Best bands to come out of the 80s

[aceofspades7]

I've been thinking about this for a while. After today's discussion, what do you think the best bands are to come out of the 80s? Off the top of my head, I think REM, Metallica, Guns, and Janes Addiction. Anyone have any thoughts?

[TheMojoPin]

I've been thinking about this for a while. After today's discussion, what do you think the best bands are to come out of the 80s? Off the top of my head, I think REM, Metallica, Guns, and Janes Addiction. Anyone have any thoughts?

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Plus overseas acts like the Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen and New Order and Depeche Mode and the Jesus & Mary Chain and such.

[paulisded]

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Plus overseas acts like the Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen and New Order and Depeche Mode and the Jesus & Mary Chain and such.

One of my favorite books ever!

And I think everybody knows my answer...if not, just look at my sig.

[MacVittie]

Green Day's first EP came out in 1989, does that count?

[Furtherman]

Talibands.

[Fezticle98]

Red Hot Chili Peppers

[ZigZagBigBag]

madness.

[BillySolHarg]

Kitchens of Distinction

[DarkHippie]

Guns and Roses

[zildjian361]

White LIon who i saw 2 weeks ago at Dingbats in nj:surrender::smoke::drunk:

[DonInNC]

Kneisel Quartet

[PerryWinkle]

U2?

[biozombie]

either Black Flag or Kajagoogoo...

[PerryWinkle]

I've got one word twice for everybody, Duran Duran

[GreatAmericanZero]

WEEN technically started in the 80s

[BlackSpider]

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[biozombie]

haha, Stryper, To Hell With The Devil! :lol:

[BlackSpider]

The Dead Milkmen, The Breeders, The Pixies, Throwing Muses...

[paulisded]

The Dead Milkmen, The Breeders, The Pixies, Throwing Muses...

I don't have a problem with any of those choices, and could come up with dozens more.

[biozombie]

I've been obsessively listening to "Eat Your Paisley" these past couple of days...it's not healthy.

[jennysmurf]

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WOW!!!! Their hair is fantastic! They must've been awesome! Fantabulous hair=righteous band. (My friend, Mandy, decorated all her notebooks with the Stryper logo--cause she knew what cool was.)

Shouldn't we be asking Kip Winger? I heard he's on this board under an alias.....

[paracetamol flanders]

Merzbow

[jennysmurf]

I've been obsessively listening to "Eat Your Paisley" these past couple of days...it's not healthy.

Poppycock! It's a healthy as driving retards to the zoo!

[tele7]

Squeeze

[BlackSpider]

Poppycock! It's a healthy as driving retards to the zoo!

in your Bitchin' Camaro ????




by the way, we are incredibly close on post counts...

[Hottub]

Iron Maiden
Slayer
Megadeth
Bow Wow Wow

Come on, people!

[jennysmurf]

in your Bitchin' Camaro ????




by the way, we are incredibly close on post counts...

You're goin' down, buddy! I can post whore with the best of them! :devil2:

[BlackSpider]

Iron Maiden
Slayer
Megadeth
Bow Wow Wow

Come on, people!

Maiden was mid-seventies Come on Hottub...

[fezident]

I've got one word twice for everybody, Duran Duran

Yes yes.

[BlackSpider]

You're goin' down, buddy! I can post whore with the best of them! :devil2:

I may,
that depends...:devil2:

[Hottub]

I will ban anybody who posts the "PH" word!

Goddammit. A Dead channel AND a Jam channel.:wallbash:

[Hottub]

Paul DiAnno was a hack.

[paracetamol flanders]

Swans

[paracetamol flanders]

Squeeze

Also 70's, though they reminded the 80's what the 60's was all about!

[BlackSpider]

Stand and Deliver...
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[biozombie]

Merzbow
Masami Akita wins for obscurity.

Paul DiAnno was a hack.

Blasphemy!!!

[realmenhatelife]

It's got to be the Pixies

Op Ivy, I'm giving you boys an honorable mention.

[paulisded]

R.E.M.'s 80's albums weren't too shabby; it's the stuff in the 90's and beyond that weren't so great.

[BlackSpider]

It's got to be the Pixies

Op Ivy, I'm giving you boys an honorable mention.

The Dead Milkmen, The Breeders, The Pixies, Throwing Muses...

I agree...

[Hottub]

Stand and Deliver...
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A New Royal Family, A Wild Nobility. We are the Family!

"Dirk" came out in 79, but you get a pass for being hip.:smoke:

[biozombie]

I retract all previous suggestions to make way for the Missing Persons.

Dale Bozzio was the pinnacle of hot when it came to the new wave.

http://earbuds.popdose.com/john/missingpersons.jpg

[mikeyboy]

The Dead Milkmen, The Breeders, The Pixies, Throwing Muses...

I'm gonna DQ the second one. Their first album came out in 1992. I don't think it counts that the bands that fed into that band were from the 80s.

[paracetamol flanders]

Masami Akita wins for obscurity.



Blasphemy!!!


And for productivity! And for releasing one CD in an edition of one permanently mounted in the player of a Mercedes Benz.

[BlackSpider]

I'm gonna DQ the second one. Their first album came out in 1992. I don't think it counts that the bands that fed into that band were from the 80s.

It said bands to come out of the eighties, I took that to mean when they were formed, not first releases.
This from Wiki:
The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal (lead vocals and guitar), her twin sister Kelley Deal (guitar and backing vocals), Jose Medeles (drums and percussion), Mando Lopez (bass guitar) and Cheryl Lyndsey (guitar); Kim Deal has been the band's sole continual member. Their first album, Pod (1990), received critical acclaim but was not commercially successful

[paracetamol flanders]

I'm gonna DQ the second one. Their first album came out in 1992. I don't think it counts that the bands that fed into that band were from the 80s.

You get a pass because Pod came out in 90, which means they formed up in 89.

AND because you are the rf.net Czar.

[paracetamol flanders]

Minor Threat

[biozombie]

And for productivity! And for releasing one CD in an edition of one permanently mounted in the player of a Mercedes Benz.

Heh, I thought that was somewhat reasonable compared to that 50 or 100 CD Merzbox.. I never quite "got" the fascination noise artists have with absurd packaging. (I'm still not sure what happened to my copy of the Smell & Quim cassette that came with anchovies stuck through the holes...)

[IMSlacker]

Go Go's
Split Enz/Crowded House
Smithereens
The Connells
Close Lobsters

[BlackSpider]

It said bands to come out of the eighties, I took that to mean when they were formed, not first releases.This from Wiki:
The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal (lead vocals and guitar), her twin sister Kelley Deal (guitar and backing vocals), Jose Medeles (drums and percussion), Mando Lopez (bass guitar) and Cheryl Lyndsey (guitar); Kim Deal has been the band's sole continual member. Their first album, Pod (1990), received critical acclaim but was not commercially successful

You get a pass because Pod came out in 90, which means they formed up in 89.

AND because you are the rf.net Czar.


Thanks for helping me take on those fat-cats from Manhattan...

[paracetamol flanders]

Heh, I thought that was somewhat reasonable compared to that 50 or 100 CD Merzbox.. I never quite "got" the fascination noise artists have with absurd packaging. (I'm still not sure what happened to my copy of the Smell & Quim cassette that came with anchovies stuck through the holes...)


I actually have the 50 CD box set (it comes with 52, and it is largely retarded) and about 30 of the LPs. I do not, however, collect everything, but I have a friend who does. He has different Merzbow ringtones for each of his friends. Nerd-rific!

[IamFogHat]

Pixies. Lock it the fuck up.

[BlackSpider]

The Dead Milkmen, The Breeders, The Pixies, Throwing Muses...

It's got to be the Pixies

Op Ivy, I'm giving you boys an honorable mention.

Pixies. Lock it the fuck up.

Good, we all agree...

[paracetamol flanders]

Go Go's
Split Enz/Crowded House
Smithereens
The Connells
Close Lobsters

Split Enz go back to the early/mid 70's when they were a kind of progressive/art-rock extravaganza.

Though NZ did squeeze out The Clean and The Chills, both top shelf 80's bands.

[EddieMoscone]

I know, I know, they are not bands, but hip hop needs to be represented:

To me, the most important:

Boogie Down Productions
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys
De La Soul

[BlackSpider]

what was the name of that band that did "Bunson" ?

[IamFogHat]

what was the name of that band that did "Bunson" ?

Well I don't know if it was the Doors, but Jim Morrison was definitely involved.

[BlackSpider]

Well I don't know if it was the Doors, but Jim Morrison was definitely involved.

I thought the singer was the guy from "Simply Red"...

[paulisded]

Agent Orange
American Music Club
Bad Religion
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Dipper
Birthday Party
Buffalo Tom
Butthole Surfers
Camper Van Beethoven
Church
Concrete Blonde
Cult
Cure (I know, technically, their first recordings were in the 80's)
Del Fuegos
Descendents
Dinosaur Jr.
Dream Syndicate
Dumptruck
Echo and the Bunnymen
Feelies
fIREHOSE
Flaming Lips
Fugazi
Gear Daddies
Guadalcanal Diary
Hoodoo Gurus
Husker Du
Jason and the Scorchers
Jayhawks
Jesus and Mary Chain
Lime Spiders
Lloyd Cole
Long Ryders
Lords of the New Church
Los Lobos
Loud Family
Love and Rockets
Lyres
Meat Puppets
Mighty Lemon Drops
Minutemen
Miracle Legion
Mission of Burma
Muffs
My Bloody Valentine
New Order
Nick Cave
Operation Ivy
Paul Kelly
Pixies
Plimsouls
Pogues
Primal Scream
Pussy Galore
REM
RAve Ups
Redd Kross
Replacements
Ride
Sebadoh
Shoes
Smiths
Social Distortion
Sonic Youth
Soul Asylum
Suburbs
Teenage Fanclub
Throwing Muses
Tommy Keene
Translator
Trip Shakespeare
Uncle Tupelo
Velvet Crush
Violent Femmes
Vipers
Waterboys
Yo La Tengo
Beat Happening
Blake Babies

[underdog]

What's that band that killed all their fans in a fire? That's the best band of the 80s.

[BlackSpider]

What's that band that killed all their fans in a fire? That's the best band of the 80s.

Great White...

only 20 people died though...

[PapaBear]

Throwing Muses...
I saw them in a small club in Richmond, VA in '89. Great show.

[paracetamol flanders]

The Space Negros

[PapaBear]

Great White...

only 20 people died though...
Um... It was a hundred.

[jennysmurf]

Um... It was a hundred.

Then I guess it was ALL their fans. Tragedy.

[underdog]

Great White...

only 20 people died though...

Like I said, all their fans.

[PapaBear]

Then I guess it was ALL their fans. Tragedy.
Sixty of them thought they were there for a Jaws remake.

[smiler grogan]

I'll throw my support for the Pixies as well, but if we can get out of the college rock scene for a minute. Public Enemy, Dela Soul, Tribe, Eric B and Rakem... late eighties is when hip hop peaked for me

[underdog]

Like I said, all their fans.

Then I guess it was ALL their fans. Tragedy.

*high five*

[BlackSpider]

Um... It was a hundred.

Thanks for not getting the joke...

Like I said, all their fans.

Thanks for explaining it...

[PapaBear]

Thanks for not getting the joke...

It would have been a better joke if you said it killed all their fans, and 80 bystanders.

[BlackSpider]

Then I guess it was ALL their fans. Tragedy.

got some catching up to do...

[realmenhatelife]

You get a pass because Pod came out in 90, which means they formed up in 89.

AND because you are the rf.net Czar.

I think the breeders get a pass because the Deal sisters are so hot and the last two breeders albums were great.

[yojimbo7248]

Swans

yes, I'm glad someone finally mentioned them. I'll also throw in Throbbing Gristle.

[Freakshow]

Social Distortion was formed in '78, so they don't count to the 80's band thread nazis...

I only like 80's bands that didn't get big until the 90's--Dinosaur Jr., Soul Asylum, Primus, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden...

[IMSlacker]

Split Enz go back to the early/mid 70's when they were a kind of progressive/art-rock extravaganza.

Though NZ did squeeze out The Clean and The Chills, both top shelf 80's bands.

Yeah, but "I Got You" came out in 1980, and that's the only Split Enz song anybody knows.

[paracetamol flanders]

yes, I'm glad someone finally mentioned them. I'll also throw in Throbbing Gristle.

I love me some TG, too, but they started in '77 and released many records in the 70's.

Side note, there was finally a reissue of the Early Worm record (there was only one acetate made in 1969) which was Genesis P Orridge's very first sound project, predating even Coum Transmissions. It is noisy and crude but definitely Gristle-licious.

[paracetamol flanders]

Yeah, but "I Got You" came out in 1980, and that's the only Split Enz song anybody knows.

It is as if 4,115,00 kiwis suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

[jonyrotn]

Poppycock! It's a healthy as driving retards to the zoo!
in your Bitchin' Camaro ????
by the way, we are incredibly close on post counts...
If that's not a strong basis for the start of a sexual relationship then I don't know what is..



Rage Against the Machine, Beastie Boys and Pig Vomit..

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