In 1981, synth-pop had it's best year of the decade with songs from Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, the Human Leaugue, ...

Few bands took the 80s by storm like Duran Duran. The band formed in Birmingham, England in 1978 and by 1980 had settled on ...

The 1980s were an incredibly polarizing time for music fans, thanks in no small part to the vast differences in popular genres, which ranged from heavy metal to synth-pop to hip-hop. Frankly, in the ...

The 1980s gave us some of the biggest names in music history, from arena rock anthems to synth-pop sensations. But not ...

The 1980s delivered a unique, vibrant, and often extravagant musical landscape that defined an entire generation. For those ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in ...

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other ...

Skies and sewers are uniting for a double record release party that will encourage matching track suits, '80s dance moves, and perhaps a Cure T-shirt or two. The Rochester-based electropop group Enemy ...

David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, his bandmate ...