In 1980, he played keyboards and provided voice in the rock band Watt 4.

His bands have included Watt 4 ( 1980 ), in which he played keyboards and provided voice, Craig Charles and the Beat Burglars ( 1989 ), The Sons of Gordon Gekko ( 1989 ), where he wrote lyrics and also composed tunes for the band, and The Eye ( 2000 – 01 ), with whom he released the rock album " Giving You The Eye, Live at the Edinburgh Festival ".

The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single " Whip It ", and has maintained a cult following throughout its existence.

She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo.

In 1980, Enya worked with Clannad, the band composed of her siblings Máire ( Moya ), Pól, and Ciarán and twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan.

In February 1980, Melody Maker qualified the same band as " masters of this gothic gloom ".

Geddy, along with his band mates played and sang along with Max Webster on the song " Battle Scar " from the Universal Juveniles ( 1980 ) album.

After performing for the short-lived Washington D. C .- based band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from August 1981 until mid-1986.

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in Washington, D. C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983.

Öngür joined Dadaşlar, a band with Ersen Dinleten between 1974 – 1975 and 1979 – 1980 and Dervişan ( Dervishes ), a band with Cem Karaca between 1974 and 1978 ; in 1975, Danga participated in Erkin Koray's ' Elektronik Türküler ' ( Electronic Songs ) album.

Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona.

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, guitars, synthesisers ), Peter Hook ( bass, synthesisers ) and Stephen Morris ( drums, electronic drums, synthesisers ) – the remaining members of Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis – with the addition of Gillian Gilbert ( keyboards, guitars, synthesizers ).

Between 1977 and 1980, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner were members of the post-punk band Joy Division, often featuring heavy production input from producer Martin Hannett.

Wanting to complete the line-up with someone they knew well and whose musical skill and style was compatible with their own, New Order invited Morris's girlfriend, Gillian Gilbert from Macclesfield, to join the band during the early part of October 1980, as keyboardist and guitarist.

" The title of a 1980 single by the New York punk band Stimulators, " Loud Fast Rules!

Rush joined with fellow Toronto-based rock band Max Webster on July 28, 1980 to record " Battle Scar " for their 1980 release, Universal Juveniles.

From 1975 to 1977, Skyhooks were — alongside Sherbet — the most commercially successful group in Australia, but over the next few years, Skyhooks rapidly faded from the public eye with the departure of key members, and in 1980 the band announced its break-up in controversial circumstances.

The band Tako combined symphonic and jazz rock, and released two albums, Tako ( 1978 ) and U vreći za spavanje ( 1980 ).

Susanna Hoffs joined sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson to form a band in Los Angeles in December, 1980.

In 1980, Liberty Records signed the band, and three singles were released.

Between September and December 1980, the Undertones performed two further tours: the ' Disaster Tour ( European Style )', which saw the band perform in continental Europe and — in December — the ' See No More ' tour of the UK.

The Germs are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1977 to 1980.

It was Lakoff & Johnson ( 1980, 1999 ) who greatly contributed to establishing the importance of conceptual metaphor as a framework for thinking in language.

In the 1980 NLCS versus the Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan pitched well in Game 2, leaving the game tied 2 – 2 in the seventh ( having contributed to both Astros runs with a run scored following a walk, and a sacrifice bunt leading to a run ) but again got a no decision in a game that went extra innings.

Over the next quarter-century the Workshop contributed greatly to the programme providing its vast range of unusual sound-effects, from the TARDIS dematerialisation to the Sonic screwdriver, as well as much of the programme's distinctive electronic incidental music, including every score from 1980 to 1985.

They contributed two tracks to the influential Marty Thau Presents 2x5 compilation and their debut album, the self-titled Comateens, ( 1980 ) featured the band's bizarrely original compositions alongside covers of " Summer in the City " ( The Lovin ' Spoonful ), " TVC 15 " ( David Bowie ), and the theme song from TV's The Munsters.

The votes of Blue Collar workers heavily contributed to the Republican landslides of 1972 and 1984, and to a lesser extent 1980 and 1988.

To date, the San Marino Schools Foundation has contributed $ 18, 268, 485 to our schools since their inception in March 1980.

He had collaborations with many musicians, and contributed to many radio and TV jingles, such as TF1 news jingles which he has created since 1980.

Simon also contributed the song " Be With Me " to the 1980 album In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record, which was produced by her sister Lucy and Lucy's husband, David Levine.

In 1980, he contributed a cartoon interpretation of the lyrics to Ivan Meets G. I.

The slowdown in the energy sector contributed to a decrease in capital spending, which reduced demand for labour in the construction industry by 50 % between 1980 and 1985.

By 1980 soap and edible fats contributed just 40 % of profits, compared with an original 90 %.

In addition to Punk, Bagge contributed to the notorious underground paper Screw ; when Punk folded in 1980, Bagge and Holstrom co-published Comical Funnies.

Since 1980, Oriental Daily has contributed to society through the Oriental Daily Foundation.

The influence of this particular episode included the initial casting of Shintaro Katsu in the lead roles in Kagemusha and the extended artistic dream sequences contributed to those seen in Kagemusha ( 1980 ).

Passage of the initiative presaged a " taxpayer revolt " throughout the country that is sometimes thought to have contributed to the election of Ronald Reagan to the presidency during 1980.

Inaugurated in 1980, it has contributed to the province's production of irrigated desert crops, like olives, figs and, most importantly, wine grapes.

He contributed to the company's line of horror comics notably with the creation of the Creature Commandos in Weird War Tales # 93 ( Nov. 1980 ) and I … Vampire in House of Mystery # 290 ( March 1981 ).

Tohra's differences with then chief minister Parkash Singh Badal contributed to the fall of the Akali-Janata coalition in 1980.

Cutler contributed the track " Brooch Boat " to the cult 1980 album Miniatures, produced and edited by Morgan Fisher, which consisted entirely of one-minute-long recordings.

Bailey's writings, along with American writer Marilyn Ferguson's 1980 book The Aquarian Conspiracy, contributed to conspiracy theorists of the Christian right viewing the New Age movement as the " false religion " that would supersede Christianity in a New World Order.

Established in 1980, the Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art is awarded to people whose artistic endeavors and life's work have contributed to our understanding and appreciation of living things.

The Goldwater – Nichols Act was an attempt to fix problems caused by inter-service rivalry, which had emerged during the Vietnam War, contributed to the catastrophic failure of the Iranian hostage rescue mission in 1980, and which were still evident in the invasion of Grenada in 1983.

In 1974, Vangelis was considered as a replacement for Rick Wakeman as keyboardist in Yes, and although the job went to Patrick Moraz, it led to several collaborations with Anderson, who contributed vocals to Vangelis ' Heaven and Hell ( 1975 ), harp to Opera Sauvage ( 1979 ), and vocals to See You Later ( 1980 ).

Larson also contributed a harmony vocal on the track " Could This Be Magic " on the Van Halen album Women and Children First ( 1980 ) to thank Eddie Van Halen for contributing a guitar solo to the Nicolette album track " Can't Get Away From You " against David Lee Roth's wishes.

Between 1972 and 1980, Pelot contributed 14 science fiction novels and 7 horror novels to Fleuve Noir.