Name one 80's band better than The Smiths

[thewiz]

 

[Brock Landers]

Talking Heads

at some of the replies in here though

 

[Pitfalls0117]

New Order

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[hustlemania]

Ain't no fukking band better than the gawds PIXIES in the 80's

SURFA ROSA


Nirvana pretty much straight jacked the pixie's style

kurt himself said it

you guys should just stick to talking about hip hop....

the smiths

how the fukk did i forget the Pixies..

personally.. Doolittle>>>>>Surfa Rosa

now, that i think about it.. Minor Threat & Fugazi should be in this convo.. Ian MacKaye had a hell of a run..

 

[Black Magisterialness]

As cats already said

Sonic Youth
Public Enemy
N.W.A.
The Pixies
Queen
Prince & The Revolution






this is a cac ass thread doe...don't no one give a fukk about Morrissey and his hippie vegan tantrums.

 

[Remote]

70s they're called a classic rock band for a reason.

Some of their greatest hits came far after the 1970s.

The point is you can't take (for example) a team that might form in 1978 or 1979...and act like they're a 1970s band.
That's just stupid.

It has way more to do with when you actually rise to prominence.
AC/DC is not a 1970s band.
They just aren't.

 

[Nemesis]

Level 42

Mike n the Mechanics

Spandeau Ballet

Tears For Fears

Orchestral Maneuvers In the Dark

Genesis

Reo Speedwagon

ThompsonTwinz

Will to Power

Romeo void...


All these bands over most music today. Outside of rap and house... I live and die for 80's pop rock.


Listen to this on a daily basis.


.

Mark King >>>>




The Cure

The Specials

Tears for fears

Freeez

The Clash







fukk Morrissey

 

[feelosofer]

If you're talking that 80's new wave/alt tip.

The Smiths were cool but I would put,

Tears for Fears
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Adam and the Ants
Talking Heads
The Pixies
Level 42
The Clash

over them

 

[feelosofer]

again.. 70's band..

I see where you are coming from but even though they dropped music in the late 70's, most people base it off their prime, which was the early 80's. Even though London Calling dropped in 79' in Britain it came out here in 1980 and really sonically it really set the tone for the 80's.

 

[BlackBall]

On the low UB40 were the best band to come out off England during that time, 'Signing off' better than all that bs that gets gassed up so much

cod reggae

 

[Lo-Co]

slayer

 

[Cave Savage]

60-70's bands >>>>

This

Late 60s/early 70s is my favorite as far as rock goes

Some of their greatest hits came far after the 1970s.

The point is you can't take (for example) a team that might form in 1978 or 1979...and act like they're a 1970s band.
That's just stupid.

It has way more to do with when you actually rise to prominence.
AC/DC is not a 1970s band.
They just aren't.

Some of their biggest songs are from the 70s...and their original lead singer was already dead less than 2 months into the 80s

 

[Entrapta310]

New Order has gems for days. Such a slept on group.

 

[King Kreole]

Can't be done. Only active for 4 years and they absolutely killed shyt.

 

[Vandelay]

The Gap Band

Beat me to it.