Soft Cell, Beach Boys, quiet Riot, Blue Oyster Cult, Tears For Fears, The Buggles, Matthew Wilder, Dexy's Midnight runners, Frankie Vallie, Elton John, Queen, Don Mclean, The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, Men At Work, KANSAS, Billy Idol, the Beatles, AC/DC, Starship, Journey, Ram Jam, The Outfield, Kenny Loggins, just to name a tiny bit.
I think the early techno of the 80s is really interesting; it's pretty cool to see people big in the EDM scene now referencing artists that were less well known ~30 years ago.