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What is your favorite band of the 80s?

ruffdaddyruffdaddy Posts: 2
edited June 2006 in Other Music
Any band that was around for 5 years or more in the 80s is what I'm looking for.

Mine would have to be the Replacements without a doubt.
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  • armyreservearmyreserve Posts: 209
    I love the Replacements! Paul Westerberg is God!
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  • pearljam_addictionpearljam_addiction Posts: 668
    U2
    the Cure
    The Clash
    Tears for Fears
    Depeche mode
    New Order
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  • armyreservearmyreserve Posts: 209
    I know I said the Replacements a few posts ago, but I have to include the following as well:

    The Cure
    R.E.M.
    Depeche Mode
    The Smiths
    Tears for Fears
    Slayer
    The Beastie Boys
    New Order
    Pixies
    Sonic Youth
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  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Gotta go with my homestate band, the Replacements
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    slayer/sonic youth
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    metallica
    prince
    u2
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    U2
    the cure
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    Gn'r...
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    Metallica
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    R.E.M. and Talking Heads
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  • whatsthefreezerwhatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    depeche mode
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,868
    ruffdaddy wrote:
    Any band that was around for 5 years or more in the 80s is what I'm looking for.

    AKA "i dont care about grunge bands"
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  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    replacements, the cure, prince, r.e.m., lemonheads, dino jr., et al.
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  • ajedigeckoajedigecko Posts: 2,430
    iron maidien
    the cult
    u2
    max rebo band
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  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i forgot a major one. the psychedelic furs.

    and bowie

    and a ton of others.
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  • JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    My guilty pleasure: Skid Row
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    metallica
    the cure
    motley fucking crue
    the clash
    the ramones
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  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    Guns N' Roses
    Depeche Mode
    Skid Row
    MetallicA
    Van Halen
    Ramones...I really love their 80's albums despite them being overshadowed by their albums from the 70's
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  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    The stone roses started out in the late 80's so probably them, along with the smiths.
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    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Sonic Youth
    Screaming Trees
    Soundgarden
    Dinosaur Jr
    The Pixies
    The Clash
    PiL
    Guns N Roses
    Metallica
    U2
    The Lemonheads
    The Melvins
    UK Subs
    The Specials
    Devo

    And I used to think the eighties was a shit era for music;)

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    NoFx
    The Wipers
    Meat Puppets
    Dead Kennedys
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Dinosaur Jr
    Sonic Youth

    also props to the pixies
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  • cookie5798cookie5798 Posts: 396
    Where do I start........

    The Police
    G N R
    Van Halen
    Whitesnake
    The Cure
    Depeche Mode
    INXS
    Motley Crue

    I am stuck in the 80's and can't get out!!!
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    Iron Maiden
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    Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth.
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    Meat Puppets
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    The Police ...hands down.
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    clash/smiths/rem/cure/depeche mode/police/prince/duran duran/inxs
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    Queensryche
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    Judas Priest
    Kiss
    Tom Petty
    John Mellencamp
    Rush
    Triumph
    Scorpions
    Van Halen
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Speaking as a child of the 80's...

    Growing up in Southern California, Oingo Boingo was the band. My favorite band of the 80's, although there have been other great ones mentioned (Dead Kennedys, Police, Clash, Cure, Smiths). Madness and the English Beat were other favorites. R.E.M. was great in the late 80's too, although I didn't figure it out till much later.
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    There was only one band in the 80's...


    The Smiths.
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