Favorite 80's Band(s)

Crying_Crimson_Tears · 12-12-2007, 12:34 PM

What are your favorite 80's bands??? Classics, hair metal, bands that just started in the 80's.

List 'em out.

Delkaetre · 12-12-2007, 01:02 PM

Dangerous this to post here... so much of what we love is from the eighties or was prominent during the eighties.
To preserve you from getting a solid paragraph or three of bands I like, I'll suggest this- for a band you've almost certainly never heard of but should really check out, try Siiiii (that's 5x'i'). They've just got back together last year and should be putting some new stuff out. They have a myspace. Google 'em.

Crying_Crimson_Tears · 12-12-2007, 01:23 PM

I shall look them up.

Sumerian Nephilim · 12-29-2007, 10:20 AM

The Cult
Fields of The Nephilim
U2
The Mission UK
Nosferatu
Sisters of Mercy

viscus · 12-29-2007, 11:32 AM

Shall I list every goth and deathrock band?

You know, seeing as goth was kind of an 80's movement...

Stormtrooper of Death · 12-29-2007, 05:11 PM

Don't make me list all of my punk bands. It would take multiple pages, trust me.

Crying_Crimson_Tears · 12-29-2007, 05:18 PM

Oh c'mon guys!!!!! Just list 'em out!!!!!!

Stormtrooper of Death · 12-29-2007, 05:29 PM

Alright, this will take a while:

Amebix
Antisect
Doom
Black Flag
Minor Threat
SS Decontrol
Bad Brains
The Exploited
Dead Kennedys
Conflict
Crass
Discharge
G.B.H
One Way System
Drongos for Europe
Dead Wretched
D.O.A
Flipper
The Varukers
Slayer
Stormtroopers of Death
Anthrax
Fear
Circle Jerks
English Dogs
Intensified Chaos
Social Unrest
7 Seconds
Millions of Dead Cops
Skeptix
Vice Squad
Chaotic Dischord
Chaos UK
Demob
The Stench
Sensa Yuma
Abrassive Wheels
Uproar
Chron Gen
Septic Phychos
Anti Establishment
Broken Bones
The Adicts
Anti Nowhere League
ABH
Agent Orange
Peter And The Test Tube Babies
The 4 Skins
Ghost Dance
Resistance 77
Bad Posture
Demented Youth
UK Decay
UK Subs
The Business
Infa Riot

This is just the SHORT list.

HumanePain · 12-29-2007, 05:37 PM

Ah, so many bands, so little time.
(goes and puts on Circle Jerks Wasted)

gothicusmaximus · 12-29-2007, 06:03 PM

See: the rest of the music forum.

Green.Lady · 12-29-2007, 08:26 PM

Everything except the Thompson Twins. And Wall of Voodoo.

viscus · 12-30-2007, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green.Lady

Everything except the Thompson Twins. And Wall of Voodoo.

I'll bet you really love Van Halen, don't you?

*vomits*

Green.Lady · 12-30-2007, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viscus

I'll bet you really love Van Halen, don't you?

*vomits*

I actually don't mind them.

Hehe. That reminds me of the "I don't like David Lee Roth, that's because I'm totally goth" video...

IsolatedReptile · 12-30-2007, 10:28 PM

I think Van Halen has some fun tracks, such as Hot For Teacher and their cover of You Really Got Me. There is something just a helluva fun about them.

Green.Lady · 12-30-2007, 11:50 PM

I agree. And "Jump" makes G.L dance.

spoon! · 12-31-2007, 01:12 PM

I'm actually going to see Van Halen in February.

Anyway, I love a lot of bands from the 80s, but here are the ones who I absolutely love:

The Cult
The Cure
New Order
80s Genesis (the Phil Collins years)
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Pixies
Van Halen
Black Flag
Bad Brains
Beastie Boys
The Bangles
The Go-Gos
Eurhythmics
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
DEVO
The Damned
The Cure
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Public Image Ltd.
The Sisters of Mercy
The Mission U.K.
Michael Jackson (up to 1988)
Samhain
Danzig

I can highly recommend Huey Lewis and the News and Dire Straits as being examples of awesomely underrated 80s bands that didn't quite warrant a Behind the Music episode.

Duane · 12-31-2007, 01:33 PM

The Cure
Siouxsie and the Banshees
G'n'R
U2(Yes, I like their music)
Most hair band's music.
Some of the 80's pop is good

I'm really not picky when it comes to musical taste.

Rorschach Twin · 12-31-2007, 01:58 PM

The funny thing about the 80's is that most of the music I hate comes from the 80's, but most of the music I love does as well. In essence, I hate the pop music, but love gothic rock, although most of my favorite post-punk comes from the late 70's (The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division)

Metabolik · 12-31-2007, 02:12 PM

It has to be Slayer

Green.Lady · 12-31-2007, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spoon!

Dire Straits / underrated / 80s band

Yes, yes, and yes.

Hopeless_Joe · 12-31-2007, 03:17 PM

the descendents
black flag
minor threat
motley crue yeah, that's right, i went there....

edit: pretty much the same as SoD's list

spoon! · 12-31-2007, 03:20 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Replacements.

Verrrrrry, very, very, very good band.

viscus · 12-31-2007, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green.Lady

I agree. And "Jump" makes G.L dance.

That song makes me think of ski videos, LOL.

I don't really hate Van Halen, I just think that they're the most dreadfully overrated band of the 80's.

Green.Lady · 12-31-2007, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viscus

That song makes me think of ski videos, LOL.

I don't really hate Van Halen, I just think that they're the most dreadfully overrated band of the 80's.

Hehe.

I think Mötley Crüe takes top prize for overrated 80s band, though.

spoon! · 12-31-2007, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green.Lady

Hehe.

I think Mötley Crüe takes top prize for overrated 80s band, though.

There's plenty when you get right down to it, and rather than make a complete list, I'll just say that if they've got leather/spandex, big hair, and more makeup than their female fans, then they're awesomely overrated.