Rare Footage from 1982

1980s

Explore 300 rare behind-the-scenes clips and footage of famous musicians from 1982.

1982 in Music

Michael Jackson released 'Thriller', which would become the best-selling album of all time. The Clash released 'Combat Rock'. Iron Maiden released 'The Number of the Beast'. Marvin Gaye released 'Sexual Healing'. The first CDs went on sale.

Artists

The BandNikki SixxThe FormatKurt JamesSami YaffaEddyTalk TalkmariskaComposerLyricistBruce SpringsteenBrad GillisPhil Kennemore10,000 ManiacsWhitesnakeR.E.M.Mötley CrüeP.O.D.Mark MendozaEd BruceSonya IsaacsTwisted SisterHeadpinsHeadlet iDarby MillsBrian “Too Loud” MacLeodJoe FrancoPrinceButch MorrisMagic!The SoundConcertThe WhoMaximY&TStingTerry GregoryL.A.B.Paul WebbNMEMarty RobbinsClyde BrownLucille StarrRay StevensDanny LamagnaTony WilliamsWalt AldridgeMartin AtkinsOzzy OsbourneChumbawambaMidnightMike MoranW.A.S.P. (band)Kasim SultonGalderCave InGirlschoolEddie KendricksThe TemptationsS-K-ODavid RuffinJoe Lynn TurnerGary HoltonDon AireyJames (band)Eddie Van HalenMark BoalsWilcoJoan JettDeBargeNickel CreekSimon GallupPhil ThornalleyNew wave of new waveE.F. BandJ.O.E.James LewisRod TempertonJohnny "Man" YoungFran ChristinaCharley Pridearthur lGreg GilmoreColin YoungWeenJames "Thunderbird" DavisRobert PlantThe BreedersThe CurePeter GabrielGreg ErricoPhalon JonesHoward AndersonBob MarleyAretha FranklinChubby CheckerTimi HansenStarz VanderlocketSuicidal TendenciesBucky BergerGeorge StraitTom FarnellJohn HarrisonBruce RowlandLee AaronMillie JacksonPhil GuyPatrick SkyStan RogerssooSterling RichardMatt ThompsonRideDallaSineGeorge JonesSippie Wallacetears for fearsSiouxsie and the BansheesMichael MacNeilMike OgletreeSongwriterJohn McGeochSiouxsie SiouxRichard PresleyPeter ToshMusic festivalDeFord BaileyJohn Giblinduke ellington sDuke EllingtonClark TerryJimmy HamiltonDerek ForbesSimple MindsSarah BrownABBAScrapper BlackwellDebby BooneJoe GlazerSherman RobertsonJunior KimbroughDelbert McClintonLightnin' HopkinsSlayerMetallicaSteve MartinMegadethCathy FinkBill WymanLuther IngramJimmy PageLed ZeppelinJack the Ladponcho sancheEd KingCaptain BeefheartNWAWhite TownPhil CollinsThe SupremesVan HalenAlice ColtraneQuiet RiotThe FoundationsDiamond RioQueenRose TattooRitchie BlackmoreNew wave of British heavy metalHerbie HancockJunior ParkerT.S.O.L.Christian metalJudas PriestIron MaidenBill Wardthe ramothe ramRamonesthe ramonesthe ramoneMama's BoysPink FairiesMotörheadRod StewartAshford & SimpsonSylvia StriplinTeddy PendergrassThe Bar-KaysJohnny Acepaul wellerGlen CampbellThe BeatlesChuck MangionePee Wee Craytonlos van vanMichael AnthonyRhythm sectionMark KnopflerPat MethenyWillie DixonDavid grayThe Allman Brothers BandBig Boy HenryFleetwood MacRolling StonesJerry Lee LewisElton JohnFreddie MercuryStevie Ray Vaughan