80's

Illuvatar

I know it wasn't the best time for music. I was wondering if anyone knew any good music then? I'll always stay true to the 60's and 70's but I like most types of music and I don't know much of music in the era.

Rustar

Pretty much depends on what you like!

I wasn't much into the hair bands, but New Wave in the early 80's did it for me, along with a few other bands.

B52's, Asia, Beasty Boys, The Buggles, Cheap Trick, The Cars, Crowded House, Peter Gabriel, Devo, Depeche Mode, Elvis Costello, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Fine Young Cannibals, Joe Jackson, Kate Bush, Men Without Hats, and many more. Ozzie was in full swing, and Van Halen still had an album or two left in them. And let's not forget the Police!

The beginning days of MTV were exciting!

gokgok

Slayer

Belle Ende

Illuvatar wrote:

I know it wasn't the best time for music.

That sure reeks of being harebrained 'received wisdom'.
Maybe your comment here is in relation to mainstream/top 40 music?

Illuvatar

You can't deny that the 70's were better. The 60's and 70's is when rock was at it's peak performance. SOME of the music transfered over to the 80's but not much.

Belle Ende

Illuvatar wrote:

You can't deny

"Can't deny"? Piffle.

fianna.5u.com

Eh... Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, anthrax, BlackFlag? Thats in metal. In the broad world of music it was a great decade. Perhaps some of the mainstream stuff wasnt great but lots of it was animal. Loads of great Ska too.

Peace

Dr. Feelgood

Illuvatar wrote:

I know it wasn't the best time for music. I was wondering if anyone knew any good music then? I'll always stay true to the 60's and 70's but I like most types of music and I don't know much of music in the era.

It's definatly my favourite music era. Listen to Motely Crue and Guns N' Roses and you'll know what I'm talking about. Pure rock.

btw, cool name. The Silmarillion is my favourite book

Doctor J

Iron Maiden, Celtic Frost, Megadeth, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Talk Talk, Metallica, Anthrax, Exodus, Kreator, Big Country, Slayer, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D., M.O.D., Suicidal Tendencies, Faith No More, Whitesnake, Overkill, The Cocteau Twins, Armored Saint, The Stone Roses, The Clash, David Lee Roth, Coroner, Def Leppard, The Cult, Dexy's Midnight Runners, New Order, Madness, The Specials, Manowar, Tone Loc, R.E.M., Prong, Sanctuary, ZZ Top, The Smiths, Voivod, Watchtower... damn the 80's were amazing if you know where to look

Rustar

Doh! How could I forget Iron Maiden and the Cocteau Twins.....I must have been temporarily insane! :v:

Tazz T

It was the best time ever for music. It was the era of thrash...


...and Bananarama.

Sarky

/me walks like an Egyptian

It wasn't me!

Ah, thrash, my blood of choice...

Illuvatar

Belle Ende wrote:

"Can't deny"? Piffle.

Denial is the first response to truth.

Thank you Dr. Feelgood, it's one of my favorites (obviously).

Thanks guys for all the great recommendations!

smashey

Adam and the Ants:D

Antmusic oh oh oh oh oh antmusic oh oh oh oh oh

Dathai

Cirith Ungol, Motley Crue, Im thinking mainly metal here Not sure exactly what to suggest,

Arucard

if you're thinking metal, theres a **** load of thrash!
Metallica, Slayer, Kreator, Megadeth, Overkill, Sepultura, Judas Priest, Dark Angel, Anthrax, Testament, Exodus, etc.

DerekD Goldfish

The late 70's moving into the 80's were by far and away the best period for music
if you ignore the hair metal and stock/aitkin/waterman esque pop that is

Check out the following most of them arnt metal bands but it is a Metal/Rock forum and most of them would at least be rock bands

Big Black/Rapeman
As Mercenarias
Bauhaus
Billy Bragg
The Smiths
Cabaret Voltaire
Gang of Four
Chameleons
Cocteau Twins
Crass
The Cure
Dead Kennedys
Talk Talk(Later era)
Depeche Mode
Dinosaur Jr.
Echo & the Bunnymen
Teardrop Explodes
Microdisney/Fatima Mansions
Mission of Burma
Guided by Voices
Husker Du
Jesus & Mary Chain
Wire
Killing Joke
Magazine
The Pop group
My Bloody Valintine
Joy Division
Melvins
Birthday Party/Nick Cave & the bad seeds
Black flag
Orange Juice
Pere ubu
Blades
Prefrab Sprout
Wedding Present
Psycadelic Furs
Public Enemy
PIL
Sonic Youth
Shreikback
Slint
The Specials
The Fall
Talking Heads
Television
Throbbing Gristle
Tom Waits
XTC

Undergod

Bauhaus
Fields of the Nephilim
Sisters of Mercy

In addition to the fine selection of metal and rock already given.

spiderlegs

I love 80's music
ooooohhhhh....
Ok ahem
The Smiths
Television
Violent Femmes
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Cure
The Pixies
The Beastie Boys
Fleetwood Mac
Joy Division
Madness
Metallica
New Order
Talking Heads
Whitesnake....


Oh I caould go on for far longer..the 80's was a great time for music

Killaqueen!!!

Queen!!

honru

It's funny how the 80s has a bad reputation in music, as it's undoubtedly my favourite music decade. There was absolutely loads of good stuff.

Rockee

Doctor J wrote:

Iron Maiden, Celtic Frost, Megadeth, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Talk Talk, Metallica, Anthrax, Exodus, Kreator, Big Country, Slayer, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D., M.O.D., Suicidal Tendencies, Faith No More, Whitesnake, Overkill, The Cocteau Twins, Armored Saint, The Stone Roses, The Clash, David Lee Roth, Coroner, Def Leppard, The Cult, Dexy's Midnight Runners, New Order, Madness, The Specials, Manowar, Tone Loc, R.E.M., Prong, Sanctuary, ZZ Top, The Smiths, Voivod, Watchtower... damn the 80's were amazing if you know where to look

Roger that....

crazy angel

see the sig .........

Nightwish

Manowar are the best band of the 80's...Pounding chariots...Norse Gods...and THAT scream!

Rockee

Nightwish wrote:

Manowar are the best band of the 80's...Pounding chariots...Norse Gods...and THAT scream!

Cos true metal people wanna rawk not pose! Wearing jeans and leather...not cracker jack clothes!!!'

Nightwish

Rockee wrote:

Cos true metal people wanna rawk not pose! Wearing jeans and leather...not cracker jack clothes!!!'

They were the real life Spinal Tap! (Well Saxon were...but Manowar are more deserving of the title)

John

More 80s bands that are better than anything other decades could cough up:
Coil
Einstuerzende Neubauten
Current 93
Nurse With Wound
NON
Swans
Saint Vitus
The The
The Hafler Trio

Tar.Aldarion

The three s's Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Sepultura, THANK YOU 80's.

brucecambell

nice to see magazine and wire on your list -totally underratted genius

tabatha

the 80's were the best era for music, to many good bands to name...

meditraitor

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

The three s's Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Sepultura, THANK YOU 80's.

never occured to me but the eighties might just be the best musical decade ever

ac/dc
metallica
megadeth
dio
dokken
Motley crue
Maiden
Quite riot
Nuclear assault

The Smiths
Violent Femmes
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Cure
The Pixies
The Beastie Boys
Fleetwood Mac
Joy Division
Madness
New Order
Talking Heads

Kreator

adox

Just listening to Y&T "Black Tiger". Another great band from the 80s.

If you get past the spandex and make up with alot of the 80s metal bands,then there really were some great fun bands.

Agent Steel

adox wrote:

Just listening to Y&T "Black Tiger". Another great band from the 80s.

You might want to check out this years Bang Your Head lineup. There's an impressive amount of spandex bands confirmed. Whitesnake, Y&T, Foreigner, Rik Emmett, L.A. Guns.. the list goes on!

Shark-69

The eighties produced an unreal amount of amazing bands in all genres of rock.....True the 60's and 70's were probably the best decades ,producing Led Zep cream,the beatls,ramones,sex pistols,hendrix...blah blah......I love everything bout 80's music......death metal,thrash metal,pop,rap etc.....Hair/sleaze/power metal is definitely my favourite though......motley crue,guns n roses,warrant,poison,whitesnake,def leppard,ratt,stryper,styx,cinderella....love the likes of priest.megadeth,metallica and priest.......sepultura were pretty cool back then