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Best band of the 80's

My vote goes to a very underated band...those AUssie janglers the CHURCH...with key albums like Starfish,Heyday, and the masterpiece THE BLURRED CRUSADE...they made the most consistently compelling music of the 80s...these are must haves...and for audiophiles...they are sonically perfect in production quality...Jesus and MAry CHain would get my 2nd vote...
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bld63
109 posts
 
The Replacements
jrwr7
211 posts
 
Hey Y'all,

My votes are in this order:

1. U2 and The Police, a tie.
2. Van Halen
3. INXS

I know, Van Halen actually broke in '78-'79 but everything else they did, that was worth while, was done in the eighties.......John
rocknrobin
7 posts
 
Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman and the band were incredible Live. It's One of the bands that got me thru the 80's !
crazy4blues
243 posts
 
Jazz: Don Pullen/George Adams group. They managed to include the full history of jazz in a single set. For pop, I'd have to vote for Oingo, too.

However, I have never understood one particular thing about the 80s: Why on earth was U2 so popular? To me their music is BORRRRRRRRING! What am I missing?
zstokes
124 posts
 
Nobody has mentioned Dire Straits yet....

in addition, the Smiths, U2, I agree with INXS.
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