Find your way into music
Best albums Lists Guides
Best albums Lists Guides
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

1980s Artists

5501 artists from this era

Filter by genre:

punk rock (492) rock music (457) alternative rock (451) thrash metal (257) hard rock (249) pop music (237) new wave (216) heavy metal (204) hardcore punk (184) pop rock (145) death metal (132) indie rock (108)
🎤

BlackLace

Formed 1981

heavy metal

🎤

Orchestre Métropolitain

Formed 1981

🎤

Stick Against Stone

Formed 1981

🎤

Selena y Los Dinos

Formed 1981

tejano music

Ill Repute

Ill Repute

Formed 1981

hardcore punk

🎤

Rank and File

Formed 1981

new wave

Haunted Garage

Haunted Garage

Formed 1985

punk rock

🎤

Deadline

Formed 1985

electronic music

🎤

Sly Fox

Formed 1985

dance-pop

🎤

Slave Raider

Formed 1985

hard rock

Ĵomart and Nataŝa

Ĵomart and Nataŝa

Formed 1985

pop music

23 Till

23 Till

Formed 1985

punk rock

A.C. Temple

A.C. Temple

Formed 1985

alternative rock

Skatalà

Skatalà

Formed 1985

oi!, ska

🎤

Spazztic Blurr

Formed 1985

crossover thrash

🎤

Into a Circle

Formed 1985

🎤

Xorcist

Formed 1985

🎤

Fecal Matter

Formed 1985

grunge

Panda

Panda

Formed 1986

🎤

Copperhead

Formed 1986

No Strange

No Strange

Formed 1986

psychedelic rock

🎤

Hullabaloo

Formed 1986

punk rock

🎤

Dead Ringer Band

Formed 1986

🎤

Head of David

Formed 1986

avant-garde metal

« Previous Next »

Showing 2665 to 2688 of 5501 results

1 2 ... 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 ... 229 230

The Northsound Newsletter

One curated music list a week. No filler.

Free. Unsubscribe anytime. Powered by Buttondown.

northsound.fm

Find your way into music — one confident starting point at a time.

Support Northsound

Discover

  • Best albums
  • Lists
  • All artist guides
  • Random artist
  • Search

Browse

  • By decade
  • Best 70s albums
  • Best 80s albums
  • Best 90s albums
  • Best 2000s albums

Site

  • About
  • Contact & feedback
  • Copyright & takedowns

© 2026 Northsound. Independent music guide.

Editorial site. Cover art via Cover Art Archive & Wikimedia Commons.