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The American music industry of the very early 1980s was in a state of flux, which Reebee Garofolo claims reflects the state of American society, in turmoil with the election of Ronald Reagan. Disco, the most popular style of the late 1970s, was dead, and the once vibrant field of punk rock was fractured, producing offshoots like New Wave music. The term //New Wave// was used very loosely, describing a vast range of styles from the arty punk of Elvis Costello to the Talking Heads and the New Romantics; this vagueness temporarily threw the "marketing categories of the music industry" into "disarray" (Garofolo, 353). The record industry itself suffered a recession during this period, a feat which many had thought impossible during the early 1970s, when the industry's profits had risen phenomenally quickly. Between 1978 and 1979, sales within the United States dropped by 11% (Garofolo, 354). New Wave's main-stream popularity was brief. By 1984 (1984 in music), hair metal, long a dormant part of the Los Angeles music scene, started its reign on the charts. Led by hypermasculine bands like Quiet Riot, Van Halen and Mötley Crüe, hair metal reached its popular peak in the late 1980s with Def Leppard's //Hysteria// and Bon Jovi's //New Jersey//. Guns N' Roses' //Appetite for Destruction// burst onto the scene late in the decade, and launched a new, short-lived era of more machoistic posturing and harsh, critical lyrics, mixed with the occasional ballad and virtuosic riff. Popular music in the 1980s focused on two developments. A smooth, ballad-oriented pop-soul fusion labeled contemporary R&B evolved and dominated the pop charts, especially in the early part of the decade. Lionel Richie,Michael Jackson, Madonna Whitney Houston PrinceGeorge Michael, and Cindy Lauper exemplified this field. Madonna's look and manner of dress, live performances and music videos, became increasingly influential among young girls and women. This style became an iconic female fashion trend in the 80's.

__U2 has produced:__
 * Some of the most important groups of music of ´80 are U2, Guns ´n´ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson, Metallica and Nirvana. Those bands have done a lot of CDs at this time.**
 * //[|Boy]// ([|20 de octubre] de [|1980]).
 * //[|October]// ([|16 de octubre] de [|1981]).
 * //[|War]// ([|28 de febrero] de [|1983]).
 * //[|Under a Blood Red Sky]// ([|noviembre] de [|1983]).
 * //[|The Unforgettable Fire]// ([|1 de octubre] de [|1984]).
 * //[|The Joshua Tree]// ([|9 de marzo] de [|1987]).
 * //[|Rattle and Hum]// ([|11 de octubre] de [|1988]).

__Guns ´n´ has produced:__
 * [|**//Appetite for Destruction//**]
 * [|**//G N' R Lies//**]

__Red Hot Chili Peppers has produced:__
 * //[|The Red Hot Chili Peppers]// (1984)
 * //[|Freaky Styley]// (1985)
 * //[|The Uplift Mofo Party Plan]// (1987)
 * //[|Mother's Milk]// (1989)

__Metallica has produced:__ __Michael Jackson has produced:__ __Nirvana has produced:__
 * [|//Kill 'Em All//]
 * [|//Ride the Lightning//]
 * [|//Master of Puppets//]
 * [|//...And Justice for All//]
 * //[|Thriller]// (1982)
 * //[|Bad]// (1987)
 * [|//Bleach//] (1989)