How well do you know your eighties bands? Name the musicians in the classic line-ups as well as the instruments they played. The bands are in no particular order.
Duran Duran
Andy Taylor (guitar)
Simon Le Bon (vocals)
Nick Rhodes (keyboards)
John Taylor (bass)
Roger Taylor (drums)
The Smiths
Mike Joyce (drums)
Morrissey (vocals)
Johnny Marr (guitar)
Andy Rourke (bass)
Depeche Mode
Alan Wilder (keyboards, programming)
Dave Gahan (vocals)
Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar)
Andy Fletcher (keyboards)
The Cure
Boris Williams (drums)
Robert Smith (vocals, guitar)
Simon Gallup (bass)
Porl Thompson (guitar, keyboards)
Lol Tolhurst (keyboards, drums)
Tears for Fears
Manny Elias (drums)
Roland Orzabal (vocals, guitar)
Curt Smith (vocals, bass)
Ian Stanley (keyboards)
Simple Minds
Mel Gaynor (drums)
Jim Kerr (vocals)
Charlie Burchill (guitar)
Mick MacNeil (keyboards)
Derek Forbes (bass)
U2
Larry Mullen Jr. (drums)
Bono (vocals)
The Edge (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
Adam Clayton (bass)
Echo & the Bunnymen
Pete de Freitas (drums)
Ian McCulloch (vocals)
Will Sergeant (guitar)
Les Pattinson (bass)
Talking Heads
Chris Frantz (drums)
David Byrne (vocals, guitar)
Tina Weymouth (bass)
Jerry Harrison (guitar, keyboards)
The Police
Stewart Copeland (drums)
Sting (vocals, bass)
Andy Summers (guitar)
New Order
Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitar)
Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, keyboards)
Peter Hook (bass, backing vocals)
Stephen Morris (drums, programming)
Joy Division
Stephen Morris (drums)
Ian Curtis (vocals)
Bernard Sumner (guitar, keyboards)
Peter Hook (bass)
R.E.M.
Bill Berry (drums)
Michael Stipe (vocals)
Peter Buck (guitar)
Mike Mills (bass, vocals)
Eurythmics
Dave Stewart (guitar, keyboards)
Annie Lennox (vocals, keyboards)
Pet Shop Boys
Chris Lowe (keyboards, vocals)
Neil Tennant (vocals, keyboards)
Wham!
Andrew Ridgeley (guitar, vocals)
George Michael (vocals, keyboards)
A-ha
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitar)
Morten Harket (vocals)
Magne Furuholmen (keyboards)
Spandau Ballet
John Keeble (drums)
Tony Hadley (vocals)
Gary Kemp (guitar, keyboards)
Martin Kemp (bass)
Steve Norman (saxophone, percussion)
Erasure
Vince Clarke (keyboards, programming)
Andy Bell (vocals)
Culture Club
Jon Moss (drums)
Boy George (vocals)
Roy Hay (guitar, keyboards)
Mikey Craig (bass)
Fleetwood Mac (Rumours era, late ’70s but iconic in the ’80s too)
Mick Fleetwood (drums)
Stevie Nicks (vocals)
Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar)
Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards)
John McVie (bass)
Genesis (Think … And Then There Were Three)
Mike Rutherford (guitar, bass)
Phil Collins (vocals, drums)
Tony Banks (keyboards)
Dire Straits
Terry Williams (drums)
Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar)
John Illsley (bass, vocals)
Alan Clark (keyboards)
The Human League
Adrian Wright (keyboards)
Philip Oakey (vocals)
Joanne Catherall (vocals)
Susan Ann Sulley (vocals)
OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
Martin Cooper (keyboards, saxophone)
Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass)
Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals)
Malcolm Holmes (drums)
Ultravox
Warren Cann (drums)
Midge Ure (vocals, guitar)
Billy Currie (keyboards, violin)
Chris Cross (bass)
Blondie
Nigel Harrison (bass)
Debbie Harry (vocals)
Chris Stein (guitar)
Clem Burke (drums)
Jimmy Destri (keyboards)
INXS
Jon Farriss (drums)
Michael Hutchence (vocals)
Andrew Farriss (keyboards, guitar)
Tim Farriss (guitar)
Kirk Pengilly (guitar, saxophone, vocals)
Garry Gary Beers (bass)
The Bangles
Michael Steele (vocals, bass)
Susanna Hoffs (vocals, guitar)
Vicki Peterson (vocals, guitar)
Debbi Peterson (vocals, drums)
The Go-Go’s
Gina Schock (drums)
Belinda Carlisle (vocals)
Charlotte Caffey (guitar, keyboards)
Jane Wiedlin (vocals, guitar)
Kathy Valentine (bass)
The Cars
David Robinson (drums)
Ric Ocasek (vocals, guitar)
Benjamin Orr (vocals, bass)
Elliot Easton (lead guitar)
Greg Hawkes (keyboards)
Hall & Oates
John Oates (vocals, guitar)
Daryl Hall (vocals, keyboards)
The B-52’s
Keith Strickland (drums, later guitar)
Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion)
Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards)
Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion)
Ricky Wilson (guitar)
Van Halen
Alex Van Halen (drums)
David Lee Roth (vocals)
Eddie Van Halen (guitar)
Michael Anthony (bass, vocals)
Def Leppard
Rick Allen (drums)
Joe Elliott (vocals)
Steve Clark (guitar)
Phil Collen (guitar)
Rick Savage (bass)
Bon Jovi
David Bryan (keyboards)
Jon Bon Jovi (vocals)
Richie Sambora (guitar, vocals)
Alec John Such (bass)
Tico Torres (drums)
Motley Crüe
Tommy Lee (drums)
Vince Neil (vocals)
Mick Mars (guitar)
Nikki Sixx (bass)
Guns N’ Roses
Steven Adler (drums)
Axl Rose (vocals)
Slash (guitar)
Izzy Stradlin (guitar)
Duff McKagan (bass)
Metallica
Cliff Burton (bass)
James Hetfield (vocals, guitar)
Lars Ulrich (drums)
Kirk Hammett (guitar)
Iron Maiden
Nicko McBrain (drums)
Bruce Dickinson (vocals)
Dave Murray (guitar)
Adrian Smith (guitar)
Steve Harris (bass)
Whitesnake
Cozy Powell (drums)
David Coverdale (vocals)
John Sykes (guitar)
Neil Murray (bass)
Poison
Rikki Rockett (drums)
Bret Michaels (vocals)
C.C. DeVille (guitar)
Bobby Dall (bass)
Scorpions
Herman Rarebell (drums)
Klaus Meine (vocals)
Rudolf Schenker (guitar)
Matthias Jabs (guitar)
Francis Buchholz (bass)
ZZ Top
Frank Beard (drums)
Billy Gibbons (vocals, guitar)
Dusty Hill (vocals, bass)
Foreigner
Dennis Elliott (drums)
Lou Gramm (vocals)
Mick Jones (guitar, keyboards)
Rick Wills (bass)
Journey
Steve Smith (drums)
Steve Perry (vocals)
Neal Schon (guitar)
Jonathan Cain (keyboards)
Ross Valory (bass)
Toto
Jeff Porcaro (drums)
Bobby Kimball (vocals)
Steve Lukather (guitar, vocals)
David Paich (keyboards, vocals)
Steve Porcaro (keyboards)
Night Ranger
Alan Fitzgerald (keyboards)
Jack Blades (vocals, bass)
Kelly Keagy (vocals, drums)
Brad Gillis (guitar)
Jeff Watson (guitar)
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Kelly Groucutt (bass, vocals)
Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar)
Bev Bevan (drums)
Richard Tandy (keyboards)
