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Who is your favourite 80s band ?
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By *sylockeWoman
over a year ago
East Anglia |
That is a tough question as there were so many!!
I have a top three:
Duran Duran
Wham
Yazoo |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Human League, and I remember really liking the Thompson Twins |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Have to say Wham. I had a big crush on George back then. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm old skool ska. So..
Specials
Selector
Untouchables |
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Madness, badmanners ,specials, |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Depeche Mode |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Madness, badmanners ,specials, "
Great taste!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Madness, badmanners ,specials, "
Let's dance around like fools together then.  |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"Depeche Mode"
I saw them live in 1981. |
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By *ancer36Woman
over a year ago
Stirling |
"Depeche Mode"
Second this, bloody amazing x |
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"Human League, and I remember really liking the Thompson Twins"
Earlier this month I saw Human League supported by Thompson Twins at Leeds Arena. It was excellent. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Also like to add, Petshop Boys, Human League and Duran Duran |
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Mrs bang bang was born in the wrong decade and loves pretty much everything 80s related but especially Queen.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Human League, and I remember really liking the Thompson Twins"
Joanne catherall  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Human League, and I remember really liking the Thompson Twins
Earlier this month I saw Human League supported by Thompson Twins at Leeds Arena. It was excellent."
Wow
Include Howard Jones in that line up, and I'd of been tripping |
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By *iggingMan
over a year ago
Oldham |
Duran Duran
Bananarama
Soft Cell |
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Not many I didn’t like but gotta be the Jam with Madness a close second. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Has to be Duran Duran....
Had the hots for John Taylor  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Got to say iron maiden black sabbath ac/dc motor head  |
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The Smiths
Depeche mode
The cure. X |
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Not sure I had a favourite band, and some of these formed earlier but I remember my Sony Walkman and Aiwa were playing:
Full Force
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Kool & The Gang
After 7
Prince & The Revolution |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK |
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Depeche Mode, Metallica, Black Sabath, Guns'n'roses, Scorpions, AC/DC...abd many more |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My fav band of the 80's has to be Sade.
I think most people think that Sade is her name, it's not, her name is Helen. Sade is in fact the name of the band. She is without doubt though the most successful female singer/songwriter the UK has ever produced. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My fav band of the 80's has to be Sade.
I think most people think that Sade is her name, it's not, her name is Helen. Sade is in fact the name of the band. She is without doubt though the most successful female singer/songwriter the UK has ever produced."
More successful and appreciated in the USA market |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Smiths, Stone Roses, Echo and the Bunnymen.  |
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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago
Kettering |
Queen I know they first started in the 70s but still the best band of the 80s |
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So many to choose from ....
the alarm
the silencers
simple minds
The cult
And of course mr Paul weller Bruce Foxton Rick Butler aka the jam |
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By *xtcMan
over a year ago
b ham |
Seen human league recently were crap can't sing |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Mine would be the smiths, wham, and also police |
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Way too many..but here's one..GBH.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Depeche mode |
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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago
Bedford (or anywhere beginning with B..!?) |
Tears for Fears ... everybody wants to rule the world  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Erasure..last saw them in Bournemouth few months ago |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Propaganda, every single song they’ve written and performed I love. If you like 80s synth pop, you’d probably like them as well.
Honourable mention for Tears for Fears, especially the track ‘Woman in Chains’. But every time ‘everyone wants to rule the world’ comes on, it brings up wonderful memories |
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"Erasure..last saw them in Bournemouth few months ago"
I'm going to see them in March. Looking forward to it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I can give you a top 5 it's the best I can do. In no particular order;
The Smiths
Pixies
Madness
Japan
OMD
I would include Depeche Mode but they're not an 80s band to me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Propaganda, every single song they’ve written and performed I love. If you like 80s synth pop, you’d probably like them as well.
Honourable mention for Tears for Fears, especially the track ‘Woman in Chains’. But every time ‘everyone wants to rule the world’ comes on, it brings up wonderful memories "
Fuck, I should have put Tears for Fears instead of Blancmange... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Tears For Fears .
Seen them any times since then. Looking older, but still got it. |
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"Propaganda, every single song they’ve written and performed I love. If you like 80s synth pop, you’d probably like them as well.
Honourable mention for Tears for Fears, especially the track ‘Woman in Chains’. But every time ‘everyone wants to rule the world’ comes on, it brings up wonderful memories
Fuck, I should have put Tears for Fears instead of Blancmange... "
Nowt wrong with Blancmange |
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The Style Council, Deacon Blue, Sisters of Mercy |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Our profile name gives a clue to one of the best 80 band?? |
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AC/DC released Back in Black during 1980 and it became one of the biggest selling albums of all time (any genre of music). They continued to be my favourite band of the 1980s although I started listening to others at various times. |
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The Adventures, up staged Tears for Fears on their Hurting tour in Portsmouth |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Got to be talking heads David Byrne great front man |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Loved madness at the start of 80s and guns and Roses by the end of them. Still listen to both on spotify |
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By *ll 4 herCouple
over a year ago
Bury/Bolton |
"Would be Bon Jovi for me  "
Damn beat us to it. |
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"The Adventures, up staged Tears for Fears on their Hurting tour in Portsmouth "
Sea of Love a favourite, especially when I first heard ‘Broken Land’, great shout |
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"Would be Bon Jovi for me
Damn beat us to it."
At least it’s not just me |
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By *lairekTV/TS
over a year ago
Manchester |
"Propaganda, every single song they’ve written and performed I love. If you like 80s synth pop, you’d probably like them as well.
Honourable mention for Tears for Fears, especially the track ‘Woman in Chains’. But every time ‘everyone wants to rule the world’ comes on, it brings up wonderful memories "
ZTT !!
Artwork bordering on the pretentious perhaps  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Has to be Duran Duran for me.
Hubster couldn't pick, he just adores so many of the 80's band.
Our 16 year old was born in the wrong era and loves Bananarama x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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It's far too hard to pick just one, and I suspect my choice now is not what it would have been back then.
New order, Madness, OMD, Stone Roses, INXS, Simple Minds, Roxette, Gun, Thunder. There could be 50 on the list! |
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I couldn’t possibly list only one:
Level 42
Alphaville
Ultravox
Erasure…..
I could go on and on |
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In 83 we went to see Bungalow Cabbage. Amazing even today. |
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Tears for Fears
OMD
Human League
Thompson Twins
Duran Duran
Haircut 100
Depeche Mode
INXS
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"Propaganda, every single song they’ve written and performed I love. If you like 80s synth pop, you’d probably like them as well.
Honourable mention for Tears for Fears, especially the track ‘Woman in Chains’. But every time ‘everyone wants to rule the world’ comes on, it brings up wonderful memories
ZTT !!
Artwork bordering on the pretentious perhaps "
Nowt wrong with that lass |
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By *lairekTV/TS
over a year ago
Manchester |
"Propaganda, every single song they’ve written and performed I love. If you like 80s synth pop, you’d probably like them as well.
Honourable mention for Tears for Fears, especially the track ‘Woman in Chains’. But every time ‘everyone wants to rule the world’ comes on, it brings up wonderful memories
ZTT !!
Artwork bordering on the pretentious perhaps
Nowt wrong with that lass "
You'll get no arguments from me
That sort of era, i have to own it on vinyl though . Yes, I'm odd |
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By *lairekTV/TS
over a year ago
Manchester |
The Melons
It's so hard to narrow down. Such a great decade for music. |
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By *lairekTV/TS
over a year ago
Manchester |
"The Melons
It's so hard to narrow down. Such a great decade for music."
Bugger
Mekons ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tears for fears
Pet shop boys
King |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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80s band, possibly Helloween or WASP, their best stuff was in the 80s. Iron maiden too, post 80s stuff nowhere near as good as number of the beast and piece of mind |
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Ultravox & Big Country...Great then, great now |
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"Our profile name gives a clue to one of the best 80 band??"
Love the China Crisis reference. They were good! Still are. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bon jovi! |
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"Adam and the Ants"
Loved them. Seen a few times.
Would also add The Jam and The Smiths. |
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By *r GLTMan
over a year ago
Richmond Upon Thames |
So many brilliant bands from the 80's to many to name
WHAM
DURAN DURAN
TEARS FOR FEARS
A HA
Pet Sop BOYS
Spandau Ballet
Very much like the 70's |
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Or
All About Eve
Or
Simple Minds |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
Milli Vanilli
Joking!!!!
Depeche Mode or The Cult for us.
Violator & Songs of Faith & Devotion probably the two most listened to albums we have.
S&H |
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The mission, saw them at whitby a few years ago,still put on a decent show.
Sisters of mercy
Adam ant, saw him a few years ago in hull, was absolutely brilliant.
Most 80s bands were good though.. |
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"Propaganda, every single song they’ve written and performed I love. If you like 80s synth pop, you’d probably like them as well.
Honourable mention for Tears for Fears, especially the track ‘Woman in Chains’. But every time ‘everyone wants to rule the world’ comes on, it brings up wonderful memories
ZTT !!
Artwork bordering on the pretentious perhaps
Nowt wrong with that lass
You'll get no arguments from me
That sort of era, i have to own it on vinyl though . Yes, I'm odd "
They often perform on the same bill as another steller 80s act, Heaven17 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Smiths - Carl |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I couldn’t possibly list only one:
Level 42
Alphaville
Ultravox
Erasure…..
I could go on and on "
Great choices. Seen 3 out of those 4 live..several times |
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By *lairekTV/TS
over a year ago
Manchester |
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ZTT !!
Artwork bordering on the pretentious perhaps
Nowt wrong with that lass
You'll get no arguments from me
That sort of era, i have to own it on vinyl though . Yes, I'm odd
They often perform on the same bill as another steller 80s act, Heaven17 "
Another great band.
Just the other day, How Men Are, was on the turntable, sounded even better than I remembered. |
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Grace Jones
Stump
23 Skidoo
Bad Brains
Yello
Barrington Levy
Fugazi
The Nightingales
Big Audio Dynamite
Sly and Robbie
Husker Du
Sonic Youth
Discharge
The Art of Noise
A Guy Called Gerald
Black Britain
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Afrika Bambaataa
The Bhundu Boys
Misty In Roots
Minutemen
Culture Shock
Crass
Frankie Knuckles
The Furious Five
Coldcut
Celtic Frost
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"Half Man Half Biscuit
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my dad bought me a dukla prague away kit for christmas one year after i played him HMHB |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Duran Duran, Talk Talk and Depeche Mode |
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"Duran Duran, Talk Talk and Depeche Mode"
three greats, especially Talk Talk, Mark Hollis was a musical genius, The Party's over their debut album was great and they got better and better.
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"Duran Duran, Talk Talk and Depeche Mode three greats, especially Talk Talk, Mark Hollis was a musical genius, The Party's over their debut album was great and they got better and better."
Totally agree with this…fantastic band
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By *ony2269Man
over a year ago
Radcliffe |
Bananarama - I was a horny teenager! ?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Cure |
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By *ickJMan
over a year ago
Hemel Hempstead |
So many good options, but for me:
Dire Straits.
Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink. |
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The Jam
Simple Minds
Wham
INXS
The Cure |
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New Order. Some great bands mentioned but oddly no body mentioned the best...IMHO if course. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Cure |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Culture club
Wham
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Culture club. " Time " tunne
I actually seen Boy george riding his bike near my ends. Yts ago now. Not far from hampstead. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Loose ends.
Change,
SOS BAND,
Alexander O'Neil.
5 star..
way too many to name .. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Def Leppard!!!! 
I still love them |
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Scorpions
Rush
Van Halen
Gary Moore
There’s loads…. |
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By *aliceWoman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
My bloody valentine |
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Queen are a multiple decade band. So I go with tears for fears... |
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Luke: Huey Lewis & The News
Hannah: A-ha! |
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Fun boy three (joking!)
I'd go for Tpau, simple minds, U2, dire straits |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Metallica
Slayer
Motorhead
Led Zeppelin
Bon Jovi
Motley Crue
ZZ Top
Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Whitesnake
The Doors
Aerosmith
Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
Pantera
Skidrow
Probably missed some |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I imagine a lot of the popular ones I may like have already been mentioned.
So without going through the whole thread I will say ones that may have been omitted to avoid repetition.
Kraftwerk (yes mostly a 70s band but I think they spilled over into the very early 80s) and very influential.
Roxette - RIP to the lead singer
Run DMC
Soft Cell
Visage |
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"Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Metallica
Slayer
Motorhead
Led Zeppelin
Bon Jovi
Motley Crue
ZZ Top
Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Whitesnake
The Doors
Aerosmith
Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
Pantera
Skidrow
Probably missed some "
Some great choices in here !!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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new order
echo and the bunnymen
the alarm
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"Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Metallica
Slayer
Motorhead
Led Zeppelin
Bon Jovi
Motley Crue
ZZ Top
Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Whitesnake
The Doors
Aerosmith
Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
Pantera
Skidrow
Probably missed some
Some great choices in here !!! "
Police
Genices
The Stra ngers Golden brown
Staters Q |
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Or on this site should it have been Strange Little Girl |
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Don't forget those B list acts that still left a memorable mark in the decade. Acts such as Devine, Hazi Fantazi, Marilyn, Paul Hardcastle et al. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Simple Minds
Queen
Ultravox |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Love Propaganda. Brilliant stuff. Claudia Brukken is ace. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dont forget Japan. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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OMD |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Seen so many of these at the 80s Rewind Festival at Henley over the years |
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Well depending on the mood.
Genesis
ABC
INXS
Billy Idol.
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Afrika bambatta and the soul sonic force.
Kraftwerk..
Bryan Adams
Pet shop boys.
Bruce Springsteen
Queen.
All pretty different I feel sorry for kid's today as we was spoilt for choice with such a wide variety of different music on offer.
Today it's all very bland and lots of popular stuff is just a rehash of older tunes.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Poison or Belinda Carlisle |
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"Dont forget Japan. "
And not just because of David Sylvian |
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"The Smiths
Depeche mode
The cure. X"
sorry forgot soft cell. X |
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By *irginieWoman
over a year ago
Near Marlborough |
"Spear of Destiny"
Love Spear of Destiny
V x |
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Mr is U2 Bon Jovi
Mrs- younger self new kids on the block bros
Older self Mike and the mechanics roxette |
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"Hue and cry
Depeche mode
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looking for Linda was that Hue and cry? |
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"Hue and cry
Depeche mode
looking for Linda was that Hue and cry?"
Yes it was |
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ |
Eddie Money - he's written some great tracks!  |
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"Hue and cry
Depeche mode
looking for Linda was that Hue and cry?
Yes it was "
I remember that one love this thread OP. X |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears |
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Surprised they haven’t had a mention, maybe because they started late 70s, but a guilty pleasure for me was TOTO.
The album Toto IV was around 82/83 and had some cracking songs. |
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ |
How about....
Corey Hart - "Sunglasses At Night"
Great track!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Erasure.
Still love em. Seen em a few times and met them too X |
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"Tears For Fears .
Seen them any times since then. Looking older, but still got it."
They have a new album coming out very soon. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Culture Club
ABBA
Adam & The Ants
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Simply red
Dexys midnight runner's
Omd
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ |
I can't believe no one has mentioned "Hall & Oats"???
They have had good back catalogue of songs. I have a double cd best of. It's really good! |
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"I can't believe no one has mentioned "Hall & Oats"???
They have had good back catalogue of songs. I have a double cd best of. It's really good! "
Good shout, chuck on Joe Jaskson and XTC in as compatible acts with them
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
New Order
REM (much more interesting band around 86/87)
Prefab Sprout (good shout, Bluebell)
Talk Talk
Public Enemy
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"That is a tough question as there were so many!!
I have a top three:
Duran Duran
Wham
Yazoo"
fleetwood mac |
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over a year ago
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Inner city
Jungle brothers |
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over a year ago
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Roxy music |
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over a year ago
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The Happy Mondays
The Pixies
The Go-Go's
Public Enemy
The Smiths
The B-52s |
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By *batMan
over a year ago
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It’s a long thread so forgive me if they’ve already been mentioned.
The Cure.
And I’m going to see them live in November! Whoop whoop!!
Gbat |
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"Depeche Mode
Second this, bloody amazing x"
Best band in the World |
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Pet shop boys did some good stuff |
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"Depeche Mode
Second this, bloody amazing x Best band in the World "
Love Depeche mode. |
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"The Happy Mondays
The Pixies
The Go-Go's
Public Enemy
The Smiths
The B-52s"
Great list. |
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"I can't believe no one has mentioned "Hall & Oats"???
They have had good back catalogue of songs. I have a double cd best of. It's really good! Good shout, chuck on Joe Jaskson and XTC in as compatible acts with them
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Saw Joe Jackson a couple of years back. He was great. |
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Every band and singer named above. The 80's were awesome for music.
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I liked the police, then moved into being a rock chick/ cross ska.
Still stuck in that era at times |
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Mrs, loves a bit of Bon Jovi. Seen them a few times.
Mr, there’s only one. Mark,Mike,Phil and Boon (RIP) aka Level 42. And still going strong, with the current lineup being quite brilliant.
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
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"I can't believe no one has mentioned "Hall & Oats"???
They have had good back catalogue of songs. I have a double cd best of. It's really good! Good shout, chuck on Joe Jaskson and XTC in as compatible acts with them
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YES! Crikey, Forgot about those 2. Joe Jackson with the white winkle pickers on his album cover. Classic. XTC too - think I have records somewhere.....
How about "Buggles"? |
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ErectJim and the Babestation Babes |
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How can folk mention The Human League but not talk about Heaven 17? Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh founded The Human League, Phil Oakey wasn't even their first choice singer, they wanted Glenn Gregory, who wasn't available at that time. The Human League were great, I saw them in Hull recently, they were marvellous, but Heaven 17 the month before in Sheffield were better. Heaven 17 arguably developed a sound closer to Ware & Marsh's original concept for The Human League, but that's not to say that Phil Oakey was rubbish because he wasn't, he took The Human League in a brilliant new direction. The point is I can't see how you can have the one band without the other.
Anyway. Never mind all that. The answer is, as any fule kno, Simple Minds |
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Has squeeze got on the list yet or has it just squeezed in.
It ok cos the swiny is doing 90 and I got the word to go! |
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Ultravox with John Foxx as singer and Midge Ure
Visage |
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over a year ago
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Guns n roses or the rolling stones |
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