How many eighties bands do you know with google etc?

[Imgormiel]

Just curious tbh, and would be nice to know if there's any you like - if any?
Was talking with OD about some earlier and was surprised he didn't know a band I was talking about.

Go ahead, fill your boots......

edit without google my bad...

 

[Aoami]

adam and the ants
coctaeu twins
gary numan
simple minds
specials

my favourite 80s acts

 

[Imgormiel]

adam and the ants
coctaeu twins
gary numan
simple minds
specials

my favourite 80s acts

Well you win on the cocteau twins, OD didnt' know that, can you name some indie bands from the eighties and know their music and genre? That's coo you know the twins tho

 

[Imgormiel]

More please

 

[Aoami]

Stone Roses?
Ned's Atomic Dustbin?
Smiths?
BMX Bandits?

What are you looking for here?

 

[Imgormiel]

Stone Roses?
Ned's Atomic Dustbin?
Smiths?
BMX Bandits?

What are you looking for here?

I am looking for names and how many you can mention and each poster has to name a different load from another.

So for example i'll start with this just to kill the goth element, yeah I know sad at my age I still consider myself a goth but goth was different in my day than it is now or at least I hope it is.... hehe

Fields of the Nephilim
The Swans
The Cure (yeah they were considered goth a long time ago)
The Sisters of Mercy
All about eve
Rosetta Stone
Joy Division
Dead Can Dance
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Young gods

I could on with eighties indie bands but I won't, that's not the whole point of the thread. I want you to if your are old enough to remember those bands that you liked and if you are opening your eyes - if you are young ; to that scene (albeit what ever you want it to be).

 

[megadave]

to be fair the 80s wasnt a great decade for music

edit: thinking about it, it was pretty awfull; crappy synthesizer music, rock had died and got overun with glam, punk died etc

can't think of many good bands, metallica maybe...

 

[Aoami]

to be fair the 80s wasnt a great decade for music

edit: thinking about it, it was pretty awfull; crappy synthesizer music, rock had died and got overun with glam, punk died etc

can't think of many good bands, metallica maybe...

stfu :|

 

[Zede]

to be fair the 80s wasnt a great decade for music

edit: thinking about it, it was pretty awfull; crappy synthesizer music, rock had died and got overun with glam, punk died etc

can't think of many good bands, metallica maybe...

you need these lull periods otherwise the likes of the Stone Roses & Guns n Roses would never have made it..erm maybe

 

[collegien]

The Krankies,
Joe Dolce
Captain Sensible
Keith Harris and Orville
Rick Astley
Tiswas


plus more ..... the l33t of their time.

 

[Thorwyn]

Depeche Mode
Frankie goes to Holywood
Anne Clark
Men without Hats
Talk Talk
Simple Minds
Boomtown Rats
Camouflage
Men at Work
U2
Aha
B52s
R.E.M.
Bronski Beat
Supertramp
They might be Giants
Robert Palmer
Primus
Talking Heads
Dire Straits
Tone Loc
Public Enemy
Tears for Fears
Dexy´s Midnight Runners
Big Country
Duran Duran
The Clash
Midnight Oil
INXS
Toto
Queen

 

[Amanita]

Forgive me if I am in the wrong decade, I was 8 when the 80s ended

Pink Floyd
Yes
David Bowie (ok, so he's in most decades )
Boy George?
Madonna (she's in most decades too )
Bon Jovi

 

[Hawkwind]

Buahaus
Kraftwork
Visage
A Flock of Seaguls
PiL
Billy Idol - Yebel Yell / White Wedding (classics)
Art Of Noise
Psycadelic Furs
Siouxie & the Banshees
Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild, go wild go wild in the country.....
The Jam
Madness
The Specials
The Beat
Blancmange - living on the ceiling
Slodgenesabounds (sp?) Simon Templer & 2 pints of larger tunes
Bad Manners - Busta Bloodvessel now runs a B&B in Blackpool
Spear Of Destiny
The Stranglers
OMD
Killing Joke
Japan
New Order
ACDC

US Stuff
Aerosmith
Beastie Boys - When some cnut nicked my VW badge
Springsteen
Chaka Khan
Motley Crew

.
.
Loads more I can remember.

 

[aika]

bathory, metallica,iron maiden, kreator, slayer,venom, mercyful fate, mayhem etcetc

80's was golden age of heavy metal/thrash metal and early beginnings of black metal, cant say it was a bad decade

 

[Billargh]

Bad Religion

you need these lull periods otherwise the likes of the Stone Roses & Guns n Roses would never have made it..erm maybe

Less lull periods then if this is the only tripe they can come up with!

 

[Shagrat]

pop will eat itself - best indie band of the 80's

soup dragons
the farm
half man half biscuit

i liked the 80's, went to loads of gigs

 

[Huntingtons]

80's has nice music!

 

[Shagrat]

oh and kudos to Hawkwind to, Spear of Destiny were awesome. Never take me alive still one of my fav tunes

 

[Hawkwind]

pop will eat itself - best indie band of the 80's

soup dragons
the farm
half man half biscuit

i liked the 80's, went to loads of gigs

Soup Dragons & The Farm 80's?? I thought 90's....

Looks up on google, formed in 86....Lead singer killed in car crash trying to escape police...Spartacus Albumn 1991 which is the albumn all their hits came off.

Soup Dragons formed '86 but "I'm free" their only big hit released 1990

Not sure you can have those two.


Pop will eat itself were great though!

 

[Hawkwind]

oh and kudos to Hawkwind to, Spear of Destiny were awesome. Never take me alive still one of my fav tunes

I still have the CD Single of that. It came in a gold tin box.

 

[Marc]

to be fair the 80s wasnt a great decade for music

edit: thinking about it, it was pretty awfull; crappy synthesizer music, rock had died and got overun with glam, punk died etc

can't think of many good bands, metallica maybe...

80's was mint for music!!

Shalamar
A Ha
Belinda Carlisle
Deacon Blue
Simple Minds
Cars
CYndi lauper
Kajagoogoo
Haircut 100
Starship
Tears for fears
Wham
Bangles
T'Pau
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Heart
Phil Collins
Frankie Goes to hollywood
Nik Kershaw
Heaven 17
Roxette

 

[Cozak]

primal scream

 

[ilaya]

Propaganda
The Lotus Eaters
Waterboys
Blue Oyster Cult
Jellybean

oh and has anyone mentioned Erasure yet?

 

[Edmond]

Thompson Twins

Big Audio Dynamite

I have a 3 piece picture disc set of 'Hold Me Now' by the thompson twins, each bit has thier logo on, which was a cartoon type drawing of thier heads, and they are basically jigsaw pieces that connect together, i couldn't play them on my turntable at the time as the edges would hit the side of the deck

 

[Helme]

The 80s were awesome musicwise, if you're going to say 1 time period sucked for music it would be the 90 or the 00s.

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

Noone mentioned the most awesome bandname yet?


Cock Robin

 

[Maeloch]

The Krankies,
Joe Dolce
Captain Sensible
Keith Harris and Orville
Rick Astley
Tiswas


plus more ..... the l33t of their time.

You missed Russ Abbott, Kajagoogoo and Black Lace.

Funny story to Russ Abbott's 'Atmosphere'. Not it wasn't a Joy Division cover. It was so bad he bought the rights to his own song to stop it been rereleased.

 

[Arethir]

ABBA
AC/DC
Air Supply
Billy Joel
Diana Ross
Dolly Parton
Elvis Costello
Fern Kinney
Gerard Kenny
Gilbert O'Sullivan
John Lennon
Judas Priest
Kate Bush
The Nolans
Ottawan (DISCO!)
Pink Floyd
Roger Daltrey
Thin Lizzy


Some of the bands I occassionally listen to on the comp, that I know are from the 80's.

 

[Hawkwind]

10cc
Eurythmics
XTC
Echo & the Bunneymen
ABC
Culture Club
David Bowie
Dead Or Alive
ELO
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fine Young Canibals
The Christians - Saw them live in Dubai a few months back, 'Forgotten Town' still a classic
Fun Boy 3
Bananarama
The Gap Band
Wham
Hall & Oates
Grandmasta Flash & Mellie Mell (Sp) - White Lines. A classic!
Heaven 17
Human League
Dexy's Midnight Runners - c'mon Eileen!
Herbie Hancock
Miles Davis
Herb Albert
Howard Jones
John Cougar Mellancamp (sp) - Jack & Diane
Joe Jackson
Julian Cope
Kool & the Gang
Rick Astley
Robert Palmer
Sade
Roxy Music
Simple Minds
Simply Red
Stray Cats
Thompson Twins
Talking Heads
Thomas Dolby
UB40
Van Halen
World Party
ZZ Top