Iliwa lamashumi asishiyagalombili libonakaliswe ngempumelelo yokuba impumelelo enkulu ifumaneka ngeentlobo ezitsha, kwaye izikhokelo zeminyaka yangaphambili zihlala zivela kwimvelaphi. Iindidi zamaLandi ezingama-80 ezidalwe ngabaculi abancinci ngenxa yokuba banqwenela ukuziveza ngokucacileyo ukuba ngabazunguli beendlela ezintsha kwiliwa.
Impumelelo enkulu yafunyanwa kwiminyaka engama-80, "I-Straits Dire", ukwenza iingoma ze-blues-rock kunye nezinto ze-jazz. I-Depeche Mode abaculi badala isitayela sabo esiyingqayizivele kwihlobo lomculo we-rock. Phakathi koo-80 ubudala "ukuhlasela kwe-Ireland" kuqala. Iindidi zamatye eDublin ezi-80 ezakhokelwa ngu-"U2" zizisa isitala sabo ekuqhutyweni kwe-post-punk, enezela ama-ballods ase-Irish. I-albhamu yabo ethi "The Joshua Tree", ekhutshwe ngo-1987, yabizwa ngokuba yiyona albhamu enkulu kakhulu.
Kule minyaka, umculo we-rock ukhangeleka kwiindlela ezimbini: kukho ilitye nje, kwaye kukho ilitye elinzima. Abameli abamhlophe beqela lalawa ma-80 kwi-rock rock nzima baseMelika "Guns N 'Roses". Ibhendi yafumana ukuthandwa emhlabeni wonke ngowe-1987, xa i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, i-Appetite for Destruction, yakhululwa. I-britan heavy metal band "Iron Maiden" yayinokwenzeka, mhlawumbi, ininzi edumileyo yomsindo omtsha we-britan heavy metal (NWBHM). Lo mkhwa omtsha kumculo we-rock waba nempembelelo enkulu ekuphuhliseni insimbi enzima ngokubanzi. Ngo-1981 i-albhamu ethi "Iron Maiden" phantsi kwegama elithi "Killers" yaba yigolide kuwo onke amazwe ehlabathini.
Kwiminyaka engama-80 umendo omtsha kwindlela yokwenza isinyithi esinamandla - thrash. Wadibanisa isinyithi esinzima kunye nomculo wakhe kunye ne-punk rock kunye nokuqina kwayo kunye nokukhawuleza. Udoti kuloo minyaka yayingumzila ogqithiseleyo kumculo wesikolo. Ijubane lomdlalo laziswa kumda wenyama, isandi segitala Kugqithiswe kakhulu. Iqela elithi "Metallica" lingazange likhokele kuphela ulwalathiso olutsha olunzima, kodwa luye lwafumana udumo lwe-supergroup. Umculo we-rock band ye-80 "I-Metallica" iyinkimbinkimbi kunokuba nayiphi na into ebhalwe kwidwala. Ezi zakhiwo eziyinkimbinkimbi, ezenza "i-Metallica", ayengayazi ihlabathi elityebileyo. "I-Metallica" yiyona nto iqhubekileyo yerhwebo. Kuthengiswa iikopi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 zee-albhamu zakhe emhlabeni jikelele.
Kwii-80 kwi-USSR yenza i-rock wave wave
Amaziko okuqala edolo lwamatye adalwa. E-Moscow ngo-1985, "iLebhu yeLibhulo" yavulwa kwiNdlu yeNkcubeko. Gorbunov. Amaqela omculo oqhakazileyo amaMuscovite ama-80s yixesha leMashi, Uvuko, Izandi zoMu, i-Brigade C, i-Crematorium, i-Bravo. Kule minyaka eMoscow kukho amaqela adlala isinyithi esinzima: i-Aria, ukuCoca kweMetri, i-Master, i-Cruise, i-Coffee Coffee. E-Leningrad kukho iqela le-rock, eliquka amaqela "Aquarium", "Alice", "Cinema". I-club ye-rock yaseSverdlovsk yayimele "uAgatha Christie", "uNautilus Pompilius", "Nastya", "Chaif", "Oorfene Deuce". Phakathi kwabalandeli kwakukho amaqela enkolo "iDDT" (Yury Shevchuk), "uAlisa" (uKonstantin Kinchev), "uKino" (uVictor Tsoi), "u-Aquarium" (uBoris Grebenshchikov). Ubunzima beliRashiya lwangoku kukuba umthwalo oyintloko wawuqhutywa ngetekisi. Oku bekubangelwa kwimbonakalo yokuqhankqalaza okuqinileyo kwezentlalo, ukupheka ezingqondweni naseentliziyweni zabantu belo xesha. Ngomnyaka we-1986, i-albhamu yavela eMelika, apho iinqununu ezaziwa kakhulu kuma-80s zazimele kwi-USSR. Amacwecwe aseRussia, afana ne "Gorky Park", "ES.ST" kunye nabanye, bamkele isimemo sokutyelela baze barekhode ama-albhamu aphesheya.