text: what was the first group or groups you first got into? mine were the electric light orchestra and madness. believe it or not, i got into this lot around the beginning of the 1980s...  bad manners blancmange cabaret voltaire depeche mode electric light orchestra emerson lake & palmer fun boy three gary numan jean michel-jarre joy division/new order kraftwerk larry fast (aka synergy) madness orchestral manoeuvres in the dark tangerine dream tears for fears the cure the human league the specials ultravox visage yellow magic orchestra