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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Pseudo » 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.
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:30 pm

My thoughts on those missing in the C row:

C4 - Morten Harket (A-Ha);
C5 - Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council);
C6 - Ric Ocasek (The Cars).
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:32 pm

H2 is Midge Ure, I reckon.
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Pseudo » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:33 pm

Magellan wrote:My thoughts on those missing in the C row:

C4 - Morten Harket (A-Ha);
C5 - Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council);
C6 - Ric Ocasek (The Cars).

Added above. (Damn, how did I miss Ric Ocasek...)
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:35 pm

G5 - Suggs from Madness.
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:37 pm

I reckon I3 is Morrissey.
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:40 pm

D9 - I think it's Bernard Sumner?
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby DOC » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:41 pm

A9 Stan Ridgeway
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:42 pm

DOC wrote:A9 Stan Ridgeway

Yep, reckon this it right. Mexican Radio!!
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby DOC » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:45 pm

B3 Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) wife helping here
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby DOC » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:46 pm

Magellan wrote:I reckon I3 is Morrissey.


From the Smiths?
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:47 pm

DOC wrote:
Magellan wrote:I reckon I3 is Morrissey.


From the Smiths?

Yes.
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:52 pm

F6 - Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby DOC » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:54 pm

Magellan wrote:H2 is Midge Ure, I reckon.


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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:55 pm

H1 = Hazell Dean?
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:59 pm

Reckon G6 and 7 are Dave Gahan and Martin Gore (Depeche Mode).
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Magellan » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:06 pm

D7 and 8 = the Pet Shop Boys?
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby spell_check » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:08 pm

D2?

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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby Pseudo » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:14 pm

Magellan wrote:F6 - Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

I don't see it myself. Don't know who else it could be though.

I've edited the initial post on this thread and have added all the current guesses.
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Re: Name the '80s artists

Postby DOC » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:39 pm

spell_check wrote:D2?

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