Name one 80's band better than The Smiths

[Sithlord Piff]

Cameo

Alligator Woman, Candy, She's Strange

Shake Your Pants, Flirt, Rigamortis

 

[Ziploc]

Talking Heads Remain in light takes a pyramid shaped dump on the Smiths entire catalog
Tears for Fears
Spandau
Thomas Dolby
Siouxie and the Banshees
Killing Joke.. "a love like blood" still is on my work out playlist
Early Cure(Forest/lovecats)
Thompson Twins
The Specials/Fun boy Three
The Selecters
The Jam(should be the first that came to mind)
this list can get a lot longer but these are faves

 

[IllustratorMike]

Shake Your Pants, Flirt, Rigamortis

And don't forget a song that I think is grossly underrated...

"Don't Be So Cool" Dat bass...

 

[North]

No and The Queen is Dead is one of the greatest rock albums of all time

 

[El Poyo Loco]

Midnight Star

 

[North]

80s was carried by synthpop. Duran Duran > Smiths

duran duran not even top ten synthpop band

 

[ECA]

 

[419scam]

queen

 

[RTF]

They wouldn't make top 20 of the 70's or 90's.

 

[Kwabena]

 

[Monsanto]

Can't be done.

The Smiths are the greatest 80's band.

 

[YakSpiller]

The Smiths cannot be touched or replicated.

 

[YakSpiller]

queen

Never...

Queen is probably the most overrated band in history.

 

[Kwabena]

The Smiths cannot be touched or replicated.

Cocteau Twins are better

 

[IslandG]

The Police.