The Great 80's

[GMRELIC]

I was in my late teens and early 20's in the 80's and the music of that time was so awesome, IMO the best era of music ever, I was just wanting to know who were your favorite 80's groups and solos.
Mine were
Madness
Howard Jones
Sly Fox
Night Ranger
Bon Jovi
Cinderilla
Berlin
Boy Meets Girl
Romeo Void
Eddie Grant
Billy Ocean

 

[auntlala]

Mr. Big
Warrant
Gun's & Roses
Bonnie Tyler
Aerosmith
Def Leppard
and on and on and on .lol (80's were also my favorite)

 

[HeatherJay]

BON JOVI!!!! *drool* They're my absolute favorite...were and still are.

LOL, also :
REO Speedwagon
Boston
Def Leppard
Guns N Roses
Journey
Chicago
Elton John
Phil Collins


Gosh, I have SO MANY more...I could go on forever.

 

[oldrooster]

Squeeze, Split Enz, Propaganda, Smiths.....the list is endless.....

 

[propane]

Michael Jackson.

 

[brotherChristian]

Alphabetically, so as not to tout one over the other:

Bauhaus/Tones on Tale/Love and Rockets, Crass, The Cure, Einsturzende Neubauten, Jean-Michel Jarre, Joy Division/New Order, Matt Johnson/The The, Metallica, Misfits, Naked Raygun, Nena, Pere Ubu, Peter Schilling, The Smiths, Subhumans, Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV...on and on and on

Hmmm... Mostly esoteric stuff. I think I was a pretentious snob.

 

[GMRELIC]

Duran Duran, I always tried to dress like them

 

[KristianJ]

Good old Bon Jovi!!

Um...80's bands...most of the ones I've heard and liked have been covered already. For solos, I can't go past the guitar into synth solo in "Jump" by Van Halen. The drum pattern in Eddie's solo is quite interesting, and who can forget the opening riff?

 

[Oblivious]

Some of my favorites...

Depeche Mode
Pet Shop Boys
Erasure
Duran Duran
OMD
New Order
Blondie

There's tons of others I love but these are what comes to mind at the moment...

 

[Agent Spy]

80's music is fun and enjoyable.

Sometimes

 

[mathias1979]

I had a ton of MP3's that I finally burned to CDs last week. Ended up being 6 CDs (about 95 songs) of my favorite 80's music. It's great! I really got on an 80's kick 5 or 6 years ago. Cheesy? Yes. But that's part of what makes it so much fun!

-Matt

 

[Glaz]

Metallica
Def Leppard
Motley Crue
Guns N Roses
Bon Jovi
Poison
so on and so on, I was a typical 80's teenager if it was popular I probably liked it.


I saw Bon Jovi in concert back in '86 and then a couple of years ago I saw them again....even 15 years later they still put on an awesome show. They don't even need new material, they will always sell tickets because their '80s music is so appealing.

 

[sykotick]

Guns N Roses is the best band in the world!!!!!!!
i also REALLY like megadeth, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, etc. etc.

 

[Roo6339]

mm... 80's metal... great stuff!

 

[white dove]

hrm...I know mine were already listed buuuut...heh..I'll add my list on here anyway

1. G n' R ~ I was too young to go to any of their concerts and plus, I didn't have anyone who would take me anyway I'd considered them the est band of all time, but then again, I think it was 'cause I wanted to marry slash...whatever *shrug*
2. depeche mode ~ ahh...laid-back vibe to this band
3. the cure ~ 'cause robert's hairstyle makes me drool with delight
4. blondie ~ I was totally waiting for someone to mention 'em & I'm glad someone did
4. boston ~ 'cause I consider 'peace of mind ' to be one of THE best songs of all time
5. bon jovi ~ at a time when their hair was allll messed up & they had no designer shampoo to wash out all the sweat - hardcore, man
6. aerosmith ~ um..yeah..
7. journey ~ 'cause soft rock is wundaful too
and I wanna add the black crowes 'cause...didn't they have some hits in the late 80's??....or was it just in the 90's?

 

[Glaz]

and I wanna add the black crowes 'cause...didn't they have some hits in the late 80's??....or was it just in the 90's?

Just the 90's, 91-92 timeframe not sure which.

 

[HeatherJay]

hrm...I know mine were already listed buuuut...heh..I'll add my list on here anyway

1. G n' R ~ I was too young to go to any of their concerts and plus, I didn't have anyone who would take me anyway I'd considered them the est band of all time, but then again, I think it was 'cause I wanted to marry slash...whatever *shrug*
2. depeche mode ~ ahh...laid-back vibe to this band
3. the cure ~ 'cause robert's hairstyle makes me drool with delight
4. blondie ~ I was totally waiting for someone to mention 'em & I'm glad someone did
4. boston ~ 'cause I consider 'peace of mind ' to be one of THE best songs of all time
5. bon jovi ~ at a time when their hair was allll messed up & they had no designer shampoo to wash out all the sweat - hardcore, man
6. aerosmith ~ um..yeah..
7. journey ~ 'cause soft rock is wundaful too
and I wanna add the black crowes 'cause...didn't they have some hits in the late 80's??....or was it just in the 90's?

Slash is actually pretty adorable underneath all that hair...or I thought so way back then, anyway. And any thought of Bon Jovi hair just makes me happy.

 

[spirit_of_purity]

i was just a baby in the 80's but started listening to metal music with 80's metal in my preteen/early teen years from my sisters albums in those were included: iron maiden, ac/dc and black sabbath and thats what started it all with me then later on evolved to faster and heavier metal music but if it wasnt for those bands id probably now be listening to rap and pop music *pukes*

 

[white dove]

Just the 90's, 91-92 timeframe not sure which

yeah but...didn't they have an album previous to 'shake your money maker?' (1990)

 

[Glaz]

well, the discography on their official site says Shake Your Moneymaker was their first album.