Just looking at these suggestions will tell you that the 80's was the most musically diverse decade, from junk like Rick Astley to the Jesus and Mary Chain,The Cure, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell,Kraftwerk, the latter gave birth to Electro and Techno, Afrikaa Bambaata, soul sonic crew, Jaun Atkins Derrick May, then there was the goth stuff, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission,spear of Destiny, Killing Joke,This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, pre grunge with Pixies, Throwing Muses, Husker DU,Lemonheads, Manchester scene Joy Division, section25, a certain ratio, New Order, Durruti Collumn.