In their early days Marc Almond and Dave Ball a.k.a. Soft Cell used a Roland TR-808 drum machine. when they stopped using it their run of UK top five hits dried up. The last of their UK top 5 hits to use the poor old TR-808 was “What!” from 1982 which reached number 3 in August 1982.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYfwdu4R3A
With Just A Hint Of Mayhem 