Musical groups disestablished in 1982

ABBA ( ) (often stylised as A𐤡BA) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They are among the most renowned and commercially successful musical groups in history.

American new wave band (1974–)

American musician and painter (1941-2010)

English rock band

British glam rock band

American rock band

British rock band

American blues and soul band

British rock band

African American girl group

Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton's P-Funk collective, they helped pioneer the funk music culture of the 1970s. Funkadelic initially formed as a backing band for Clinton's vocal group the Parliaments (later the full-fledged band Parliament), but eventually pursued a heavier, psychedelic rock-oriented sound in their own recordings. They released acclaimed albums such as Maggot Brain (1971) and One Nation Under a Groove (1978).

British post-punk band

American band formed in 1978

English new wave band

British rock band

American hip-hop group (1978-1988)

British heavy metal band

English post-punk band

Canadian progressive rock band

German rock band

British band

English post-punk band

English rock band

Dutch rock band

American rock band

English rock band

American funk and R&B band

Scottish punk rock band

Yugoslavian musical group; Serbian rock band

British band

American no wave band

Polish blues rock band

American musical group

new wave/synthpop project

UK musical group

Perigeo are an Italian progressive rock group that released a group of albums for RCA Italiana in the 1970s. Several of the members went on to have long careers in jazz.

British rock pop band (1975-1982)

British band

British band

German rock band

English synth-pop group

English musical group; comedy rock band

band

rock band from the United States

American southern rock band

American R&B vocal group

Grauzone (German for "grey area", ) was a band from Bern, Switzerland, that was active and disbanded in the early 1980s. The band is most famous for their 1981 hit "Eisbär" ("Polar Bear"). The single charted at number 12 in Germany and number 6 in Austria. In addition to "Eisbär", they had some success with the singles "Film 2" and "Wütendes Glas".

French disco and pop/funk band