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You Don't Know Cheese Until You Know 1980s New Jersey


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Growing up in New Jersey in the 1980s is an experience I will cherish forever

 

The music was absolutely atrocious, the bands were ridiculous, but in retrospect, this era will never come close to being duplicated or topped ..

 

Cable and satellite TV, VCRs, DIY videos, wigs, U68, Uncle Floyd

 

The 1970s cheese has NOTHIN' on the 1980s

 

You got something to add ??

 

LET'S HAVE IT !!

 

And yes, these are real, and this is some serious ****

 

 

 

 

 

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I hesitate to list TT Quick as cheese, as they were a good band - probably the biggest NJ band on the circuit at the time, and one of, if not the first, band to be signed to Megaforce Records

 

Mark Tornillo went on to sing in Accept

 

They are definitely part of 1980s NJ Metal lore

 

 

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Is Southside Johnny cheese or is he some sort of a Fake God up there?
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Is Southside Johnny cheese or is he some sort of a Fake God up there?

 

oh boy

 

I never liked him .. He is actually at the bottom of the list as he doesn't even have that endearing kitsch factor going ..

 

He has his crowd, but .. well ... ya know

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Growing up in New Jersey in the 1980s is an experience I will cherish forever

 

The music was absolutely atrocious, the bands were ridiculous, but in retrospect, this era will never come close to being duplicated or topped ..

 

Cable and satellite TV, VCRs, DIY videos, wigs, U68, Uncle Floyd

 

The 1970s cheese has NOTHIN' on the 1980s

 

You got something to add ??

 

LET'S HAVE IT !!

 

And yes, these are real, and this is some serious ****

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzrmL0m_rOg

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3jVuAxOTMY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG1r4aKRWBI

Were you an extra in the Sopranos?

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I'm still in NJ ?!?!?!?!?!?! WTF ?

 

I worked a lot of hours/days in NYC during the 80's so I spent very little time in NJ.

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I'm still in NJ ?!?!?!?!?!?! WTF ?

 

I worked a lot of hours/days in NYC during the 80's so I spent very little time in NJ.

 

Me too - in the 70's and post '85 - most of my time was in nyc.

 

Maybe it depended what part of NJ you were from. The metro area was far from cheesy.

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Spent a few summers in the early 80's down at Manasquan at the Osprey and Leggetts. Remember going into the bars but not coming out.

 

Here's a Jersey shore band from the 80's.

 

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No mention of Bon Jovi?

The King of Jersey Cheese.

Worth over $200,000,000.00.

 

That's a lot of cheese to sell to make such a profit on it. ;) ;)

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

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No mention of Bon Jovi?

The King of Jersey Cheese.

Worth over $200,000,000.00.

 

That's a lot of cheese to sell to make such a profit on it. ;) ;)

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

I agree it's a sad commentary.

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No mention of Bon Jovi?

 

Yeah, they're from Jersey and even have an album called New Jersey that came out in the 80s they should certainly count. How do you get more cheesy that the song Bad Medicine?

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