American Songwriter

3 Rock Songs From the 1980s Where the Lead Singer Is Not the Main Character

Some musical moments are so good that they can take over the spotlight. That’s what happened with the three rock songs from ...
American Songwriter

3 Pop Songs Between the Years 1979 and 1986 That Perfected the Synth Hook

In the mood for some synth-based pop songs? In the late 1970s and 1980s, the synth hook was incredibly common among hits.
Yahoo

60 years of the synth: the '80s

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Future SYNTH WEEK 2024: After the incredible leaps in synthesizer technology that were made in the late '70s, 1980 could ...
Queerty

The bisexual backstory of an ’80s synth-pop anthem that will never “Fade to Grey”

British synth-pop, was a sub-genre of New Wave music that first emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Queer bands like The Communards, Pet Shop Boys, and Erasure embraced the sound and helped ...
The Washington Post

Dave Smith, whose Prophet-5 synthesizer powered ’80s pop, dies at 72

Dave Smith, an engineer who helped create the Prophet-5 synthesizer, which became a staple of 1980s pop music, as well as the MIDI electronic system that allowed drum machines, keyboards, sequencers — ...