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Subject: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: HUGO on 07/21/02 at 09:33 a.m.
SOFT CELL
JOY DIVISION
THE SMITHS
BAUHAUS
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: dufcmcfc on 07/21/02 at 12:53 a.m.
THE ASSOCIATES TALK TALK THE SMITHS JESUS AND MARY CHAIN LLOYD COLE
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Davester on 07/21/02 at 01:02 p.m.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Front 242
Ministry
Talking Heads
The Sugarcubes
Dead Milkmen
Others...
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Criz on 07/21/02 at 05:25 p.m.
THE SMITHS, THE SMITHS, THE SMITHS ( Sorry - I just ADORE them :) )
Also - I'm not sure if you can completly call these alternative - but its not exactly pop or anything:
The Jam
The Clash (more punk, I guess)
I have just named 3 of my most favourite bands of the 80's (the other main one being The Police - but they wern't alt :))
Edited to add:
Elvis Costello and the attractions
The Ramones
The Cure
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Ana on 07/21/02 at 06:52 p.m.
Early-Mid 1980's (AKA Mommy's Little Girl Years):
A-Ha (not alternative til... oh, now)
Bananarama
Blondie
Duran Duran (ditto)
Madonna (okay, i admit it, kill me now; not alt)
Thompson Twins
Mid-Later 80's (AKA Mommy's Little Monster Years):
Cure
Damned
Depeche Mode (no longer alt; sigh)
Echo & the Bunnymen
Joy Division/New Order
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Smiths
Ana
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Buzz_E_Miller on 07/21/02 at 11:38 p.m.
By the 1980's, there was a backlash against the music business which, according to some people, had become quite corporate and conservative. The phrase 'alternative music' was coined in the 80's to describe growing number of artists committed to pushing musical boundries and less concerned with selling millions of records. The 80's alternative music scene was huge... my list barely scatches the surface... there was just too much good music in the 80's to absorb!
Joy Division
Jason and the Scorchers
X
Black Flag
Husker Du
Captain Beefheart and his magic band
Elvis Costello
Ramones
Teenage Head
Martha and the Muffins-
Buzz
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/22/02 at 00:39 a.m.
Adam & the Ants
Berlin
Kraftwerk
Psychedelic Furs
Roxy Music
Lightning Seeds
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Goreripper on 07/22/02 at 01:51 a.m.
Birthday Party
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Hard Ons
Dead Kennedys
Black Flag
Ramones
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: DJ Midas on 07/22/02 at 06:18 a.m.
Bauhaus
The Cure
Joy Division
The Pixies
The Smiths
Nitzer Ebb
Front 242
The The
Kraftwerk
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Gis on 07/22/02 at 06:53 a.m.
Jesus Jones and Crazyhead! ;D
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Manhattan83 on 07/22/02 at 09:12 p.m.
CLASSIX NOUVEAUX - i just love "guilty", "never again" and "tokyo"!
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: jomap777 on 04/26/03 at 06:59 a.m.
The Church
Romeo Void
The Alarm
Joy Division
Danse Society
Yaz
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: My_name_is_Kenny on 04/26/03 at 10:48 a.m.
REM
Psychedelic Furs
Dream Syndicate
Aztec Camera
The Replacements
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: FunkyFresh on 04/26/03 at 11:21 a.m.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Violent Femmes
Public Image Limited
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Anti_Pop_Superstar on 04/26/03 at 01:03 p.m.
REM
Violent Femmes
The Cure
The Replacements
Depeche Mode
The Smiths
Talking Heads
Devo
Elvis Costello
Ramones
The Clash
The Alarm
The Psychedelic Furs
Berlin
Thompson Twins
Duran Duran
Oingo Boingo
Eurythmics
ABC
The B 52's
...and many more :D
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Criz on 04/27/03 at 03:18 a.m.
I don't understand how you can class Duran Duran,Yazzo/Yaz, Eurythmics, Bananarama et al as alternative. Ok you can say 'they are now' (as someone mentioned) but, back in the day, you couldn't get more mainstream. Especially Duran Duran!
Subject: Re: FAVORITE 80īS alternative bands
Written By: Tarzan Boy on 04/27/03 at 03:44 a.m.
Alternative? Hmmm.
The Durutti Column
A Certain Ratio
Section 25
Dif Juz
And Also The Trees
Clan Of Xymox
Cabaret Voltaire
Einsturzende Neubauten
Death In June
Killing Joke
X-Mal Deutschland
The Normal
Suicide
The Comsat Angels
The Lords Of The New Church
... they all fit into their own musical categories, but they were definitely not mainstream, radio-friendly stuff, which, to me, would also make them fit into the alternative...