The New York Times – Music:
The music industry pushed the group behind hits like “Manic Monday” and “Eternal Flame” hard, then pulled them apart. A new book tells their story.
Category: Nineteen Hundred Eighties
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Karl Wallinger, Who Sang With World Party and the Waterboys, Dies at 66
The New York Times – Music:
As a songwriter and instrumentalist as well, he blended pop and folk influences into music that helped define college radio in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Claude Montana, Fashion Designer Whose Look Defined the ’80s, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
With meticulous tailoring and a taste for leather, he was the architect of the decade’s highly structured and eroticized tough chic style.
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Mars Williams, 68, Saxophonist Who Straddled New Wave and Jazz, Dies
The New York Times – Music:
He made his name in the 1980s with the Waitresses and the Psychedelic Furs, but his roots were in the exploratory jazz of Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman.
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Geordie Walker, Guitarist for Killing Joke, Dies at 64
The New York Times – Music:
He helped define the look as well as the sound of the enduring British post-punk band, which influenced Nirvana, Metallica and others.