Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 1116. Chapters: 1981 albums, 1981 concert tours, 1981 music awards, 1981 musicals, 1981 operas, 1981 record charts, 1981 singles, 1981 songs, Musical groups disestablished in 1981, Musical groups established in 1981, Musical groups reestablished in 1981, Record labels disestablished in 1981, Record labels established in 1981, Metallica, Anthrax, Asia, Sonic Youth, Golden Brown, The Bangles, Motley Crue, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, The Buggles, Pet Shop Boys, Pantera, Napalm Death, Front 242, Steely Dan, Alarma , The Electric Spanking of War Babies, Horrendous Disc, Damaged, Queensryche, Escape, Mercyful Fate, Culture Club, 10,000 Maniacs, Under Pressure, Place without a Postcard, Mark of the Mole, Killers, Almost Blue, Zomba Group of Companies, Hoodoo Gurus, Butthole Surfers, 1981 in country music, Death in June, Cats, Hunters & Collectors, Wings, Licht, Bucks Fizz, Eurovision Song Contest 1981, Dreamgirls, Boonoonoonoos, The Tide Is High, Loudness, Ministry, Tears for Fears, Shot of Love, The Flowers of Romance, Down Under, Dare, In the Air Tonight, Blizzard of Ozz Tour, Don't Stop Believin', Don't You Want Me, Virgin Steele, Spy vs Spy, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Titas, Music from "The Elder," Beautiful Vision, The River Tour, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Tom's Diner, Merrily We Roll Along, 1981 in British music, Shonen Knife, Yazoo, Face Value, 54-40, Ol' 55, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, Endless Love, Heartbeat Records, Bad for Good, The Dave Howard Singers, Speechless, Heaven Up Here, The Urban Guerillas, Sukiyaki, October, Tattoo You, Big Country, Till Deaf Do Us Part, Vienna, Wham , Rolling Stones American Tour 1981, Nightclubbing, The Visitors, Bringin' On the Heartbreak, We'll Bring the House Down, List of number-one country singles of 1981, Girls on Film, Abacab, Take Me Home Tour, Dead Can Dance, Katri...