Stacker scoured Billboard charts from the '80s and chose 25 of the top bands whose music became the soundtrack of the decade.

A classic playlist full of favorites of the 80s! Featuring hits from The Police, Tears For Fears, The Go-Go's and many more!

Ah, the ’80s—a time when hair was big, neon was a fashion statement, and rock music was king! We had legends like Van Halen and U2 blasting through our boomboxes, but not every band from that glorious ...

Stranger Things reignited '80s synth-pop nostalgia, bringing big hooks and neon back. Underrated '80s bands - Romeo Void, The Plimsouls, Wall of Voodoo and others - shaped pop and MTV. Many scored MTV ...

The ’80s in London had a little something for everyone. Then you had what some people called new romantic music, a kind of sub-genre of new wave that leaned into fashion, flamboyance and a whole lot ...

Music is currently in a weird place right now, for a lot of reasons, but the reason we are highlighting is the lack of bands that have acquired mainstream success. Instead of promoting bands, it seems ...

Just when you thought the 1980s were over, these 1990s bands brought the music of the decade back for another round. At times, the desire for a '90s band to turn the clock back 10 or so years has been ...

The ‘80s delivered a wide array of legendary rock acts, many of whom changed the history of music with their thunderous, innovative and distinctive styles. After previously offering up notable ...

There may not be a decade with more diverse music than the 1980s. The era saw a lot of different styles, including the popularity of rock music by so-called hair bands, named that for the long hair ...

The thing about the early '80s—and it sounds kind of ludicrously obvious—is that it was very close to the late '70s, so there was still a big element of punk, not necessarily musically, but certainly ...