love The Fixx, red skies at night is one of my all time faves from them.

I don't think anyone's mentioned New Order yet either, never get tired of the "Substance" album, that and The Cure's Standing on a Beach, The Smith's Ask and How soon is now singles, Erasure, MARRS pump up the volume, 7red7, 80's hip hop was fun too, people like Black Sheep, Eric B and Rakim, Afrika Bambaata, Public Enemy really started coming into their own back then as well. I remember a lot of keyboard genuis in that era too like Thomas Dolby, Howard Jones. I passed on the hair bands, I was more into much harder stuff like Destruction, Exodus, Slayer, Helloween, and a slew of others lol
I was also heavy into punk and underground punk, stuff you couldn't even buy and the only way to get it was from a friend of a friend who might copy the tape for you. Some of them wound up with albums, bands like DOA, DRI, Angry Samoans, Subhumans, Minor Threat, MDC, Big Boys, JFK, Black Flag, one of my favorite more obsucre bands from that time was called Odd Man Out, it was formed with Steve Caballero (pro skater, who also played in the Faction) on guitar, I've been trying for years to find a copy of it and I can't, I think it got printed on Sessions label, or maybe even Dischord but either way I can't find it and all I have is a well worn dubbed copy of it on cassette.

HELLZ YEAH..........The Go Gos, "Walk like an Egyptian" *doing dance*

or it could have been the Bangles..