Remember the 1980s

9th November 1989. A defining moment in history, a fitting end to a decade of change. In a TV studio in East Germany, Guenter Schabowski, a...

E is for ... Echo and the Bunnymen The hair! Ian McCulloch's hair spawned a thousand imitation hair cuts. Sometimes broody, but a much ...

D is for .. . Duran Duran - one of the biggest bands of the '80s, their poppy, synth led music instantly transporting you back through ...

C is for ... The Cure I saw the Cure at Glastonbury in 1986 (I think that was a muddy year!) - Robert Smith's band that was often misund...

B is for ... Boy George One of the most popular and successful new wave groups of the early 1980s music scene were 'Culture Club', r...

A is for ... ABC - Led by Martin Fry, this group gave us some typical 1980s music, gold lame suits and the 'Lexicon of Love' Three ...

The 1980s - a decade born into a dysfunctional family, angry and snarling and looking for change, and left us decadent and hedonistic, weari...