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Bands such as Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot, Europe, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and Cinderella were among the most popular acts of the decade. The 1980s saw the emergence of wildly popular hard rock band Guns N' Roses and the successful comebacks of Aerosmith and Alice Cooper in the late 1980s.
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford form new band Discipline, but after initial live dates Fripp decides the band constitutes a new incarnation of King Crimson.; Former Yes members Chris Squire and Alan White try to put together XYZ with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, but the project fails to go beyond rehearsals and the recording of several demos at Chris Squire's home studio due to ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "1980s in music" ... Timeline of progressive rock (1980–1989)
A veritable record guide to progressive rock, with band histories, musical synopses and critical commentary, all presented in the historical context of a timeline. The book covers only 1967–1979. Lucky, Jerry. The Progressive Rock Files Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc (1998), 304 pages, ISBN 1-896522-10-6 (paperback ...
The movement spawned more than a thousand hard rock and heavy metal bands from all over the UK, which were more or less forcibly identified as heavy metal acts. [1] [2] Most of those bands did not survive past the mid-1980s and disbanded, but many reformed in the 2000s. [3
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: 3 [34] June 1 "Little by Little" Robert Plant: 2 [35] June 15 "Tough All Over" John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band: 2 [36] June 29 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" Sting: 3 [37] July 20 "The Power of Love" Huey Lewis and the News: 2 [38] August 3 "Money for Nothing"† [39] Dire Straits: 3 [40] August 24
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