Anybody into 80s big music?

Moody Blues, Yes, April Wine all hit commercial if not creative peaks in the 80's.

Depeche Mode still touring and releases albums so what?
They started in 80's.
None mentioned Talk Talk. They reached their peak in early 90's though.

Not "Big Music", more " post-post-punk", but Red Lorry Yellow Lorry had a great debut LP featuring "Hallow eyes" and "Talk about the weather." Definite Joy Division connection.

So "big music" is actually not music. It's simply pop that has nothing to do with music. I think music is something else but 80's pop.

Love the genre. Every now and then I dust off a few of these and offend the neighbors:

The Cult- Love
U2- the first 3 or 4 albums
Chameleons UK- the first 3 or 4
The Cure- Disintegration is my favorite
Hoodoo Gurus- Mars Needs Guitars
The Bolshoi- (Trevor Tanner's solo works are great too)
Simple Minds-
The Church
Gene Loves Jezebel
Waterboys- first couple of albums (I agree with Marty about World Party)

Even though a lot of these are pretty electric, I preferred them over the "hair' bands.