George Harrison found himself in Bob Dylan's studio in 1988 recording the B Side of a single release from his new album. Luckily for George, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison were hanging around at the same place. By the end of the session, not only had they nailed the B side, but they decided to form The Traveling Wilburys and so proved that the old guys […]
Genesis hit the big time in the early 70s, so it was a surprise to everyone when the lead singer Peter Gabriel quit the band at what seemed like the peak of their careers. Peter went on to great things throughout the late 70s and right into the 80s with his unique style and this week's Website Of The Week on The 80s Lunchbox, weekdays from midday on The Cheese, […]
Auckland's famous son, Dave Dobbyn is celebrated this week on The 80s Lunchbox, weekdays from Midday on The Cheese, as we make a great unofficial Dave site The Belltower joint Website Of The Week.
The New Romantic founders who evolved into general hitsters, Duran Duran made a lot of great music in the 80s. We celebrate them this week on The 80s Lunchbox as we make Lizard King's Unofficial Duran Duran Site our Website Of The Week. Find out more, weekdays from Midday on The Cheese.
From ballads to fun rock, The Bangles promoted Girl Power long before the Spice Girls were thought of ! We celebrate the girls this week by making The Bangles Official Website our Website Of The Week on The 80s Lunchbox, weekdays from midday on The Cheese.
25 years ago, Howard Jones hit the charts with New Song, the calling card that shot the man and his synthesizer to fame throughout the 80s. You can check out what Howard has been up to recently on his official website and you can also visit Dawn's fansite devoted to Howard. We've made both of them our Website Of The Week this week on The 80s Lunchbox, weekdays from midday […]
Bad Manners leader Buster Bloodvessel celebrated his 50th birthday earlier this month and on The 80s Lunchbox this week, we too celebrate Buster and his band which took the charts by storm during the Ska/Mod revival of the early 80s. Find out what happened to Bad Manners and check out what Buster is up to by visiting the Official Bad Manners Site, our Website Of The Week this week on […]
The material girl of the 80s celebrated her 50th birthday last month and this week we celebrate Madonna on The 80s Lunchbox by making on her best fansites, All About Madonna, our Website Of The Week. FInd out more weekdays at midday on The Cheese.
We love those unofficial fan sites on The 80s Lunchbox and this week we were so impressed with the choice of pages devoted to the band Air Supply that we have decided to make two of them our Website Of The Week this week. Both sites, Air Supply Now and Forever and Air Supply Heart and Soul cover the past and present work of Air Supply and are well worth […]