The 1980s Music Report

In 1981, MTV "Music TV" was released on cable TV and revolutionized lock marketing. Music videos created as mini movie advertisements for songs will be very important for the popularity of performers so that FM radio will replace the program-oriented AM format. In the early years of the decade, the British police was one of the first groups to combine progressive sound and beautiful videos. The cost to produce virtual monopoly of video and MTV is that experimental music is hard to compete with popular songs by American artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston and Madonna, and British band Duran Duran and Depec To do. .

Madonna and Whitney Houston are considered by many as being the most innovative female artist in the decade. Keyboard synthesizer and drum machine were one of the most popular instruments of the 1980s, especially New Wave music. Since the 1980s, electronic musical instruments are no longer popular in rock music, but they were still mainstream pop music. Hard rock, heavy metal, and ornate metal became one of the most dominant musical styles in the decade, and MötleyCrüe, Guns N'Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Poison and others appeared and peaked Reached. . Artist, such as Europe, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen. This scene also includes hard rock artists of the 1970's such as AC / DC, Heart, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Queen, Van Halen, KISS, Ronnie James Dio, Judas Priest It helped.

When the black sabbath laid off Oz · Osbourne, the metal society lamented. Although it rarely contains group brands, I can not imagine music pioneers will continue without their raging, attractive lead singer. But they continue to do so, it was Sharon Osborne who helped them stand up again. On April 25, 1980, Black Sabbath returned with a classic paradise and hell album. The initial plan was to cooperate with Ronnie James Dio and Ozzy. Sharon Osborne, who worked for agent / father Don Arden, suggested that these people work with mysterious and voiced singers to keep the rainbow busy. When it became clear, Ozzy could not stay on the Sabbath in his present state, they asked Dio if he was interested in becoming a new singer of the band.