School chums Curt Smith and Roland Orzabel moved with the times in the early 80s and exchanged New Wave for New Romantic when they formed Tears For Fears. A string of hits followed, none lesser than Everybody Wants To Run The World which raised so much revenue for Live Aid related charities. We pay tribute to the band by making one of their best unofficial fan sites, S & B's Tears […]
Dire Straits appeared at the end of the 70s and set the pace for their enormous success in the following decade. We celebrate Mark Knopfler, the main man behind the band who went on to collaborate with big names in the pop, rock and country world as well as becoming a great solo artist in his own right. We've made his Official Website our Website Of The Week this week […]
The band formed in 1976 in New York which went on to have hits in the 70s, 80s and beyond are the subject of this week's Website Of The Week on The 80s Lunchbox. Foreigner proved they could rock with the best of them as well as sing a mean ballad as Waiting For A Girl Like You became their most famous hit. Foreigner Online is their official home and […]
The band from Manchester, England, fronted by Mick Hucknall gets the VIP treatment this week on The 80s Lunchbox as we make one of the best fansites Redweb our Website Of The Week this week. Tune in weekdays from midday on The Cheese to find out more.
Morton Harkett and the boys from A-Ha featured on posters on many teenage girl's bedroom in the 80s as they enjoyed hit after hit. Now back with a new album last year called Foot Of The Mountain, it looks like their hearthrob days may return. We celebrate their work this week as we make the Official A-Ha Website our Website Of The Week this week on the 80s Lunchbox (weekdays […]
Talk Talk formed in 1981 and very rapidly took hold of the charts with their brand of sophisticated 80s pop. Although they disbanded in 1991, their fanbase is still considerable and we make one of their Fansites our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox. Find out more weekdays from midday on The Cheese.
Colin Hay is best remembered for his work with Men At Work, but he's a successful solo artist too. A Brazillian fan has created an excellent resource Colin Hay Of Men At Work for fans. It's also our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox, Monday to Friday at midday on The Cheese.
A highly sucessful pop career as a solo artist and as lead singer of The Little River Band, The 80s Lunchbox pays tribute to John Farnham as we make his Official Website our Website Of The Week this week. Tune in weekdays to The Cheese at midday to find out more.
Jim Kerr and friends from Scotland formed Simple Minds and soon found themselves in the charts from the early 80s and continue to have a large following for their present day tours. On The 80s Lunchbox this week, we've made on of their best fan sites So Simple Minded our Website Of The Week. Tune in weekdays from midday on The Cheese to find out more.