As a songwriter and instrumentalist as well, he blended pop and folk influences into music that helped define college radio in the 1980s and ’90s.
Category: Nineteen Hundred Eighties
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China Shuts Down a News Conference, Shutting a Tiny Window for Its People
Once a year, the premier held a news conference, explaining the economy and giving Chinese a taste of political participation. That has come to an end.
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Claude Montana, Fashion Designer Whose Look Defined the ’80s, Dies at 76
With meticulous tailoring and a taste for leather, he was the architect of the decade’s highly structured and eroticized tough chic style.
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Mars Williams, 68, Saxophonist Who Straddled New Wave and Jazz, Dies
He made his name in the 1980s with the Waitresses and the Psychedelic Furs, but his roots were in the exploratory jazz of Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman.
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Geordie Walker, Guitarist for Killing Joke, Dies at 64
He helped define the look as well as the sound of the enduring British post-punk band, which influenced Nirvana, Metallica and others.
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The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’
The police musicians famously recognized in the Pogues song “Fairytale of New York” never sought the limelight, and for good reason.
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The 45 King, Who Produced for Jay-Z and Eminem, Dies at 62
The 62-year-old Bronx native infused a distinctive jazzy flavor in his beats. He contributed tracks to Queen Latifah’s debut album and produced Eminem’s “Stan,” among other hip-hop classics.
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China May Ban Clothes That Hurt People’s Feelings. People Are Outraged.
A proposal evokes memories of 1980s China, when opening up to the world set off a debate over flared pants and men with long hair, what the party called “weird attire.”
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Fall Men’s Wear Channels the ’80s, Down to the Skinny Ties and Pleats
Billowing high-waisted trousers and asymmetrical silhouettes give this season a vintage flair.
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This St. Louis House Is a Pattern-Filled Time Portal to the ’80s
In her home, the artist Katherine Bernhardt conjures the giddy heyday of the Memphis design group.