Classic rock bands that went the synth pop/new wave/electronic route in the '70s/80s?

[Vincent Vega]

What are Classic rock bands that went the synth pop/new wave/electronic/Disco route in the '70s/80s?

[Georgy Zhukov]

Queen

Bob Dylan

[bran]

zz top

[luciusfunk]

Heart

[ZoSoRose]

Rush

theyre 80s albums were still great though

[Georgy Zhukov]

Yes

[wasted]

Stones. U2 went dance. Thats what happened in the 90s. Rocks got remixed by dance acts. Or like Radiohead went electronica.

[luciusfunk]

Stones. U2 went dance. Thats what happened in the 90s. Rocks got remixed by dance acts. Or like Radiohead went electronica.

I was gonna say U2, but Miser didn't mention the 90s.

David Bowie.

[Guest Len B'stard]

A lot of the artists mentioned here didn't just like "go the synth pop way", they are electic artist that have made a career of switchin' up their styles constantly, just thought i'd make that distinction

The Clash dipped their toe in Disco. And rock and blues and funk and reggae...all in the same album

[wasted]

U2 kind of blended dance n industrial pretty well on Achtung. Even Better than the Real Thing house remix was good.

I dont think there was enough hip hop on CD.

[Guest Len B'stard]

U2 blended shite with more shite and ended up being...SUPER shite! Slap a brown cape on ol' Bonzo the Paddy and wheel him off a cliff, he don't fly but he'll float once he hits the water cuz he's...dun dunna dun dun dun DAH!! Super Shite!

[Graeme]

Not AC/DC.

[wasted]

AcDc are impervious to new wave.

Not much of a U2 fan, bono is a knobhead but the edge is decent. The thing is u2 did their changes so consciously. Like had band meetings about it. Careering.

[dalsh327]

Genesis and Peter Gabriel.

Roxy Music defined some of the new wave sound.

The Buggles were an offshoot of Yes, some of Zappa's band in the early 80s became Missing Persons.

Neil Young dabbled in synths in the early 80s but I wouldn't call it pop as much as it being more Devo/Gary Numan influenced.

King Crimson weren't "new wave" but they became synth heavy.

And there is a connection between Psychedelic Furs and Guns N Roses....

The Tubes also became part of the new wave.

I guess Hall and Oates could be called a classic rock band, but Hall did one album with Robert Fripp and the 80s hits had some of the new wave sound to the songs.