David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, his bandmate ...

The 1980s delivered a unique, vibrant, and often extravagant musical landscape that defined an entire generation. For those who grew up in the era, the decade’s hits usually evoke powerful feelings of ...

Stranger Things reignited '80s synth-pop nostalgia, bringing big hooks and neon back. Underrated '80s bands - Romeo Void, The Plimsouls, Wall of Voodoo and others - shaped pop and MTV. Many scored MTV ...

Ah, the ’80s! That glorious decade when big hair, neon colors, and synth-pop ruled the airwaves. It was a time when bands could go from playing in small clubs to selling out arenas overnight, all ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist for the hit ’80s British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at age 66. The band announced on its official Instagram account that the musician “passed away peacefully in ...

Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic cover of “Tainted Love,” died on Wednesday of natural causes. He was 66. ...

The first show for a popular Utah summer concert series has been unveiled — and the lineup offers a trip back to the 1980s. The Human League, an ’80s synth-pop band from Sheffield, is set to bring ...

Is there such a thing as the “Whole Lotta Love” of synth riffs? Something akin to “Smoke On The Water”, “Iron Man”, or “Back In Black”? Some of you might put the very premise in the category of ...