What Music Groups of the 80's Were in Your Personal Top Ten? Why?

[hongkongfooey]

Dead Kennedys
Dead Milkmen
Sex Pistols
The Cure
New Order
Ramones
Suicidal Tendencies
Red Hot Chili Peppers
XTC
Exploited
U2

I was into a lot of different music back then.

 

[Don Roley]

Can anyone spot the Science Fiction actor in this clip?

Cameo- Word Up!

And can anyone besides myself say that their girlfriend at the time thought they should try out the fashion of the lead singer?:uhyeah:

 

[Hand Sword]

Jordi la Forge, with a flat top.

 

[TimoS]

And can anyone besides myself say that their girlfriend at the time thought they should try out the fashion of the lead singer?:uhyeah:

Well, did you?

 

[Don Roley]

I always thought it was too tempting a target without calling attention to it even further. :btg:

 

[Drac]

Rush
Queen
Iron Madden
Styxs
Journey
Fleetwood Mac
Def Leppard
Eagles
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Bill Joel
Genesis
Yes
Areosmith
Van Halen
ZZ top
AC/DC

Those are just a few

My favorites too..

 

[Hand Sword]

Looking back at that fashion...:erg:

 

[Jade Tigress]

Looking back at that fashion...:erg:

The 80's were the worst fashion decade. And I was right there in the middle of it. I have photo's to prove it, but then I'd have to kill you.

 

[zDom]

As you used the word "were" I will go with my favorites at that time, as my tastes have changed somewhat.

During the '80s, my top-10 favs (in no particular order) would be something like:

Led Zeppelin (definately my favorite.. yea, I know they were already broken up at the time...)

Metallica
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourn
AC/DC
Ted Nugent
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Kansas

 

[zDom]

Hmmmmm Pink Floyd probably shoulda been on that list...


and Jethro Tull ..er and Rainbow and Deep Purple...

 

[MA-Caver]

Pink Floyd

 

[bushidomartialarts]

queensryche
iron maiden
manowar
ozzy

 

[CoryKS]

The Smiths
The Cure
The Cult
New Order
Bauhaus/Love & Rockets/Peter Murphy
The Damned
The Pixies
Metallica
INXS
Genesis

 

[Bigshadow]

The 80's were the worst fashion decade. And I was right there in the middle of it. I have photo's to prove it, but then I'd have to kill you.

:rofl: Yeah me too! Late 80s when I was getting my pilot's license, I had that Iron Eagle look going. HAHAHA How embarrassing!

 

[Bigshadow]

In no particular order...

Ratt
Def Leppard
Cinderella
Eurythmics (Anny Lennox)
Queensryche
ZZ Top
AC/DC
Manowar
Dio
Van Halen
Loverboy
Poison
Warrant


Ok, I listed 13.

EDIT: How could I forget Motley Crue

 

[Xue Sheng]

The 80's were the worst fashion decade. And I was right there in the middle of it. I have photo's to prove it, but then I'd have to kill you.

:rofl: Yeah me too! Late 80s when I was getting my pilot's license, I had that Iron Eagle look going. HAHAHA How embarrassing!

In the late eighties I looked like a biker.... come to think of it I looked like a biker in the early 80s as well....and now that I think of it part of the 90s too.

As to "What Music Groups of the 80's Were in Your Personal Top Ten? Why?"

Actually to many to list and most of these came from before the 80s.
(and I posted more than 10)

Metallica
Genesis
Rush
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Journey
Jethro Tull
Aerosmith
Yes
ZZ Top
Queensryche
Stevie Ray Vaughan
U2

To name a few

 

[Tames D]

I was a big Stevie Nicks fan but I really dint't care too much for Fleetwood Mac. Still trying to figure that out...

 

[zDom]

I was a big Stevie Nicks fan but I really dint't care too much for Fleetwood Mac. Still trying to figure that out...

I liked looking at Stevie Nicks

 

[TimoS]

I have photo's to prove it, but then I'd have to kill you.

Shouldn't you hide them, so no one ever sees them? [Bart Simpson voice]I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything[/Bart Simpson voice]

 

[The Kai]

The Alarm
The Smiths
The Pixies
The Clash