Re: Gated reverb is luvverly (especially with a bit of reverse)
Re: Worst of all the 'eighties revival' has lasted longer than the bloody decade did originally!
That's because the premise "A decade best forgotten" is complete bollocks!
Late Punk, Ska, New Romantics, NWBHM, Rockabilly, Red Wedge (politically motivated), Electropop and onto Club, to go along with the mainstream 'pop' which was influenced by it all.
All diverse music genres which came on the scene in that decade, name another decade with such musical diversity.... no you won't...