1980S
Comic Writer Simon Furman Discusses Three Decades of Transformers and ‘Earth Wars’
The most famous of all Transformers writers is on dialogue duty for a new video game. So naturally we needed a word with him.
A Former Crack Dealer Explains the Danger and Appeal of Slinging Rocks in the 80s
For a while, at least, there were no wars and no worries—just fun, easy money.
How Parents Talk to Their Kids About Drugs in 2016
The druggy generation raised on DARE and "Just Say No" in the 1980s is trying a new strategy.
The Slums of 1980s Glasgow Through the Lens of a French Photographer
Raymond Depardon's photo series captured everyday life in some of the city's most deprived neighborhoods amid the grind of Thatcher's Britain.
Why Ronald Reagan Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Punk Rock
In the 1980s, all you needed to be a hardcore band was two chords, an attitude, and a drawing of Ronald Reagan with a Hitler mustache.
How Junkie XL Brought the 'Deadpool' Soundtrack to Life [Exclusive]
Nobody blasts apart baddies like Deadpool, and nobody scores bloody shootouts like Junkie XL.
Gritty Photos of the 1980s Post-Punk Berlin
In the first of a series of photo stories brought to you by Jågermeister, we look at Germany's most exciting musical subculture.
Photos from One of the Most Notorious Underage Parties of the 1980s
Alexander Reynolds, party photographer at Eddie Davenport's infamous Gatecrasher Balls, remembers what it was like to snap the children of aristocracy while they threw up and fingered each other.
Drugs, Big Hair, and Communism: Belgrade Nightlife in the 80s
As Serbian photographer Miladin Jelicic "Jela" puts it, " The 1980s in Belgrade were not golden, they were silver."
A Conversation with the Architect of the UK's First Nationwide AIDS Campaign
In 1987, the former Conservative health secretary in the UK commissioned the controversial "Don't Die of Ignorance" advertisements. Treatment has changed for the better since then, but the man who designed the campaign says there's still a lot of work...
How the Sound That Defined 80s Music Still Lives on Today
The AMS RMX16 was a reverb effects unit invented in 1981, and chances are it's been used on some of your favourite songs.