1982. I start college and half of the bands on this list I had never heard of or heard. Yes, it was MJ's big year, but there's also Culture Club, Grandmaster Flash, Men at Work, Oingo Boingo, Roxy Music, The English Beat, Toto (who would win 7 Grammys that year), Marshall Crenshaw, Dexy's Midnight Runners, and so much more.