best 80's band

[ford power]

exactly what it says in the tin
mine:
simple minds
queen
phil Collins/genesis
bananarama
dire straits

[pino]

Pink Floyd



Genesis
Jethro Tull
Dire Straits
:D

[schmenke]

Define 80s.

Most of the bands already mentioned were making music in the 70s or earlier. Both Genesis and Jethro Tull realeased their first album in the 60s.

Musical taste is very personal so I suspect we'll get the usual debates, including obscure bands that few have heard of, but I'll throw in U2, a true 80s band as they signed their first album deal in 1980.

Other notables:

Metallica
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Prince

[pino]

schmenke, those groups I mentioned, have still made great albums in early 80ies ;)

[BleAivano]

Queen reign supreme. ;) , especially when you take their live shows into consideration. Dire Strait did some good music as well though.
Also I think your forgot AC/DC. who's Back in Black was released in 1980.

[schmenke]

schmenke, those groups I mentioned, have still made great albums in early 80ies ;)

No arguments there :)

[Jag_Warrior]

Though some of the groups I think of as "80's bands" may have made music before that decade, I would include The Cars, Talking Heads, Dire Straits, Genesis, Simple Minds, The Thompson Twins, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (throw in the Traveling Wilburys too), U2, R.E.M., The Police and probably 20 others that I'll think of 5 seconds after I hit "reply". Other than the 60's, the 80's was my favorite musical time period. Too hard to pick just one favorite.

[MrJan]

For the most part IMO asking what the best bands of the 80s were is like asking which STD you prefer!! Some great tracks produced in the 80s but of those mentioned only SRV stands out to me, and to be fair his music was largely of a style of earlier decades.

[Zeakiwi]

std also means subscriber trunk dialing with regard to making telephone calls.
VD was a commonly used term in the early 80s a long time before video discs were common place.
just a few
Eurythmics
Yazoo
New Order
Heart
Pat Benetar
A-ha
Berlin
Billy Idol
New Order
Joan Jett
Spandau Ballet
OMD

[Roamy]

schmenke, those groups I mentioned, have still made great albums in early 80ies ;)

Pink Floyd
Foreigner
White Snake
Poison
Led Zeplin
AC DC
Pearl Jam
Creed

[Donney]

Dire Straits

[Gregor-y]

New Order didn't technically form until 1980 so I'll go with them.

[edv]

Pink Floyd?
Really?
The '80s could arguably be their nadir rather than their zenith.
Here's their studio discography:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
More (1969)
Ummagumma (1969)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Meddle (1971)
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Animals (1977)
The Wall (1979)
The Final Cut (1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
The Division Bell (1994)

[Spafranco]

Thin Lizzy, Dire Straits, Eagles, Travelling Wilburys, wrote and recorded an album in two weeks. Check them out on You Tube. Men at Work and the guys that had the hit, Beds are Burning.

[pino]

Pink Floyd?
Really?
The '80s could arguably be their nadir rather than their zenith.
Here's their studio discography:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
More (1969)
Ummagumma (1969)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Meddle (1971)
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Animals (1977)
The Wall (1979)
The Final Cut (1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
The Division Bell (1994)

The Division Bell, is an amazing album, and one of Pink Floyd best !

[henners88]

Ultravox, New Order, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Guns n Roses were my favourites as a kid :)

[steveaki13]

Queen - although they are 70s and 80s
Dire Straights - Enough said.
Ah Ha -
Pet shop Boys - Not sure they are really a band, but they are a guilty pleasure. cue ridicule :p
The Police - Not a favourite, but I like some of there songs
OMD
Eurythmics -
The Housemartins
Tears for Fears
Bon Jovi

[edv]

The Division Bell, is an amazing album, and one of Pink Floyd best !

I, too, really liked The Division Bell. But we're talking about the 80s here.

[schmenke]

Wish You Were Here, IMO, is their best.

[MrJan]

Wish You Were Here, IMO, is their best.

Wish You Were Here is the best to listen to but I always think that Dark Side is better as a work of art, a complete piece. I think that Meddle is hugely underrated as well, very few people seem to mention it.

[donKey jote]

Meddle was great, as was Live in Pompeii, and Animals, and Atom Heart Mother...

[pino]

All Floyd's albums are my favorite ! ;)

[Zico]

Pink Floyd are probably my favourite group of all time. I was listening to 'The division Bell' at work the other day, some of the young guys there had never actually listened to any of their stuff and made fun of my choice in music :/ ... but hey I don't like a lot of the charts crap they listen to either, each to their own I guess.

[BleAivano]

Nobody have mentioned Europe yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

And what about Def Leppard? I don't know much about their music though. Then there's Helloween.

[gadjo_dilo]

Never been a fan but I remember a lot of people listerned to Modern Talking and Depeche Mode.

[Tazio]

A lo tof good choices so far. I'd like to add The Robert Cray Band.

[Rudy Tamasz]

Never been a fan but I remember a lot of people listerned to Modern Talking and Depeche Mode.

Exactly! Unfairly forgotten continental synth pop: Modern Talking, Joy, C.C. Catch, Sandra, Silent Circle, Radiorama, Secret Service... Bring 'em back (alive)!

[gadjo_dilo]

Exactly! Unfairly forgotten continental synth pop: Modern Talking, Joy, C.C. Catch, Sandra, Silent Circle, Radiorama, Secret Service... Bring 'em back (alive)!

Are you serious? A lot of fossils who were successful in the '80's ( Sandra, Baccara, CC Catch, Al Bano, BZN, Boney M, Ottawans, etc. ) are coming now to Bucharest and I wonder who's going to see them.....

[odykas]

^ + Alice Cooper :p:

[pino]

Come on guys, let's be serious ;)

[steveaki13]

Adam and the Ants.

At least Stand and Deliver and Prince Charming. :D

[donKey jote]

I saw both Radio Futura and Alaska live in the Rockola. Other 80s music from the times of the movida: Los Secretos, Nacha Pop, Siniestro Total, Aviador Dro, Gabinete Caligari, Leño, Baron Rojo, La Mode, Golpes Bajos, Loquillo, Mecano, La Union, El último de la fila ...
:andrea:

[anthonyvop]

Led Zeplin



Led Zeppelin's Last Album was in 1979




Creed


Go to your room. http://www.cracked.com/funny-6404-10-worst-modern-bands-ever/

[anthonyvop]

The Clash

Robert Cray

Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Storm]

80s was the best time for my type of music - from classic rock to pure heavy metal to the aggression of thrash metal...

best 80s bands for me -
Iron Maiden, Judas Priest (although arguably a couple of their best albums are in 70s), Rush, Megadeth, Dio, Kreator

edit: although I also love Pink Floyd and Deep Purple I think their best music was from the 70s)

[Rudy Tamasz]

Are you serious? A lot of fossils who were successful in the '80's ( Sandra, Baccara, CC Catch, Al Bano, BZN, Boney M, Ottawans, etc. ) are coming now to Bucharest and I wonder who's going to see them.....

They tour our part of Europe as well, they and some local stars from that era. It's normally called the Discotheque of the 80s and plenty of people go there to get nostalgic about their first dance, first smoke, first drink, first kiss etc.

On a serious note, I would nominate Brian Adams. His pop rock defined a big segment of the 80s' music and stood the test of time very well.

[schmenke]

Led Zeppelin's Last Album was in 1979...

Coda was released in '81 I believe.

[schmenke]

... Rush...

Their first album was released in '74, but yes, they put out a lot of good music in the early '80s :) .

[schmenke]

...On a serious note, I would nominate Brian Adams. His pop rock defined a big segment of the 80s' music and stood the test of time very well.

Yeah, I'd go along with that :) .

Also, no one has yet mentioned Marillion.

[Roamy]

Led Zeppelin's Last Album was in 1979






Go to your room. http://www.cracked.com/funny-6404-10-worst-modern-bands-ever/

ha ha ok I will trade Creed for Robert Cray

[Tazio]

Hey Tone' and Roamy, I wonder why the only membrs to nominate Robert Cray are from The Home of the Brave.
Awesome voice and a wicked Strat'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgsdr0s52Q


Also let us not forget Steve Vai......dawgs :dog: :eek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ9uTKItUyM

[Tazio]

Elvis Costello and the Attractions was an 80's band just a little ahead of its time!