Ten Amazing ’80s Bands Reunited By Coachella

Founded in 1976 by the iconic Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin, Siouxsie and the Banshees was a gothic rock, avante-garde '80s band that dissolved in 1996 only to reunite and perform at Coachella in 2002 to promote a "Best of" collection and kick off their Seven Year Itch tour. Known for their influential, experimental blends of different genres of music, their legacy has made a lasting imprint on their genre and future rockers to come. In April of 2014, Siouxsie and Severin reissued their debut single "Hong Kong Garden" on double seven-inch vinyl.

NYC band Sonic Youth was part of the first wave of American noise rock groups. The band expressed their own brand of the hardcore punk ethos that was popular and evolving in the American underground. Sonic Youth's 2003 and 2007 Coachella performances weren't really reunions, but more like celebrated returns for their uncompromising experimentalism and growing cult status. Sadly, the 27-year marriage between founding members Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore ended in 2011, breaking up Sonic Youth until further notice.

After losing some momentum and a few band members in the late '90s, the Cure reunited in 2009 to rock one of the most talked about Coachella sets ever. Already an established '80s British gothic rock band known for their mega-long shows, the Coachella crew literally had to pull the plug during The Cure's third encore in the middle of their international hit "Boys Don't Cry." This didn't keep the band from finishing the song though, causing fans to join in a giant sing-along.

The Replacements were one of the forerunners of a new brand of alternative rock following '70s hitmakers like The Rolling Stones. The Replacements were known for its frontman Paul Westerberg's howling vocals and their violent, often alcohol-fueled stage performances. After a bandmate's drug-related death in 2008, The Replacements reunited at last year's Coachella.

After a 1991 breakup, mostly attributed to Farrell's heroine addiction, Farrell reunited his alternative metal band Jane's Addiction to help promote and headline the 2001 Coachella Festival lineup. The gig worked, fans flocked, and Coachella continued the tradition of reuniting bands as part of its branding. Jane's Addiction broke up again in 2004 (not for the last time), citing similar reasons as in 1991, but like any torrential love affair the band still gets back together and performs live to this day. FUN FACT: Perry Farrell is the only person who has performed at all 12 Coachella Festivals to date, having appeared under five different names (Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction, DJ Peretz, Satellite Party, and with Hybrid)!

While Duran Duran isn't considered a notable Coachella "reunion" since they never really broke up (just rearranged), their 2011 headlining appearance at Coachella broke hearts with the perfect crooning of their greatest hits and took everyone back to 1983...Whether they'd been alive then or not. Since their 2010 album All You Need Is No, the busy band has been working on their 14th studio album which is slated to be released in Fall 2015. Bring on the heartbreak!

One of the New Wave bands of the '80s, Squeeze was one of the more surprising Coachella band reunions that had people in a tizzy in 2012. The band was a household name before many of their fellow Coachella rockers had even been born yet, but proved some old dogs don't need new tricks. With hits like "Black Coffee in Bed," "Pulling Mussels (From A Shell)," and "Hourglass," Squeeze is far from forgotten. "I think nothing stays still. Nothing is forever. There's always going to be, for any generation, a certain golden age, when they looked back at whatever that point was and say it was truly great," Tilbrook said in 2012. "As long as we keep having fun, I think there's a future for Squeeze."

2003 was a big year for Coachella, boasting the Beastie Boys as a headlining, hyped up rare reunion performance since the wrap of their Hello Nasty tour in 1999. The Beasties punk rocked everyone's socks off and solidified their place as a legacy-holding, genre-making band. Fans of their characteristic hip hop-influenced rap rock and prankster lyrics can look forward to the 2015 release of their autobiography.

Iconic British rock band Pulp played a reunion set at the 2012 Coachella, which was the year that Coachella started it's free live stream service made available on the Internet. Anyone could plug in and lip sync "Common People." The advent of technology made the Brit-pop band Pulp's timeless (and often subversive) lyrics accessible to people of all ages. Since playing Coachella, Pulp's frontman Jarvis Cocker has made previously unreleased tracks available for digital download.