best bands during the eighties

chameleons
felt
the smiths
depeche mode
&
japan (in the eighties)

the smiths depeche mode the cure a flock of seagulls soft cell duran duran dead or alive billy idol men without hats siouxsie and the banshees joy division bauhaus

legendaries

"Don't drink, don't smoke.....what do 'ya do.........."

the police

The Pogues

-rich

Ditto plus The Cure

Cheers Nigel

Echo and the Bunnymen....yaay schlecho!

The Clash (R.I.P. Joe) and yes, they did start in the '70s, but the '80s were their decade

Billy Bragg... my heart still shudders at Man in the Iron Mask

Deja Voodoo... need some Canadian content of course

Depeche Mode.... the summer of '85 still rings thru!

Were to stop? Well, here I guess

Could have sworn that David Sylvian was just touring. Anyone catch him?

I'm going to go with The Cure and The Police.

The Misfits and Ministry's album the Land of Rape and Honey.....my personal choices

Siouxsie and the Banshees
Rubella Ballet
UK Decay
Killing Joke

only picked bands who disappeared (more or less) after the 80s, otherwise i'd be here for the rest of my life...

talk talk, tears for fears, yazoo and strawberry switchblade.

oh come on!!Def Lepard,Warrant,Motley Crue,Dangerous Toys,Winger,

this is only a joke of the emergency broadcast system

Descendents, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Clash
Slayer, Metallica, Exodus, Motorhead, Death
Smiths, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Cure,
Kraftwerk, Dead Can Dance, Oingo Boingo


[Edited on Jan 11, 2003 by throatneedle]

R.E.M. was fucking awesome all throughout the 80's. Especially Fables and Life's Rich Paegant. Although Murmur, their first full LP, is probably still my fave album of theirs.

Peter Gabriel did his best work 1980-1983, his 3rd and 4th albums. 20 years later and still nobody can touch "Rhythm of the Heat" and "Family and the Fishing Net." The Birdy soundtrack is good, too. Really dark intense stuff. Btw, in my members picture I'm sporting the make-up from Gabriel's 1982-83 tour. :3)

Talking Heads also did some awesome work with Remain in Light, Speaking in Tongues... and the film 'Stop Making Sense' which transformed my whole world!! Little Creatures is a great album, too.

Anyways, as far as the 80's are concerned, those are the big guns for me.

~ moon

[Edited on Jan 11, 2003 by moondaddy]

r.e.m., all jangley and mumbley

devo
the cure
pixies
they might be giants

duran duran. geez, such a long thread and no mention of them.

ah fuck. nevermind. i see the first reply included them.

Genesis (shut up), TMBG, Legendary Pink Dots, Devo, Love and Rockets, Thomas Dolby.

Those are my picks.

The Pixies, and I'm just now starting to get into the Psychadelic Furs.

BATHORY
kate bush
various cheese-pop bands
early 80s metallica
possessed
candlemass


[Edited on Jan 12, 2003 by FuneralDoom]

My votes for the Stray Cats!!!! They were doing something totally different then what was going on in the mainstream. I rember turnin' on mtv when I was a little kid and catching one of thier videos and thinking that they most be a '50s band......