Echo and the Bunnymen
Hunters and Collectors
Guadalcanal Diary
Let's Active
Fetchin' Bones
Psch Furs/Love Spit Love
The Feelies
Luna
Winter Hours
The The
REM
Peter Murphy
Gene Loves Jezebel
The Cult
I enjoyed the bands that brought back the guitar vs. synthesisers. I also really appreciate originality. |
forgot 2 from akron....the waitresses, rachael sweet (both made 2 incredible albums) |
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Peter Murphy All night long, and the entire New Order Substance CD. P Fur's Heaven, President gas, and love my way all great tunes. Although not soft punk Chris Rhea brings back some wonderful memories during the late 80's in the Greek Islands. |
Another great 80's band, Heaven 17. Also, give Depeche Mode Songs of Faith & Devotion another listen. Hated it when it first came out but now, while clearly a different direction, I think it is amazing.
Levy: Wow, actually seeing Joy Division live, that is very cool. I am bowing down. |
i was lucky enough to see joy division on trip to the UK about 1 year before ian died. something i'll never forget. saw new order on their first us tour right after ian's death too. just and unbeleivable show. ytube has some great JD clips from back then including the documentary film. if you haven't seen the film yet....it's a must. |
I was also a fan of Simple Minds, specifically, Sons & Fascination and than, New Gold Dream. Unfortunately, after that they were spent in my opinion.
The best band of the era though was Joy Division, and I loved Tony Wilson's (manger of factory records) description of them.
Punk was saying 'F#*k You' to the establishment. Joy Division were the first to say, 'We're F#*ked'. |
i agree....the furs music has aged very well imo. listening to mirror moves and their first disc last night...i was taken by how fresh they still sounded. india, imitation of christ and sister europe off the 1st disc are incredible songs. the same can be said for almost all the songs on mirror moves too. i've had alice's house and highwire days playing in my head all day today. |
i was a big psych furs fan, too, and also dug their counterparts like echo and teardrop explodes. what's amazing is how well most of this stuff has aged--it blows away the legions of horrible current bands that sound like direct cops of that early 80s/factory sound.
if you like this line of bands, check out the comsat angels and the sound--fantastic, intense stuff which never reached an audience on these shores. |
Romeo Void, "Never Say Never" one of the all time great slam dance songs. Good call.
"Blue Monday" - still a classic what a great bass line, New Order rocks. |
Don't forget Bronski Beat, small town boy is one of my favorite songs from that era, Erasure, And probably the most diverse band of that period, OINGO BOINGO!
I'm a huge SMITHS fan how soon is know is also one of my favorite songs, so dark so intense. |
wow....forgot about The The! infected was one of my favorites. couldn't keep that disc out of my cdp back then. gotta pull that disc out soon too.
Dokosan....new order substance is truly one of the great double disc's out there. the version of ceremony on substance really kicks!. |
I have tons of this stuff from college days. I was playing The The and Guadalacanal Diary over the weekend. |
Bauhaus and Peter Murphy (after Bauhaus). The Fixx (or Cy Curnin). Love and Rockets. The Stranglers. XTC.
Try http://www.radionigel.com/ I found a bunch of alt 80's groups there. Lots of stuff that never quite made it to mainstream. |
If could only have one CD (ok double cd) on desert island, it would be New Order Substance. It has all the classics. Whenever I listen to Blue Monday, it sounds completely fresh. I concur that their newer material was not up to the earlier but still find a few good songs there. You probably already have it but if not, check out the first Electronic cd which is a Barney, Johnny Marr collaboration. |
the skids, the adverts, penetration, the only ones, 20/20, polystyrene, any trouble, sandii and the sunsets, romeo void, divinyls, hunters and collectors, the lime green spiders, magazine, yada yada |
I'm mostly in 'Talking Heads' bowl and sometimes enjoy Prokol Harum and TRex. |
Sadley, yes! I have just re-purchased a bunch of Depeche Mode (I forgot what a great album Violator is), REM and now the Smiths (coming out soon) on vinyl. I have always loved New Order, great band. A lot of stuff from that era sounds very dated, but REM and Depeche Mode specifically still sound great. |
