The classic line-ups of the biggest bands in the eighties

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)