And spent the decade hunting for cool music to play and share with others. My personal tastes leaned further into the electronic and industrial realms, but I worked at places that were mainstream and rural enough that I would play everything from Dolly Parton to AC/DC to David Bowie on the same shift.

As mentioned above, I’d separate the 80s into 3 eras. 80-83, 84-86, 87-89. Totally different composition styles, production techniques and market trends in those eras.