Guess the 7 pop/rock bands from the 80s hidden in the image. QUOTE this post & use these tags for your solution:
🧩🖼️🎶🩵 #VisualBandnamesPuzzle #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
NO DIRECT REPLIES please, to not spoil the fun for others. I'll reveal the names on Sun Sep 20.
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Grid: up to 8 columns x 5 rows
Reading order: left-to-right, top-to-down.
Artists:
1. Marti Jones
2. Sting
3. The Pineapple Thief
4. Be Mine Or Run
5. Gavin DeGraw
6. Heather Nova
7. Richard Barone
8. Tori Amos
9. Tanita Tikaram
10. Diana Krall
11. Luka Bloom
12. Kate Bush
13. Morcheeba
14. Lenny Kravitz
15. Damien Jurado
16. Chris Rea
17. Norah Jones
18. Tom Waits
19. David Bowie
20. Absynthe Minded
21. Bruce Cockburn
22. Michelle Shocked
23. Fury In The Slaughterhouse
24. The Shins
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers
26. The Cure
27. Supertramp
28. Suzanne Vega
29. dEUS
30. Clueso
31. Kettcar
32. Blumfeld
33. RPWL
34. Tindersticks
35. The National
36. Melissa Etheridge
37. The Alan Parsons Project
38. Sioen
39. The New Pornographers
40. The Divine Comedy
Genre word cloud (ranked by weight):
Rhythm & Blues [0.600] • Trip Hop [0.538] • Jazz-Rock [0.263]
Soul [0.180] • Reggae [0.174] • Fusion [0.167] • R&B [0.165]
Funk / Soul [0.160] • Ballad [0.159] • Downtempo [0.159]
Vocal [0.144] • Leftfield [0.143] • Jazz [0.137]
Bluegrass [0.128] • Hip Hop [0.122] • Acoustic [0.117]
Folk Rock [0.117] • Heavy Metal [0.111]
Folk, World, & Country [0.104] • New Wave [0.101]
Dream Pop [0.100] • Pop Rock [0.097] • Electronic [0.097]
Pop [0.094] • Celtic [0.091] • Rock [0.086] • House [0.083]
Jangle Pop [0.083] • Post Rock [0.083] • Blues Rock [0.083]
Industrial [0.082] • Disco [0.079] • Soft Rock [0.079]
Breakbeat [0.077] • Contemporary Jazz [0.073] • Power Pop [0.071]
Classic Rock [0.069] • Soul-Jazz [0.061] • Avantgarde [0.060]
Score [0.059] • Piano Blues [0.056] • Blues [0.054]
Country Rock [0.054] • Indie Rock [0.053] • Synth-pop [0.053]
Folk [0.053] • Coldwave [0.053] • Darkwave [0.053]
Goth Rock [0.053] • Post-Punk [0.053] • Country [0.051]
Swing [0.051] • Black Metal [0.050] • Death Metal [0.050]
Deep House [0.050] • Garage House [0.050] • Schlager [0.050]
Alternative Rock [0.050] • Soundtrack [0.049]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v7qjgpiucaakiap6lqrsgnlg/bafkreidyzkygphel3itzimzvr5s2aipkdg75uhgh4sir3q47f7h56tsxoq)
