Re: Name the '80s artists
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:18 pm
OK, what I reckon:
A1 Nina Hagen
A2 Sting
A3 Tony Hadley, Spandau Ballet
A4 ??? not Simon LeBon, possibly a Wham-era George Michael
A5 Deborah Iyall, Romeo Void
A6 Bob Geldof
A7 Anna Lwin, Bow Wow Wow
A8 Cyndi Lauper
A9 ???
A10 ??? possibly Clare Grogan, Altered Images
B1 - Elvis Costello
B2 - Thomas Dolby
B4 - Chrissie Hynde
B5 - Cher (thanks LM)
B6 - Trevor Horn (The Buggles + producer of several other acts)
B9 - Jim Kerr, Simple Minds
C:
C1 - Nena (of Lutballoons fame)
C4 - Morten Harket (A-Ha);
C5 - Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council);
C6 - Ric Ocasek (The Cars).
C7 - Peter Garrett!
C8-10 Fred Schneider and the girls from the B-52s
C5-6 look like a couple of brothers ... were they about in the '80s?
D:
D4 - Phil Oakey, The Human League
D5 - Kevin Rowland, Dexy's Midnight Runners (Too-Rye-Ay era)
D6 - thought this was Jello Biafra (!) at first but now pretty certain it's Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo
E:
E1 - Howard Jones
E2 - Lene Lovich (thanks Madge)
E6 - Michael Hutchence
F:
F1 - the bloke from A Flock Of Seagulls
F2 - Mick Jones (Big Audio Dynamite - duh!)
F7 - Annie Lennox
F8 isn't Shakin' bloody Stevens, is it?
G:
G3-4 Alison Moyet and Vince Clark, aka Yazoo
G5 - Suggs, Madness
G8 - Limahl
G9 - Boy George
G10 - Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat
H:
H2: Midge Ure, Ultravox
H3 - Siouxsie
H4 - Wacko Jacko
H6 - Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo
H8 - Pete Burns, Dead Or Alive
H2's moustache makes me think Freddy Mercury, but it don't look like him...
Is H5 Morrissey?
I:
I4 - Deborah Harry, Blondie
I5 - Billy Idol
I6 - Nick Cave
I7 - Billy Field
I8 - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music
!9 - Kate Bush
I10- Roland Gift, Fine Young Cannibals
J: (this is the easy row)
J1 - David Byrne, Taking HEads
J2 - David Bowie
J3 - Johnny Lydon, PiL
J5 - Robert Smith, the Cure
J6 - Grace Jones
J7 - Adam Ant
J8 - Gary Numan (Telekon era)
J9 - Klaus Nomi
no idea who the hell J4 is.
A1 Nina Hagen
A2 Sting
A3 Tony Hadley, Spandau Ballet
A4 ??? not Simon LeBon, possibly a Wham-era George Michael
A5 Deborah Iyall, Romeo Void
A6 Bob Geldof
A7 Anna Lwin, Bow Wow Wow
A8 Cyndi Lauper
A9 ???
A10 ??? possibly Clare Grogan, Altered Images
B1 - Elvis Costello
B2 - Thomas Dolby
B4 - Chrissie Hynde
B5 - Cher (thanks LM)
B6 - Trevor Horn (The Buggles + producer of several other acts)
B9 - Jim Kerr, Simple Minds
C:
C1 - Nena (of Lutballoons fame)
C4 - Morten Harket (A-Ha);
C5 - Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council);
C6 - Ric Ocasek (The Cars).
C7 - Peter Garrett!
C8-10 Fred Schneider and the girls from the B-52s
C5-6 look like a couple of brothers ... were they about in the '80s?
D:
D4 - Phil Oakey, The Human League
D5 - Kevin Rowland, Dexy's Midnight Runners (Too-Rye-Ay era)
D6 - thought this was Jello Biafra (!) at first but now pretty certain it's Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo
E:
E1 - Howard Jones
E2 - Lene Lovich (thanks Madge)
E6 - Michael Hutchence
F:
F1 - the bloke from A Flock Of Seagulls
F2 - Mick Jones (Big Audio Dynamite - duh!)
F7 - Annie Lennox
F8 isn't Shakin' bloody Stevens, is it?
G:
G3-4 Alison Moyet and Vince Clark, aka Yazoo
G5 - Suggs, Madness
G8 - Limahl
G9 - Boy George
G10 - Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat
H:
H2: Midge Ure, Ultravox
H3 - Siouxsie
H4 - Wacko Jacko
H6 - Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo
H8 - Pete Burns, Dead Or Alive
H2's moustache makes me think Freddy Mercury, but it don't look like him...
Is H5 Morrissey?
I:
I4 - Deborah Harry, Blondie
I5 - Billy Idol
I6 - Nick Cave
I7 - Billy Field
I8 - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music
!9 - Kate Bush
I10- Roland Gift, Fine Young Cannibals
J: (this is the easy row)
J1 - David Byrne, Taking HEads
J2 - David Bowie
J3 - Johnny Lydon, PiL
J5 - Robert Smith, the Cure
J6 - Grace Jones
J7 - Adam Ant
J8 - Gary Numan (Telekon era)
J9 - Klaus Nomi
no idea who the hell J4 is.