Matt Johnson, frontman for the The:

I’m completely unaware of it, to be honest. I don’t read music papers or listen to the radio, so I’m blissfully unaware of any trends. All I know is that, if we ever get asked to go on those revival tours, we turn them down flat. I have no interest in being associated with the 1980s whatsoever.

Chris Wolstenholme, bassist for Muse:

I like it. I’m about to turn 40 — it’s an age where you reflect on the first half of your life. For me, a part of that process is reflecting back to childhood, and my childhood memories are of the ’80s. The first music I listened to, the first films that I watched… For me, it’s quite an interesting exercise, thinking back to those times, the kinds of memories that it provokes. Having children of my own, and sitting down with my kids to watch the same films I watched as a kid, myself, is a great thing to do. The ’80s were always seen as being relatively uncool, but, the further away you get, you look back and you realize that the ’80s were a very, very important decade, not just for music, but for film as well, because there was an explosion of technology for both… A lot changed in the ’80s, and it still influences what happens now.

Tim Rogers, frontman for You Am I:

A lot of it seems to be done ironically, and I don’t think there’s a lot of power in that. I think that that’s energy that should be used elsewhere. I just don’t know if I can see what other people’s motivations are, so I hope they’re having fun with it. I hope they get something from it, but it doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense to me.

Noodles, guitarist for the Offspring:

I’m too close to it. I have a niece who, not too long ago, commented, “Oh, I love ’90s music!” and I was like, “Oh, shit!” … Every once in a while, we’ll play with a bunch of bands from that era, like Gin Blossoms, and it’s fun to hear those songs. But I think maybe I’m a little too close to it to fully buy the nostalgia.

Mike Inez, bassist for Alice in Chains:

I think it’s kinda cool. Journey and Def Leppard are some of the most successful tours in America right now. I think it’s great, because live music is so important. Who’s going to fill up these stadiums when all these bands retire? You’ve got to support it from the ground up. If people want to get together, whether it’s an ’80s nostalgia act or something else, it’s important that everybody get out and commune with other people who are into the same type of music. Whatever Def Leppard and Journey are doing, it’s working.

Myles Kennedy, vocalist/guitarist for the Conspirators:

It makes sense. That tends to be the pattern: every 20 or 30 years, people look back 20 or 30 years. I’ve seen that cycle happen enough that it doesn’t really surprise me. It certainly doesn’t bother me — there were things in the ’80s that were cool. People reaching back and reinventing sounds to make them relevant to 2018 is good by me.

Mike Kroeger, bassist for Nickelback:

The cool thing is having kids who for sure weren’t even born when these bands were at the top of their stride, who are hearing this music and loving it. My daughter thinks Journey is totally awesome. She doesn’t care that it was 30-some-odd years ago when they recorded that stuff.

Dan Haggis, drummer for the Wombats: