Los primeros años de los 80 traerían aparejados eventos trágicos que marcaron la historia del rock, como lo fueron la muerte de John Lennon, de Bob Marley y de John Bonham. La muerte de este último, baterista de Zeppelin, determinaría la disolución de aquella legendaria banda.
Esta serie de hechos marcaría un declive por parte de los grupos más importantes de los sesenta y setenta. Y como consecuencia habría un auge en la diversidad de estilos musicales como: el metal (y sus variaciones), el post punk, el new wave, el dance pop, etc.
Dentro de las bandas de Metal, Metallica, Megadeth y Iron Maiden fueron algunas de las más importantes. Pero simultaneamente el subgenero denominado Glam o Hair metal se transformaría en el más popular de la década. Y grupos como Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe y Poison serían los principales precursores.
En respuesta a la música popular de los ochenta (y especialmente al Hair Metal), una rama paralela y no comercial denominada rock alternativo, nacería de la mano de bandas como R.E. M., Sonic Youth y Pixies y se divulgaría en radios más bien universitarias hasta alcanzar su mayor popularidad en los noventa.
Sin embargo, el grupo más importante en la primera mitad de la década sería The Police, que junto a Talking Heads serían los exponentes del New Wave. Luego el trono lo tomaría U2, quienes se empezarían a transformar en una de las bandas más grandes de la actualidad.
Tampoco se puede dejar de lado a grupos clásicos ochentosos que empesaban a surgir en esta decada con mucha fuerza como New Order, luego del fallecimiento de Ian Curtis y la posterior disolusión de Joy Division, The Cure con su estilo gótico unico e incomparable y The Smiths en Inglaterra de la mano de uno de los duos compositivos mas importantes de la historia musical como fueron Morrisey y Marr.
Por otro lado, a finales de los 80 se darían 2 hechos importantes: el surgimiento del movimiento denominado “Madchester”, un conjunto de grupos, como los Stone Roses y Happy Mondays, que combinaban el rock psicodélico con la música dance; y la aparición de los Guns N’ Roses como uno de los grupos de hard rock más importantes de aquel momento.
Significado de Símbolos
- [Live]: Álbum en vivo
- : Mejor Disco de la Banda/Artista
- : Medalla de Oro en las Olimpiadas de Discos
- : Medalla de Plata en las Olimpiadas de Discos
- : Medalla de Bronce en las Olimpiadas de Discos
1980 [Playlist]
- Joy Division – Closer: 10
- AC/DC – Back in Black: 10
- The Jam – Sound Affects: 10
- Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables: 10
- Talking Heads – Remain in Light: 9,5
- The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta: 9,5
- Pete Townshend – Empty Glass: 9
- Prince – Dirty Mind: 9
- Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden: 9
- The Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro: 9
- David Bowie – Scary Monsters: 9
- Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz: 9
- Elvis costello & The Attractions – Get Happy!!: 9
- Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier: 9
- Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel III: 9
- The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry: 9
- Eric Clapton – Just One Night [Live]: 9
- Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine: 8,5
- Bauhaus – In the Flat Field: 8,5
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Uprising: 8,5
- U2 – Boy: 8,5
- Rush – Moving Pictures: 8,5
- Dire Straits – Making Movies: 8,5
- Echo & The Bunnymen – Cocodriles: 8,5
- Van Halen – Women and Children First: 8,5
- Queen – The Game: 8
- Motörhead – Ace of Spades: 8
- Jeff Beck – There and Back: 8
- Neil Young – Hawks & Doves: 8
- Simple Minds – Empire and Dance: 8
- Billy Joel – Glass Houses: 8
- INXS – INXS: 8
- The B-52s – Wild Planet: 8
- The Fall – Grotesque: 8
- Eagles – Live [Live]: 8
- The Cure – Seventeen Seconds: 7,5
- The Clash – Sandinista!: 7,5
- Blondie – Autoamerican: 7,5
- Ramones – End of the Century: 7,5
- Robert Fripp – God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners: 7,5
- Yes – Drama: 7,5
- Def Leppard – On Though the the Night: 7
- The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue: 7
- Black Sabbath – Heaven & Hell: 7
- The Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us: 7
- Black Sabbath – Live at Last [Live]: 7
- John Lennon – Double Fantasy: 6,5
- Iggy Pop – Soldier: 6,5
- Gerry Rafferty – Snakes & Ladders: 6,5
- Lou Reed – Growing Up in Public: 5,5
- Kiss – Unmasked: 5
- Bob Dylan – Saved: 3,5
1981 [Playlist]
- Buddy Guy – Stone Crazy!: 10
- King Crimson – Discipline: 9,5
- The Cramps – Psychedelic Jungle: 9
- The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You: 9
- Echo & the Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here: 8,5
- Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman: 8,5
- New Order – Movement: 8,5
- The Cure – Faith: 8
- The Police – Ghost in the Machine: 8
- Marvin Gaye – In Our Lifetime: 8
- Bauhaus – Mask: 8
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hard Promises: 8
- Tom Verlaine – Dreamtime: 8
- Billy Joel – Songs in the Attic [Live]: 8
- Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell: 7,5
- U2 – October: 7,5
- Gang of Four – Solid Gold: 7,5
- Van Halen – Fair Warning: 7,5
- Simple Minds – Sister Feelings Call: 7,5
- Duran Duran – Duran Duran: 7,5
- The Teardrop Explodes – Wilder: 7,5
- The Replacements – Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash: 7,5
- Mötley Crüe – Too Fast for Love: 7
- AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You: 7
- The Ramones – Pleasent Dreams: 7
- Neil Young – Re-ac-tor: 7
- INXS – Underneath the Colours: 7
- Prince – Controversy: 7
- Simple Minds – Sons and Fascination: 7
- Peter Frampton – Breaking All The Rules: 7
- Black Sabbath – Mob Rules: 6,5
- The Who – Face Dances: 6
- The Kinks – Give The People What They Want: 5,5
- Iggy Pop – Party: 5,5
- Bob Dylan – Shot of Love: 5,5
- Toto – Turn Back: 5,5
1982 [Playlist]
- Michael Jackson – Thriller: 10
- Talking Heads – The Name of this Bnd is Talking Heads [Live]: 10
- Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast: 9,5
- Prince – 1999: 9
- Adrian Belew – Lone Rhino: 9
- The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour: 9
- Toto – Toto IV: 9
- George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Live in Boston [Live]: 9
- Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love: 8,5
- Duran Duran – Rio: 8,5
- Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska: 8,5
- King Crimson – Beat: 8,5
- Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse: 8,5
- Lou Reed – The Blue Mask: 8,5
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay: 8,5
- Pete Townshend – All The Best CowboysHave Chinese Eyes: 8,5
- The Cure – Pornography: 8
- Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel IV: 8
- The Jam – The Gift: 8
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Long After Dark: 8
- Billy Idol – Billy Idol: 8
- Dire Straits – Love Over Gold: 8
- Misfits – Walk Among Us: 8
- Cocteua Twins – Garlands: 8
- Van Halen – Diver Down: 8
- T. Rex – Billy Super Duper: 8
- Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain: 8
- Motörhead – Iron Fist: 7,5
- Talk Talk – The Party’s Over: 7,5
- Kiss – Creatures of the Night: 7
- Tom Verlaine – Words from the Front: 7
- Robert Plant – Pictures at Eleven: 7
- The Clash – Combat Rock: 6,5
- INXS – Shabooh Shoobah: 6
- Queen – Hot Space: 5
- Aerosmith – Rock in a Hard Place: 5
- Iggy Pop – Zombie Birdhouse: 5
- Survivor – Eye of the Tiger: 4,5
- Neil Young – Trans: 4
- The Who – It’s Hard: 4
- Led Zeppelin – Coda: 3,5
1983 [Playlist]
- Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood: 9,5
- New Order – Power, Corruption and Lies: 9
- Metallica – Kill ‘Em All: 9
- R.E.M. – Murmur: 9
- U2 – War: 9
- Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense: 9
- The Fall – Perverted by Language: 9
- The Police – Synchronicity: 8,5
- Eurythmics – Touch: 8,5
- Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind: 8,5
- Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues: 8,5
- Marilion – Script for a Jester’s Tear: 8,5
- Huey Lewis & The New – Sports: 8,5
- Adrian Belew – Twang Bar King: 8,5
- Yes – 90125: 8,5
- UB40 – Labour of Love: 8,5
- Cocteau Twins – Head Over Heels: 8,5
- U2 – Under a Blood Red Sky: 8,5
- Lou Reed – Legendary Hearts: 8
- Billy Idol – Rebel Yell: 8
- Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine: 8
- KISS – Lick It Up: 8
- The Replacements – Hootenanny: 8
- Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This): 8
- Accept – Balls to the Wall: 7,5
- Bob Dylan – Infidels: 7,5
- Mötley Crüe – Shout at the Devil: 7,5
- The Kinks – State of Confusion: 7,5
- Frank Zappa – The Man From Utopia: 7,5
- Duran Duran – Seven and the Ragged Tiger: 7,5
- Motörhead – Another Perfect Day: 7,5
- The B-52’s – Whammy!: 7
- Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones: 7
- The Rolling Stones – Undercover: 7
- Pink Floyd – The Final Cut: 7
- David Bowie – Let’s Dance: 6,5
- Pulp – It: 6
- AC/DC – Flick of the Switch: 6
- Neil Young – Everybody’s Rockin’: 5
- Black Sabbath – Born Again: 4
1984 [Playlist]
- Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain: 10
- Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA: 10
- Madonna – Like A Virgin: 10
- Van Halen – 1984: 10
- Prince – Purple Rain: 9,5
- Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II: 9,5
- The Replacements – Let it Be: 9,5
- Depeche Mode – Some Great Rewards: 9
- U2 – The Unforgettable Fire: 9
- Metallica – Ride The Lightning: 9
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – From Her To Eternity: 9
- Iron Maiden – Powerslave: 9
- The Smiths – The Smiths: 8,5
- Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn’t Stand the Weather: 8,5
- Queen – The Works: 8,5
- Julian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth: 8,5
- Cocteau Twins – Treasure: 8,5
- The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow: 8,5
- Alphaville – Forever Young: 8,5
- The Cure – Concert: The Cure Live [Live]: 8,5
- Lou Reed – Live in Italy [Live]: 8,5
- Run–D.M.C. – Run–D.M.C.: 8
- R.E.M. – Reckoning: 8
- Roxette – Look Sharp!: 8
- Marillion – Fugazi: 8
- Julian Cope – Fried: 8
- The Fall – The Wonderful and Frightening World Of…: 8
- Dire Straits – Alchemy: Dire Straits Live [Live]: 8
- New York Dolls – Red Patent Leather (1975) [Live]: 8
- Roger Waters – The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking: 7,5
- Dokken – Tooth and Nail: 7,5
- The Cult – Dreamtime: 7
- INXS – The Swing: 7
- Ramones – Too Tough to Die: 7
- Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi: 7
- Lou Reed – New Sensations: 7
- The Style Council – Café Bleu: 7
- The Pogues – Red Roses for Me: 7
- The Cure – The Top: 6,5
- Eurythmics – 1984 (For the Love of the Big Brother): 6
- Toto – Isolation: 6
- The Karate Kid – Original Soundtrack: 6
- Yngwie Malmsteen – Rising Force: 5,5
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Red Hot Chili Peppers: 5
- Bryan Adams – Reckless: 5
- Anthrax – Fistful of Metal: 5
- Deep Purple – Perfect Strangers: 4
- David Bowie – Tonight: 3,5
- Jethro Tull – Under Wraps: 3,5
- Rod Stewart – Camouflage: 1,5
1985 [Playlist]
- The Replacements – Tim: 9,5
- Indochine – 3: 9,5
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy: 9
- The Velvet Underground – VU: 9
- Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms: 9
- Marillion – Misplaced Childhood: 9
- Iron Maiden – Live After Death [Live]: 9
- The Cure – The Head on the Door: 8,5
- Sting – The Dream of the Blue Turtles: 8,5
- Talking Heads – Little Creatures: 8,5
- Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring: 8,5
- The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & the Lash: 8,5
- Freddie Mercury – Mr. Bad Guy: 8,5
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Firstborn is Dead: 8
- The Smiths – Meat Is Murder: 8
- The Cult – Love: 8
- Bon Jovi – 7800º Fahrenheit: 8
- Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors : 8
- New Order – Low-Life: 8
- INXS – Listen Like Thieves: 8
- Mötley Crüe – Theatre Of Pain: 7,5
- Stevie Ray Vaughan – Soul to Soul: 7,5
- Prince – Around the World in a Day: 7,5
- Pete Townshend – White City: A Novel: 7,5
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Freaky Styley: 7,5
- R.E.M – Fables of the Reconstruction: 7
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Southern Accents: 7
- Neil Young – Old Ways: 7
- Accept – Metal Heart: 7
- Mick Jagger – She’s the Boss: 6,5
- Bob Dylan – Empire Burlesque: 6
- Supetramp – Brother Where You Bound: 5,5
- AC/DC – Fly on the Wall: 5
- The Clash – Cut the Crap: 2,5
1986 [Playlist]
- The Smiths – The Queen Is Death: 9,5
- Metallica – Master of Puppets: 9,5
- Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill: 9,5
- Peter Gabriel – So: 9
- Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet: 9
- They Might be Giants – They Might be Giants: 9
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral… My Trial: 8,5
- R.E.M – Lifes Rich Pageant: 8,5
- Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring: 8,5
- Sonic Youth – EVOL: 8,5
- Stevie Ray Vaughan – Live Alive [Live]: 8,5
- Queen – A Kind of Magic: 8
- Talking Heads – True Stories: 8
- Bruce Hornsby & The Rage – The Way It Is: 8
- Queen – Live Magic [Live]: 8
- New Order – Brotherhood: 7,5
- Prince – Parade: 7,5
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Kicking Against the Pricks: 7,5
- Europe – The Final Countdown: 7,5
- The Cramps – A Date with Elvis: 7,5
- Billy Idol – Whiplash Smile: 7
- Alphaville – Afternoons in Utopia: 7
- Huey Lewis & The News – Fore!: 7
- Iggy Pop – Blah-Blah-Blah: 6,5
- Duran Duran – Notorious: 6,5
- Neil Young – Landing on Water: 6
- Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?…: 5,5
- Eric Clapton – August: 5,5
- The Rolling Stones – Dirty Work: 5,5
- Poison – Look What the Cat Dragged In: 5,5
- Black Sabbath – Seventh Star: 5
- Bob Dylan – Knocked Out Loaded: 5
- Lou Reed – Mistrial: 4,5
1987 [Playlist]
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands: 10
- U2 – The Joshua Tree: 9,5
- INXS – Kick: 9,5
- Prince – Sign O’ The Times: 9
- Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction: 9
- Sonic Youth – Sister: 9
- Marillion – Clutching at Straws: 9
- George Harrison – Cloud Nine: 9
- Michael Jackson – Bad: 8,5
- The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come: 8,5
- R.E.M. – Document: 8,5
- Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show: 8,5
- Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love: 8,5
- The Cult – Electric: 8,5
- Sting – Nothing Like the Sun: 8,5
- Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me: 8,5
- Joe Satriani – Surfing with the Alien: 8,5
- Jane’s Addiction – Jane’s Addiction [Live]: 8,5
- Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription: 8
- The Cure – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: 8
- Julian Cope – Saint Julian: 8
- Swans – Children of God: 8
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough): 7,5
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan: 7,5
- Happy Mondays – Squirrel & G-man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile: 7,5
- Anthrax – Among the Living: 7,5
- Wire – The Ideal Copy: 7,5
- Mötley Crüe – Girls, Girls, Girls: 7
- Mick Jagger – Primitive Cool: 7
- Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation: 7
- White Lion – Pride: 7
- Deep Purple – The House of Blue Light: 6,5
- Yes – Big Generator: 6,5
- Pulp – Freaks: 6
- Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol: 5,5
- Whitesnake – 1987: 5
- David Bowie – Never Let Me Down: 4,5
- Ramones – Halfway to Sanity: 4,5
- Supertramp – Free as a Bird: 4
- Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason: 3,5
- Bruce Willis – The Return of Bruno: 3,5
1988 [Playlist]
- Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation: 10
- The Beatles – Past Masters [Compilado]: 10
- Pixies – Surfer Rosa: 9,5
- Living Colour – Vivid: 9,5
- Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden: 9
- Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back: 9
- Happy Mondays – Bummed: 9
- Bon Jovi – New Jersey: 9
- Jane’s Addiction – Nothing Shocking: 9
- Joy Division – Substance: 9
- My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything: 8,5
- Metallica – …And Justice for All: 8,5
- R.E.M. – Green: 8,5
- Dinosaur Jr – Bug: 8,5
- Phish – Junta: 8,5
- Keith Richards – Talk is Cheap: 8
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Tender Prey: 8
- The Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1: 8
- Cinderella – Long Cold Winter: 7,5
- Soundgarden – Ultramega OK: 7,5
- Poison – Open Up And Say…Ahh!: 7,5
- Iggy Pop – Instinct: 7,5
- The Smiths – Rank [Live]: 7,5
- ACDC – Blow Up Your Video: 7
- Patti Smith – Dream of Life: 7
- Marillion – B-sides Themselves: 7
- Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona: 7
- Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder [Live]: 7
- Yngwie Malmsteen – Odyssey: 6,5
- Megadeth – So Far, So Good… So What!: 6
- Bob Dylan – Down In The Groove: 5,5
- Europe – Out of this World: 5,5
- Huey Lewis & The News – Small World: 5
1989 [Playlist]
- Pixies – Doolitle: 10
- Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique: 10
- Faith No More – The Real Thing: 10
- Fugazi – 13 Songs: 10
- Minor Threat – Complete Discography [1980-1983]: 10
- The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses: 9,5
- Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine: 9
- Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Step: 9
- New Order – Technique: 9
- Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood: 9
- Roy Orbison – Mystery Girl: 9
- Lou Reed – New York: 8,5
- Eric Clapton – Journeyman: 8,5
- Marillion – Seasons End: 8,5
- Queen – The Miracle: 8,5
- The Bridge: A Tribute To Neil Young: 8,5
- Nirvana – Bleach: 8
- The Cult – Sonic Temple: 8
- Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy: 8
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mother’s Milk: 8
- Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule: 8
- Rollins Band – Hard Volume: 8
- Joe Satriani – Flying in a Blue Dream: 8
- Guns N’ Roses – G N’ R Lies: 7,5
- Happy Mondays – Hallelujah: 7,5
- Soundgarden – Louder Than Love: 7
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Automatic: 7
- The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels: 7
- Swans – The Burning World: 7
- Skid Row – Skid Row: 7
- Aerosmith – Pump: 6,5
- Boy George – High Hat: 4
No sé… yo creo que The River (Bruce Springsteen) merecería, cuando menos, entrar en la lista de los mejores 40 discos de 1980, ¿no?
Y tampoco está Born in the USA en 1984. ¿Alguna manía especial con Bruce Springteen? ¿O es que un día dejasteis esto por un rato y no lo habéis vuelto a retomar?