Musical groups disestablished in 1989

English rock band

The Jackson 5, later known as the Jacksons, are an American pop band composed of members of the Jackson family. The group was formed in Gary, Indiana, in 1964, and originally consisted of brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael. They were managed by their father Joe Jackson. The group were among the first African American performers to attain a following across multiple genres.

German heavy metal band

American pop rock band

American rock band

Dokken is an American metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band has had several singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as "Alone Again", "In My Dreams", and "Burning Like a Flame", and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. The live album Beast from the East was nominated for the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1989.

Yugoslavian rock band

American heavy metal band

band

British heavy metal band

Canadian speed metal band

English band active 1983–1989

Serbian rock band

American hard rock band

Ekseption was a Dutch rock band active from 1967 to 1989, playing mostly-instrumental progressive rock and classical rock. The central character in the changing roster, and the only band member present on every album, was conservatory-trained trumpeter Rein van den Broek (10 September 1945 - 11 May 2015). The band saw some commercial success in the 1970s, having Dutch top ten hit singles with their adaptations of Beethoven's "Fifth" and Bach's "Air". The second album, ''Beggar Julia's Time Trip'' (1969), won the Dutch Edison Award for album of the year, and the first five albums all went gold.

British band

British heavy metal band

American R&B/soul vocal group

British pop band

American punk rock band

British band

Hirax (often stylized as HIRAX) is an American thrash metal band from Cypress, California. Starting in 1984 under the leadership of vocalist Katon W. De Pena (the band's only original member left in the current line-up), the band played in Los Angeles and San Francisco with several of their thrash metal peers such as Metallica, Exodus, and Slayer. The band was an early example of thrash metal, speed metal and crossover thrash, yet inspired by cross-genre influences including blues vocalist Sam Cooke, who De Pena once cited as "the greatest vocalist [De Pena] has ever heard."

DeBarge was an American musical recording group composed of several members of the DeBarge family. In addition to various solo projects completed by members of the family, DeBarge was active between 1979 and 1989. The group originally consisted of El, Mark, Randy, and Bunny. James joined the group a year later for their 1982 second album. Bobby joined in 1987, following the departures of Bunny and El.

American band

English band

Australian alternative rock and pop band

American glam metal band

Dutch pop group

American punk rock band

English/American gothic rock supergroup

American rock band

band

Rapeman was an American noise rock band founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini (formerly of Big Black) on guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims (formerly of Scratch Acid) on bass and Rey Washam (formerly of Scratch Acid and Big Boys) on drums. In the years since their brief tenure, Rapeman's sound has also been described as post-hardcore.

British rock band

Swedish musical group; death metal band

Hungarian musical group

Swedish punk band

string quartet

English progressive rock band of the 1980s

American punk rock band

band

American band

American New Wave band

SNFU was a Canadian hardcore punk band from Edmonton, formed in 1981 as '''Society's No Fucking Use'''. They relocated to Vancouver in 1992 and went on hiatus in 2018. They released eight albums, two live records, and one compilation amid many lineup changes and several temporary breakups. Vocalist Ken Chinn (credited as Mr. Chi Pig) led the group, which included twin-brother guitarists Brent and Marc Belke for much of its career.

French rock band

Brazilian pop rock band

Mutilator is an extreme metal band formed in 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They released two full-length records through Cogumelo Records in the 1980s.

American progressive thrash metal band

French-Italo disco band

American band

American rock band

Hipsway are a Scottish pop/new wave band.

Italian band

Swedish pop group

Japanese folk rock band (1969-1989)

Crimpshrine was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California. The group was formed in 1982 by Aaron Cometbus, founder of the seminal punk rock zine Cometbus, and future Operation Ivy vocalist Jesse Michaels. They grew out of the East Bay scene, centered on 924 Gilman Street, and had an important influence on later East Bay bands such as Operation Ivy, Green Day and punk rock in general.

American heavy metal band

British gothic rock band

Italian Beat band formed in 1964 in Modena

American rock band