What is your favorite 80's band?

[Jon991]

When I was younger I was a huge fan of The Cure. I was also a Depeche Mode and REM fan. TMBG is good (because Istanbul was Constantinople). Joy Division was good (RIP Ian Curtis). ok, I admit it, I liked the "metal" hair bands somewhat, and then I was in to Guns and Roses, and etc.

[tall, dark & Handsome]

The Smiths

[Jon991]

Shit! I forgot the Smiths!

Why do you come here? and why do you hang around?

Why do you telephone? and why send me silly notes?

You had to sneak into my room just to read my diary.
It was just to see all the things I've written about you (Oh so many illustrations!)

[TJT]

The Dead Milkmen.

[chefmike]

The Del Fuegos.

[Leverage87]

Oh boy... thats my favorite era of music... so many choices...

-Skid Row
-Poison
-Motley Crue
-Metallica
-Megadeth
-Guns n Roses
-Def Leppard
-Whitesnake
-The Scorpions

Thats just a few of my favorites lol.

[tall, dark & Handsome]

Roxy Music was great too.
and
Bowie
Morrisey
The Pixies
Big Country
Prince
Husker Du
The Repalcements
Metalica was good then
The Misfits
Ministry
Psychodelic Furs
U2
Nina
okay that will be enough for now

[Bee]

The Police, Depeche Mode and Tears for Fears!

[Night Rider]

REM

[KiraHarden]

INXS
The Cult
Def Leppard
Motley Crue
Dio

[cdgirl-tr]

TOTO

[Dino Velvet]

Although not strictly an 80's band, Black Sabbath is the best band of any decade. Just in the 80's, they had Heaven & Hell, The Mob Rules, Live Evil, Born Again, Eternal Idol, and Headless Cross.

Honorable mention: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Ozzy, Dio :rock2

[alpha2117]

My favorites in no particular order

Joy Division
New Order
The Smiths
Sisters of Mercy
Guns & Roses
Split Enz
Queen
Hunters & Collectors
INXS
Propaganda
Erasure
Boxcar

[iebwnj]

Iron Maiden!

And they're still rocking hard, gonna see them at The Forum next month.

[Wombat]

The Police

Runner ups:

The Cure
Teadrop Explodes
Ultravox
King Crimson (80's lineup)
Australian Crawl
Icehouse
The Angels
Devo
Cutting Crew
Blondie
Crowded House
The Church
AC/DC
The Clash
Dire Straits
Midnight Oil
Simple Minds

A Flock of Seagulls (OK, I'm taking the piss now LOL)

[ottorocket]

STYX
TINA TURNER
HUMAN LEAGUE
PAT BENATAR
THE CARS
QUIET RIOT


Oh and the Ghostbusters Theme.

[ottorocket]

^^good call haha

[pampal2]

Bad Religion

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

I like the following 80's bands:

The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Comma, How Soon is Now?, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now etc.
Spandu ballet - Gold, True etc.
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle, World in Motion,
Aimee Mann Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Toto - Africa, Rosanna etc.
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer, Hungry Like the Wolf etc.
Queen - Under Pressure, Another one bites the Dust etc.
B-52's _ Rock Lobster, Private Idaho etc.
INXS - Need You Tonight (Michael Hutchence is soo HOT!)
Kajagoogoo's - Too Shy
Propaganda - Duel
Gene loves Jezebel - Desire
The Go-go's - Head Over Heels
Erasure - All their cd's
The Clash - London Calling
Siouxie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
Seona Dancing - More to lose
OMD - If You Leave, So In Love, Secret, Enola Gay etc.
Bananarama -Venus, Cruel Summer, Talking Italian, I heard a Rumor etc.
Eurythmics - Here Come the rain Again, Sweet Dreams, When Tomorrow Comes etc.
Dead Or Alive - Something in My House, Spin Me Round etc.
Culture Club _ Miss Me Blind, Curch of the Poison Mind, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, The War Song, It's a Miracle etc.
Petshop Boys OF COURSE!! :P

and many many more.. ;)

~Kisses.

HTG

[Realgirls4me]

TallDarkandHandsome, Bee, Wombat, and Hara would definitely see eye to eye with me at an '80's themed disco. Guns and Roses kind of signaled the downfall of that techno pop/new wave sound for me. What the 80's sound came in and "cleaned up", G&R kind of brought back. Grrrrr. :(

... How about that? New sounds with new daring looks -- WITH MELODIES ONE COULD HUM and lyrics one could discern ?! :)

[Wombat]

TallDarkandHandsome, Bee, Wombat, and Hara would definitely see eye to eye with me at an '80's themed disco. Guns and Roses kind of signaled the downfall of that techno pop/new wave sound for me. What the 80's sound came in and "cleaned up", G&R kind of brought back. Grrrrr. :(

... How about that? New sounds with new daring looks -- WITH MELODIES ONE COULD HUM and lyrics one could discern ?! :)

I missed (forgot) a few but you guys have named them. :wink:

Makes me want to go and drag out some vinyl... :D

[TJT]

Bad Religion


Bad Religion is still a great band.

[Odelay]

Many good selections already made above. I might add:

The Pogues
Cowboy Junkies
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Blasters (subsequently "X")

[CORVETTEDUDE]

My 80s choices are and always be the same as my 70s choices, my 90s choices and, my now choices. they are;

Led Zeppilin
Pink Floyd
ZZ Top
The Rolling Stones
The Moody Blues
The Allman Brothers
The Doobie Brothers
Ted Nugent
Jethro Tull
Uriah Heep
Crosby, Stills & Nash (once in a while Young)
The Eagles

All these bands have been around for the duration and, continue to be the "Class" of rock.

[chefmike]

Many good selections already made above. I might add:

The Pogues
Cowboy Junkies
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Blasters (subsequently "X")

The Blasters are one of my favorite bands, and I once had the pleasure of sharing a few beers with them when I used to bounce in the "pit" at local shows during the 80's. It was 30 bucks a night and a whole lot of pussy to boot. I believe only one of the Alvin bros. played with X though. Anyway, if you're a Blasters fan you should really check out The Old 97's from Texas.

[mikelpo]

Survivor!

[Tomfurbs]

The Pixies
The Modern Lovers
The Cure
The Smiths

Lou Reed had some good stuff come out in that decade

and of course the birth of Rap/Hip Hop


classic rock took a back seat during this period, ad ultimately it has served those 'classic rock' bands well

[desiree_77]

BON JOVI

[FiremanforTS]

The Replacements


The Outfield



8)

[Odelay]

Sonic Youth!

d'oh! How could I have forgotten on my first post.

[chefmike]

The Replacements


The Outfield



8)

The Replacement's 'Tim' was hands down one of the best albums of that decade...and has anyone mentioned Husker Du?

[2754tim]

The Ramones :twisted:

[Realgirls4me]

The real sad part about that wonderful music from those years is that it lasted for such a short time. It's like one moment they were there all at one time with the hair, make-up, androgeny, fresh catchy melodic tunes, risque lyrics, et all, and before one could take it all in, they were gone. I saw many of the big acts at the time, but there were so many bands I wished I could have seen at their peak ... Spandau Ballet, Bow-Wow-Wow, The Jam, The Clash, OMD, Romeo Void, Translator, Ultravox, The Human League, Soft Cell (Sex Dwarf, Hee-hee), New Order, Yaz, Talk Talk, Haircut 100, Erasure ... way too many to list.

... Some of the one-hit wonders do actually get back together, so there is hope after all to still see some of them years later:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnVEF_HEVk


:)

[Realgirls4me]

... Adam Ant, Sparks, Bananarama, Thompson Twins, Simple Minds ...


I love that stuff!

:)

[melissacarter]

The Fall
X
Dead Kennedys
Gang of Four
Flipper
Black Flag
Minutemen
Roxy Music


As long as we're at it, how about 80's music you totally can't fucking stand:

John Mellencamp
REO Speedwagon
Loverboy
Toto
New Kids on the Block

[Realgirls4me]

As long as we're at it, how about 80's music you totally can't fucking stand:

John Mellencamp
REO Speedwagon
Loverboy
Toto
New Kids on the Block

I actually got to see Roxy Music, Melissa, and though I'll give Mellencamp his props here and there, I agree with the general tone of your choices. I didn't care for any of those bands, particularly every band Leverage87 (nothing personal there, Leverage) listed upstream. Those bands to me were just, um, well, noise.

:)

[melissacarter]

And one more sub-category:

80's Song you loved and hated at the same time.

For me it was "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant.

[Realgirls4me]

And one more sub-category:

80's Song you loved and hated at the same time.

For me it was "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant.

Yes, that would be one that would fall under that two prong category. Lots of times it isn't the artist or the song so much as it is a radio station being obsessed with it. ... MTV played it out too. :(

[Oli]

You all have named most of the bands I liked then, New Order, the Cure, U2. I would add Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Social Distortion, Sisters of Mercy, 10,000 Maniacs, The Waterboys, XTC, the Stranglers, Stone Roses, Peter Gabriel, Eurythmics, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen and Dire Straits.


And yes Melissa, REO sucked.

[Realgirls4me]

... Think about it. Music at the time (late '70s/early '80s) was in such a dreadful funk and in such a dire need to reinvent itself and "suddenly" sounds such as the following begin to appear on about 12 alternative radio stations strewn across the country; many of these sounds would eventually cross over to mainstream stations, and the rest as they say is history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPeWSpB_7w4

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKqp6VFjSFY

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHv9_5T3zTE

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm2yqA9ziro



There are way too many to link and I've got to go to work tomorrow. :)

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

... Adam Ant, Sparks, Bananarama, Thompson Twins, Simple Minds ...


I love that stuff!

:)

How did I miss Adam Ant and Thomson Twins?!? I love those group!

I also love The Bangles, The Cars, Cutting Crews, Simple Minds, Human League, Tears for Fears, Asia, Huey Lewis and the News, Wang Chung, U2, Ub40, The Police, Devo, Men at Work, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Wham, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Pointers Sisters, Dire Straits, Mr. Mister etc.

Ok..I'm cheating. I opened up my 80's cd collection! LOL :lol:

~Kisses.

HTG

[Realgirls4me]

I saw The Police when they headlined at Aztec Bowl in 1984! Accompanied by Madness and Oingo-Boingo.

... Devo is another band I wished I could have seen perform at the time.

:)

[EyeCumInPiece]

U2

[melissacarter]

... Think about it. Music at the time (late '70s/early '80s) was in such a dreadful funk and in such a dire need to reinvent itself and "suddenly" sounds such as the following begin to appear on about 12 alternative radio stations strewn across the country; many of these sounds would eventually cross over to mainstream stations, and the rest as they say is history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPeWSpB_7w4

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKqp6VFjSFY

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHv9_5T3zTE

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm2yqA9ziro



There are way too many to link and I've got to go to work tomorrow. :)

Hey RealGirls, great links! Loved the U2 vid. Now you have me searching.

I submit a selection of vids that, for me, define my 80's experience:

X "White Girl" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfxI-fTOhIQ&feature=user
Check out how chubby Exene is

Mission of Burma "That's when I reach for my revolver" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMu6ugTNfA&feature=related
I like this guys comment: I think the song's line came from a famous Nazi saying something like: "Civilization? When people talk of civilization that's when I reach for my revolver."

Flipper "Sex Bomb" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE5OuGYQP00
I used to sing this song to my cat.

Gang of Four "To hell with poverty" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPnOnp07fQI
So underrated and hardly ever mentioned. They were huge.

Public Enemy "Louder than a bomb" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8nMre61v4
love Flavor & Chuck D. So influential.

[S6XN9NE]

My top five in alphabetical order....

Mellencamp
Prince
Seger
Tear For Fears
U2

[Iggy]

Duran Duran.....proof that middle class boys should never ever wear headbands.

[LTR_Seeker]

u2

[TJT]

Hey RealGirls, great links! Loved the U2 vid. Now you have me searching.

I submit a selection of vids that, for me, define my 80's experience:

X "White Girl" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfxI-fTOhIQ&feature=user
Check out how chubby Exene is[/quote]

I remember running a canned radio interview of Exene in that period. She was talking about running around w/ Lux Interior of the Cramps. She said something along the lines "We didn't feel like we were properly dressed unless people were pointing and laughing."

The Gang of Four's debut album is a classic.

[JamesHunt]

LFO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4NrlzHX0I

Low Frequency Oscillators

[PatrickFromNYC]

The Pogues
U2
Split Enz
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Boss
Dead Kennedys

[Maximus25]

I am surprised how you guys overlooked The Talking Heads and The Police. Both were critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands. I was born in 85 and entered college just as the 80s revival was booming. I am a big fan of The Cure too but I love my hard rock and no band rocked harder then GNR. For all you skeptics check out some of these hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJJgM23gLh8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXMNpYMGyck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozc70JPGRMQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsrDv3K7RNI

[jimjamcan]

jesus and mary chain,echo and the bunnymen and sonic youth saw them all in 1984. And met the Pogues in 1985...am on the video....as well as meeting the Ramones in 1985.....signed all me albums.....great ear piercing gig.... gabba gabba hey!!
ohh christy almighty I forgot the late great Mr. Frank Tovey's Fad Gadget....

[eded]

Accept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1HOE3FIQ7w

[Merkurie]

Joy Division is one for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaiOgToofBo&list=RDQkpwMZX7usY&index=19
Too many favorites to count really.

[max1958]

Cindy Lauper Girls just want to have fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

The Bangles Walk like an Egyptian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk

[Bear]

probably have to go with journey.

[kaientai]

Queen

[vex]

Heres Three new wave bands...Depeche Mode,kraftwerk,visage.

[antfagasta]

Depeche mode, XTC, Devo, Smiths, Tears for Fears, Talking heads, Blondie

[CoolAwesomeBXDude]

i like too many groups to list them all

[Ben]

Joy Division is one for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaiOgToofBo&list=RDQkpwMZX7usY&index=19
Too many favorites to count really.

More so New Order, eh???? As Ian Curtis committed suicide in May of '80. I think, um, I'd classify them as a 70s band.
But I like New Order...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEBuqkkQRk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEBuqkkQRk)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnMYEJAuk54

[Jimmy W]

The Del Fuegos.

The Del Fuegos. Holy shit I remember them doing a concert across from Fenway giving out free hot dogs and beer!

[fondofall]

Fleetwood Mac
Men at Work
Frankie Goes to Hollywood

[Jimmy W]

Scruffy The Cat. Maybe the guy who likes the Del Fuegos and Tara Emory might remember them from Boston but the rest of you never heard of them. And that is a shame. Shit video but great band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fib8ULp3i2k

[JenniferParisHusband]

Wow, I guess we aren't sticking to one then... Ok, here's what I listened to in the 80's.

The Police (My all time favorite band)
The Clash
Depeche Mode
Def Leppard
AC/DC
Run DMC
A-ha
Devo
Art of Noise
Eurythmics
Public Enemy
LL Cool J.
NewOrder
Faith No More
INXS
Joan Jett
They Might Be Giants
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Thomas Dolby
Yes (80's version, 70's version not so much)
Van Halen
The Cure
Stevie Ray Vaughn

[maxpower]

A couple of my favorite 80's bands...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sMdIutZMmI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac0oaXhz1u8


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQzLF-gwO0

[maxpower]

The Police (My all time favorite band)


I saw them summer of '83 on the Synchronicity tour. R.E.M. was their opening act, when they were nobody.

[maxpower]

Scruffy The Cat. Maybe the guy who likes the Del Fuegos and Tara Emory might remember them from Boston but the rest of you never heard of them. And that is a shame. Shit video but great band



I know Scruffy - I saw them a couple times at my local music club in the late 80's, and I have the Moons of Jupiter album. If you know them, you might know these bands?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVrmuugH-Pg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS6FM6sxHc

[CD_Sasha]

I'm a mid 80s baby so if it's one band from the 80s, it would definitely have to be Metallica: Kill em all - And Justice for All

[francisfkudrow]

Duran Duran
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Thompson Twins
Tears for Fears
The Fixx
and in the category of "one of these things is not like the others"... Run DMC

[bimale69]

Queensryche
Metallica
Fates warning
Rush
Tesla

[CORVETTEDUDE]

The same one it was in the 70s and 60s!! In fact, still today.....

[Merkurie]

More so New Order, eh???? As Ian Curtis committed suicide in May of '80. I think, um, I'd classify them as a 70s band.
But I like New Order...


I almost think of them as the same band. Joy Division is the seed that sprouted New Order. New Order is more commercial (for the most part). But I generally gravitate toward the more underground and obscure sounds.

[dunkiex]

The Cars

[bling2112]

Metallica: Kill em all
Rush: Moving pictures & Grace under Pressure

[Lovecox]

Motorhead.

[Jamie French]

XTC, Talking Heads, early They Might Be Giants, the rest are all one hit wonders.

[maxpower]

Pixies...one of the greatest bands ever.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3r-xMt9JmM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFAnn2j4iB0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMHykYTomdo

[HedonisticMale92]

Motley Crue!

[gmb]

Can't beat X:

[Blktop4hungangel]

Russ Ballard-Voices

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imiFk2J4Dkk

[Blktop4hungangel]

(Parts 1, 2 & 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9d72n2fX6g

[Blktop4hungangel]

my bad. Pink Floyd (1965)

I guess i just wanted to hear this song one more time

[JenniferParisHusband]

I saw them summer of '83 on the Synchronicity tour. R.E.M. was their opening act, when they were nobody.

Got ya beat. My first concert ever, I had the coolest cousin, who snuck me into a show in Pittsburgh for the "Ghost In The Machine" tour. Can't remember the opening act. But it was at a crappy venue in Pittsburgh. Saw them again for Synchronicity, and the reunion tour a few years back.

Met REM, hard to find the video, but if you can track down their live performance on "Nick Rocks - Video To Go" I'm one of the 11 year olds rocking out to "Radio Free Europe" in the background. I was in New York auditioning for a TV show my mom wanted me to be in, and grabbed me while I was waiting and had me hang out while REM lip synched the song three times. Don't remember thinking they were going to be huge at that early time, but remember the host "Joe from Chicago" was a raging douchebag to them, and made fun of them between takes.

[drongo]

Thin Lizzy..

[morim]

Motorhead

[ElectricWoody]

The 80's had alot of Pop Rock bands. And you heard alot of the good stuff if you were around Los Angeles or San Diego. Everything from Cinderella, Motels, Berlin, Billy Idol, Natalie Imbruglia, Concrete Blonde, Flock of Seaguls, Missing Persons, New Order, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper and even heard that Madonna was going to be world famous and never heard of her at the time.

[SanDiegoPervySage]

Con Funk Shun, even though they came out in the 70s.