Year:1982

Bands Formed

 * Faith No More
 * Chumbawamba
 * Violent Femmes

Singles Released
The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Temptation New Order

Golden Brown The Stranglers

Suspended in Gaffa Kate Bush

Town Called Malice/Precious The Jam

Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) Simple Minds

In Shreds The Chameleons

Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen

Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt

One Hundred Years The Cure

More Than This Roxy Music

Mad World Tears for Fears

Uncertain Smile The The

Nightporter Japan

Ghosts Japan

I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Mix)  Donna Summer

Heroes (David Bowie song) - Helden [English/German]/Heroes - Heros [English/French] David Bowie

Alice The Sisters of Mercy

Senses Working Overtime XTC

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Rock the Casbah The Clash

Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders

Steppin' Out Joe Jackson

Should I Stay or Should I Go/Straight to Hell The Clash

Save a Prayer Duran Duran

Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) Tears for Fears

1999 (song) Prince

Party Fears Two The Associates

Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners

Don't Go Yazoo

Only You Yazoo

Nowhere Girl B-Movie

Avalon Roxy Music

Together Forever Exodus

Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye

Planet Rock Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force

Atomic Dog George Clinton

Imagination Just an Illusion

Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life Indeep

Dirty Talk Klein + M.B.O

Don't Make Me Wait Peech Boys

Over Like a Fat Rat Fonda Rae

Albums Released

 * February 12: XTC - English Settlement
 * March: Andy Partridge - The Bull With The Golden Guts
 * March 29: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
 * May 3: The Cure - Pornography
 * September 2: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations

Other Events

 * XTC releases the Look Look video compilation.