Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. 1982: British pop group The Thompson Twins members: Tom Bailey, Alannah ...

When the British new wave band Thompson Twins unplugged its synths for the last time in 1997, singer Tom Bailey didn’t look back for nearly three decades. “Someone told me I didn’t play a Thompson ...

At its peak, Thompson Twins created some great 1980s synth pop, songs with refined melodies, thoughtful lyrics and a wide range of keyboard sounds, enlivened by crystalline percussion landscaping ...

American people of a certain age will almost all recognize the song, “Lies” by The Thompson Twins. If you were alive in 1983 and listening to music, you heard it. It was popular and, coming out at the ...

People who dig 1980s music are often divided into two groups: those that lived through the period and are feeling nostalgic, and those who missed it the first time around and want to experience it for ...

Promising a journey back through the energetic 1980s music scene, the Totally Tubular Festival comes to the Santa Barbara Bowl on Friday, June 28, with a hit parade lineup that includes: Thomas Dolby ...