Anybody into 80s big music?

Just saw Flock of Seaguls,Wang Chung,ABC, Gene Loves Jezebel,, Naked Eyes and a few others at winery in Saratoga recently..... Awesome!

Czarivey mentioned Billy Idol's guitarist as a good 'un, and he's absolutely right. If you have a hi-res/surround sound system snag a copy of Stevens' "Flamenco A Go Go", it's a TERRIFIC album!!

Lowrider,
I got it. Big 80's is meant to be synth pop?
Til Tuesday, Thompson Twins, The Knack, Modern English -- Yak...Meh...Weh.. Shut down that thing and turn on the music please!

Dead Can Dance is definitely not synth pop.
I guess I can only enjoy Depeche Mode out of all synth pop or is it even synth pop?

My choice here is World Party. Karl Wallinger left The Waterboys in the mid-'80s and went bigger in almost every meaningful way. Mike Scott is IMO the more original and personal songwriter, but Wallinger is just a master re-cycler. He steals (pretty much exclusively) from The Beatles, The Stones, and Dylan and - given his particular gift - that's a surefire recipe for success.

"Goodbye Jumbo" (their best, IMO) was released in 1990, but I'll call these guys an '80s band, anyway.

Have a nice day, Andrew.