Five Bands That Epitomize The Music Of The 80's

[Lorraine]

If you could name just five bands whose music sums up the 1980's, which five would it be?

 

I was initially going to say two bands, but I don't think two bands could cut it.

 

Then I went with three, but that's not possible either.

 

Five should be somewhat sufficient. :)

Edited July 12, 2020 by Lorraine

[Entre_Perpetuo]

uhhh...that is a difficult request, lol!

 

Off the top of my head?

 

The Police, Metallica, Def Leppard

 

I don't think that begins to cover things, lol

[Lorraine]

uhhh...that is a difficult request, lol!

 

Off the top of my head?

 

The Police, Metallica, Def Leppard

 

I don't think that begins to cover things, lol

 

I know what you mean. Maybe I should have asked for 5.

 

I'll change it to 5

[JohnnyBlaze]

Journey, The Police, U2, Bon Jovi, Van Halen

[Rhyta]

Agree with the Police, Journey, U2, and Bon Jovi. I would put Prince in 5th place (he had a band so that counts I think).

[Entre_Perpetuo]

uhhh...that is a difficult request, lol!

 

Off the top of my head?

 

The Police, Metallica, Def Leppard

 

I don't think that begins to cover things, lol

 

I know what you mean. Maybe I should have asked for 5.

 

I'll change it to 5

 

Hm, two more...

 

Toto, R.E.M.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Agree with the Police, Journey, U2, and Bon Jovi. I would put Prince in 5th place (he had a band so that counts I think).

 

Ooh, that does count. Prince is a great choice.

[treeduck]

Judas Priest, Van Halen, RUSH, AC/DC, Whitesnake.

[JohnnyBlaze]

Agree with the Police, Journey, U2, and Bon Jovi. I would put Prince in 5th place (he had a band so that counts I think).

 

I would’ve put him in but I don’t think many think of him as a band despite him having had one then

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Judas Priest, Van Halen, RUSH, AC/DC, Whitesnake.

 

You have a very selective memory of the 80s Duck!

[treeduck]

Agree with the Police, Journey, U2, and Bon Jovi. I would put Prince in 5th place (he had a band so that counts I think).

 

I would’ve put him in but I don’t think many think of him as a band despite him having had one then

JB was desperate to put Pink Floyd in.

[treeduck]

Judas Priest, Van Halen, RUSH, AC/DC, Whitesnake.

 

You have a very selective memory of the 80s Duck!

I am very selective.

[JohnnyBlaze]

Agree with the Police, Journey, U2, and Bon Jovi. I would put Prince in 5th place (he had a band so that counts I think).

 

I would’ve put him in but I don’t think many think of him as a band despite him having had one then

JB was desperate to put Pink Floyd in.

 

I don’t think of Floyd as an 80s band

[treeduck]

Agree with the Police, Journey, U2, and Bon Jovi. I would put Prince in 5th place (he had a band so that counts I think).

 

I would’ve put him in but I don’t think many think of him as a band despite him having had one then

JB was desperate to put Pink Floyd in.

 

I don’t think of Floyd as an 80s band

I was expecting five Pink Floyds!

[JohnnyBlaze]

Judas Priest, Van Halen, RUSH, AC/DC, Whitesnake.

 

You have a very selective memory of the 80s Duck!

I am very selective.

 

duck would put Judas Priest on a “Best Polka Bands of the 1950s“ list

[Lorraine]

The Police

Van Halen

The Fixx

Duran Duran

INXS

 

Not necessarily all my favorite bands, but their music was everywhere.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

I've seen The Police mentioned a few times already. I think they're one of the best choices for this. They walked a fine line between the weirder edges of new wave and artsy kind of music and the heights of MTV pop, especially on Synchronicity. Not to mention they tried to fit in with the punk crowd at first.

[treeduck]

Judas Priest, Van Halen, RUSH, AC/DC, Whitesnake.

 

You have a very selective memory of the 80s Duck!

I am very selective.

 

duck would put Judas Priest on a “Best Polka Bands of the 1950s“ list

I actually have, and they do have a few polka songs as well as a few poker songs!

[treeduck]

The Police

Van Halen

The Fixx

Duran Duran

INXS

 

Not necessarily all my favorite bands, but their music was everywhere.

You're MAD!

[Lorraine]

I've seen The Police mentioned a few times already. I think they're one of the best choices for this. They walked a fine line between the weirder edges of new wave and artsy kind of music and the heights of MTV pop, especially on Synchronicity. Not to mention they tried to fit in with the punk crowd at first.

Isn't that where Stewart met Sting - in a punk rock club?

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Judas Priest, Van Halen, RUSH, AC/DC, Whitesnake.

 

You have a very selective memory of the 80s Duck!

I am very selective.

 

duck would put Judas Priest on a “Best Polka Bands of the 1950s“ list

I actually have, and they do have a few polka songs as well as a few poker songs!

 

What's more Polka? Living After Midnight or Painkiller?

[Lorraine]

The Police

Van Halen

The Fixx

Duran Duran

INXS

 

Not necessarily all my favorite bands, but their music was everywhere.

You're MAD!

:kisshug:

[Lorraine]

Judas Priest, Van Halen, RUSH, AC/DC, Whitesnake.

 

You have a very selective memory of the 80s Duck!

I am very selective.

 

duck would put Judas Priest on a “Best Polka Bands of the 1950s“ list

That was very funny.

 

And it's true too.

[_hi_water._]

Ummm... ummm...

 

AC/DC

Bon Jovi

Cars

Clash

Def Leppard

Dire Straits

Duran Duran

Fleetwood Mac

Foreigner

Genesis

Guns N Roses

Iron Maiden

Journey

Joy Division

Judas Priest

Metallica

Motley Crue

Pat Benatar

Pink Floyd

Police

Prince

Queen

Quiet Riot

Ratt

REO Speedwagon

Rush

Scorpions

Skid Row

Talking Heads

Toto

Twisted Sister

U2

Van Halen

Whitesnake

 

 

That's 5... right?

I forgot how to count... I've been awake too long :/

[Entre_Perpetuo]

I've seen The Police mentioned a few times already. I think they're one of the best choices for this. They walked a fine line between the weirder edges of new wave and artsy kind of music and the heights of MTV pop, especially on Synchronicity. Not to mention they tried to fit in with the punk crowd at first.

Isn't that where Stewart met Sting - in a punk rock club?

 

I'm not sure actually, lol. I do seem to recall something about Stewart having played in jazz bands for a long time before forming The Police, and perhaps Sting doing the same. Also my dad tells me that Sting had wanted to be a singer songwriter at first, but went to one James Taylor show before deciding to ditch the guitar for a bass and join a punk band because he couldn't top that. The all have a very unusual musical pedigree for punk actually.