Could Be Your Life that Hüsker Dü was the key link between hardcore punk and the more melodic, diverse music of college rock that emerged. Azerrad wrote, "Hüsker Dü played a ...
The Wallets performed their final show at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis on January 23, 1989. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Kramer and Hest later formed an advertising agency, currently known as Hest & Kramer, Van House Weber, [ 7 ] noted for its use of music in television ads for clients such as Target Stores , MTV , Time Warner , and Buick .