Year:1979

Bands Formed
Les Arts Florissants (ensemble)

Au Pairs

Bad Religion

Bananarama

Blancmange

Christian Death

Cocteau Twins

The Cold Crush Brothers

Crash Course in Science

Delta 5

The Exploited

Family Fodder

Fishbone

A Flock of Seagulls

Hüsker Dü

Inner Life

Kassav'

Killing Joke

The Korgis

Laid Back

Huey Lewis and the News

Lipps Inc.

Lyres (band)

M (band)

Mary Jane Girls

Maximum Joy

Men at Work

Musical Youth

Negativland

Nomeansno

Nu Shooz

Nurse with Wound

Raw Silk

Raybeats

The Replacements

Saint Vitus (band)

The Selecter

Severed Heads

Skatt Brothers

Spandau Ballet

Stetsasonic

The The

Vaughan Mason & Crew

Was (Not Was)

Yello

Singles Released
Transmission Joy Division

London Calling (song) The Clash

Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus

Outdoor Miner Wire

Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Neil Young

Heart of Glass Blondie

Are 'Friends' Electric? Tubeway Army

Boys Don't Cry The Cure

California Über Alles Dead Kennedys

Electricity Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Everybody's Happy Nowadays Buzzcocks

Making Plans for Nigel XTC

Map Ref. 41°N 93°W Wire

Train in Vain The Clash

Cars Gary Numan

Oliver's Army Elvis Costello

Gangsters The Specials

Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson

After The Love Has Gone Earth, Wind and Fire