Good 80's bands/albums
 

Was listening to Nik Kershaw this morning on the way to work. "Wouldn't It Be Good" is still a classic song :thumb:

I also used to like Howard Jones, Simple Minds, Duran Duran and Spandau.

What's your faves from that era (the BEST era for music incidentally ;))??

S.O.S band, fatback band,(or was that early 90's?)Imagination...cant think of any more at the mo...Dave Pearce on pirate radio was another great 80's memory

Early Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode....... and the Human League of course....... :D

thompson twins...

Forgot about them :thumb:

Psychedelic Furs & The Chameleons. :thumb:

Cult

The Cure

The best album of the 80's IMO was New Order - Technique, closely followed by New Order - Substance :thumb:
Def Leppard - Hysteria and Whitesnake 87 were two of the best rock albums of the era :notworthy
Oh and from my pre 10 year old days, Thomson Twins and Duran Duran were jolly good also :)
Tally ho ginger!

Level 42. Running in the family. :thumb:

Van Halen, Motley Crue, Guns'n'Roses, Poison, Huey Lewis and the News, Bon Jovi, Toto, Rick Springfield (Jessie's Girl), J Geils Band.

Ultravox
Iron Maiden
Belinda Carlisle

I could go on.

Cult (Sonic Temple, Love)
Smiths (Any album)
A Flock of Seagulls (Listen)
Psychodelic Furs (Talk,Talk,Talk)
Early 'mode (Speak and Spell, Broken Frame, People are People)
Human League (Hysteria)
Clash (Anything)

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: I remember listening to that when I was about 12 or something.....its toss!!

Peters & Lee, Boney M, David Hasselhoff :lol1:

Night Flight to Venus was a good album :mad:

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Maybe of interest to you!!:lol1:

OMD
CLIMIE FISHER
FICTION FACTORY
ULTRAVOX
OWEN PAUL
PREFAB SPROUT
KIM WILDE:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy (you would of back then)
MEL & KIM

oh oh oh oh - THE BLUEBELLS

Hanoi Rocks
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
L.A. Guns
Faster Pussycat
Duran Duran

Spot the odd one out ;)

Thats a tricky one!!

Pet Shop Boys - Introspective.

Curse you for mentioning Nightflight to Venus! Now I've got Brown Girl in the ring going through my head again - couldn't get rid of it for days after I watched Touching The Void. :mad:

:norty: :D

Actually, Sonny, Daddy Cool and Rasputin were their finest moments i think. :)

Tra la la la la :norty:

Marillion, Simple Minds, Metallica and U2

Surprised no one mentioned U2!!

Metallica
Megadeth
Iron Maiden
Kreator
Nuclear Assault
Slayer
Helloween

Ahhhh, the good old eighties ;) :D

lol yep Metallica/Slayer/Guns N roses/Megadeath form a lot of my cd collection from back then, haven't listened to them in ages and feel some reminiscing coming on in the cars cd player :D

Also Tone Loc, RUN DMC, Beastie Boys and Motorhead :thumb:

Madness
Thompson Twins
Duran Duran
Simple Minds
The Jam
The Human League
OMD
The Art Of Noise
Eurythmics
The Stranglers
Pet Shop Boys
The Police
Fine Young Cannibals
Billy Idol
New Order
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Spandau Ballet
Go West

Think that'll do for now :D

got that on my mp3 at the mo cant beat a bit of headbanging on the train into work every morning :D