On May 10, 1986, English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys scored a No. 1 hit with "West End Girls", which later became an enduring ...

Major Tom had been lying low since David Bowie's "Space Oddity". He returned in "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by Peter Schilling ...

Back in 1981, “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League was an insanely big hit. It’s not an overly complex song, either. Martin Rushent, who produced the song, added a drum machine, a very basic synth, ...

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 ...

From the synth-pop glamour of Duran Duran to the moody goth of The Cure, 1980s British bands didn’t just top charts — they redefined global pop culture. Their sounds, styles, and stagecraft influenced ...

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 ...

Forget your OMDs, your Depeche Modes, Human Leagues, Pet Shop Boys and A-has, because these not-so-popular bleep combos are ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist for the hit ’80s British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at age 66. The band announced on its official Instagram account that the musician “passed away 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 ...

The first show for a popular Utah summer concert series has been unveiled — and the lineup offers a trip back to the 1980s. The Human League, an ’80s synth-pop band from Sheffield, is set to bring ...

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 ...