Chicago's history dates back to the early 70s when they had success as a rock act. When they added Peter Cetera to their line up as lead singer, his unique vocals ensured a string of hits in the 80s. Peter too would have similar hits as a solo artist. Peter's fan club site is our 80s Lunchbox Website Of The Week all this week. Find out more from midday Monday […]
From Rod Stewart's early work with The Faces in the 70s to his current work with the American Songbook series there's no denying Rod's power as a music superstar. He had some great hits in the 80s too and we feature his fan club website, Smiler, as our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox, weekdays from midday on The Cheese.
Billy Joel's distinguished musical career began in the early 70s with a string of light ballads. By 1983, Billy started to appeal to the top 40 audience with smash hit singles like Uptown Girl and Tell Her About It. Billy celebrates his 60th birthday this year and we are featuring one of his fansites Billy Joel Fan.com as our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox, weekdays […]
Few bands survived the upheaval of the changes in trends in the 70s and 80s better than Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry. They remain the favourites of music lovers worldwide. We remember their work by making one of their bests fansites, Roxyrama our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox, weekdays at midday on The Cheese.
Still making hits and making the news, we celebrate the singer who's debut hit in 1985 shot her to stardom. We're making Allwhitney.com, a fansite devoted to Whitney Houston our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox. Join us weekdays from midday for the best selection of 80s music favourites !
1982 saw the emergence of The Narcs who were soon to tour the world with their own mix of power rock and ballads. We celebrate the guys from Christchurch this week by making their MySpace page our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox (weekdays from midday on The Cheese).
The New Romantic era of the early 80s spawned artists like Spandau Ballet, and Duran Duran. They originated from the Blitz Club in London and club goers were known as The Blitz Kids. One of the most famous Blitz Kids, Steve Strange, formed his own band- Visage which was at the forefront of New Romantic fashion. We remember Steve and his fellow Blitz Kids by making one of his fansites our […]
Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe and a bank of synthesizers arrived on the scene in 1984 and the sound of The Pet Shop Boys dominated the 80s. We pay tribute to the guys this week on The 80s Lunchbox (weekdays from midday on The Cheese), by making a great example of one of their unofficial fansites Absolutely Pet Shop Boys our Website Of The Week.
In most parts of the world, the Pretenders had the distinction of having the first number one of the 1980s and the hits didn't stop there. This week on The 80s Lunchbox, we make one of the best Pretenders fansites, The Pretenders Archive our Website Of The Week. Listen out for the Pretenders and more 80s favourites weekdays from midday on The Cheese.