Musical groups disestablished in 1981

English progressive rock band

American musical group

British-American rock band led by Paul McCartney

Baccara was a Spanish female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists María Mendiola (4 April 1952 – 11 September 2021) and Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951). . The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all time by a female duo, eventually selling more than 16 million copies worldwide. A successful follow-up single ("Sorry, I'm a Lady") and European tour led to a number of album releases, numerous television appearances and the duo's selection to in th

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed by singer-songwriter and guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto in Bolton in 1976. They achieved commercial success with singles that fuse pop with rapid-fire punk energy, inspiring the power pop and pop punk movements; these singles were later collected on Singles Going Steady, an acclaimed compilation album music journalist and critic Ned Raggett described as a "punk masterpiece".

English New Wave band

English musical group

Jamaican reggae/ska/rocksteady band

English post-punk band

Jamaican reggae band

American rock and roll band

American soul and R&B duo

British punk rock band

British heavy metal band

German musical group

British heavy metal band

rock supergroup

American band

Yugoslavian musical group; Serbian new wave/post-punk band from Belgrade

Argentine band

Metak (trans. Bullet) was a Yugoslav rock band formed in Split in 1978.

British punk rock band

Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Argentina and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The original members were Patty Brard, José Hoebee and Marga Scheide. In 1979, Luv' was 'Holland's best export act' and thus received the Conamus Export Prize.

American hardcore punk band

English rock band

Scottish post-punk band

American pop band

English rock band

Rockpile were a British rock band of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Noted for their strong pub rock, rockabilly and power pop influences, they were a foundational influence on new wave. The band consisted of Dave Edmunds (vocals, guitar), Nick Lowe (vocals, bass guitar), Billy Bremner (vocals, guitar) and Terry Williams (drums).

Serbian and former Yugoslav punk rock band

British band

British band

Norwegian musical group

Belgian experimental rock band

English heavy metal band

Mark–Almond was a jazz-influenced English pop group of the 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes also called The Mark-Almond Band. The core members were Jon Mark, who sang lead and played guitar, percussion, and harmonica, and Johnny Almond, who played saxophone, flute and bass flute and sang back-up. Various other musicians recorded and toured with the duo at various times, notably including drummer Dannie Richmond, a longtime associate of jazz bassist Charles Mingus.

American rock band

Shingetsu () is a Japanese progressive rock band from the 1970s. A band with an originally short career, they have typically been categorised as one of the most notable Japanese progressive rock bands.

Yugoslavian musical group; rock band

Japanese rock band

British rock band

French post-punk band

American musical group

American punk band

British rock band

Canadian hard rock band

American progressive rock/avant-jazz group (1973-2016)

Indian musical group; first Bengali rock group

English musical group; punk rock band

Hungarian musical group; rock band

British band

Raydio (known as Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 1980-81) is an American funk and R&B vocal group formed in 1977 by Ray Parker Jr., with Vincent Bonham, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael. In 1978 Charles Julian Fearing and Larry "Fatback" Tolbert joined the band, along with Darren Carmichael.

American punk rock band

American band

French progressive rock band

English post-punk band