# Can Anyone Identify this 80's Band? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815 "2005-10-11T22:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/21 "2005-10-12T02:19:45Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > It’s not Aha. They aren’t pretty enough. > > This is going to drive me nuts. Also, a-ha was/is a trio. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/22 "2005-10-12T02:19:49Z")
> [@deevee](#): > > I was in my twenties in the 80’s so the music holds a special place in my heart. Unfortunately the “look” is cringeworthy and I submit [this pic](http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/4479/80talet4pp.jpg) as proof positive. I howl everytime I see this pic, does anyone know who they are? Surely they are a band and not just some buddies on the beach. The blonde guy: “Baby Ray star of stage and screen” from The Fifth Element. The style fits this movie to a tee. Seriously, what type of music did they play and where did you see them. They give me a vibe for Netherlands or Sweden ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/23 "2005-10-12T02:21:45Z")
Oh.dear.god. [Get a load of this](http://www.angelfire.com/me/xplorer/wlion.html) . I’ve never heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/24 "2005-10-12T02:24:00Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh.dear.god. > [Get a load of this](http://www.angelfire.com/me/xplorer/wlion.html) . I’ve never heard of them. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I’m blind!!! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/25 "2005-10-12T02:30:43Z")
> [@deevee](#): > > I was in my twenties in the 80’s so the music holds a special place in my heart. Unfortunately the “look” is cringeworthy and I submit [this pic](http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/4479/80talet4pp.jpg) as proof positive. I howl everytime I see this pic, does anyone know who they are? Surely they are a band and not just some buddies on the beach. Is this a photo you scanned in? The file name might be a clue if you didn’t. I checked out the file info that gets saved in a picture file and it’s blank. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/26 "2005-10-12T02:37:09Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh.dear.god. > [Get a load of this](http://www.angelfire.com/me/xplorer/wlion.html) . I’ve never heard of them. **White Lion** was a hair metal band that had a bit of success in the late 80’s-early 90’s. Their big hits were “Wait” and “When the Children Cry,” though they did do a not half-bad cover of “Radar Love.” Lead singer Mike Tramp was originally from Denmark, though the rest of the band were American if I recall correctly. As for the band in the OP’s photo, I have no clue who they are. But I do love **Mr.** **Blue Sky’s** suggestion of Fey City Rollers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/27 "2005-10-12T02:40:52Z")
I think the reason why the Ozone layer is depleted is all the hairspray these guys used then. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/28 "2005-10-12T02:52:23Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I think the reason why the Ozone layer is depleted is all the hairspray these guys used then. What’s funny is that probably all of those guys are bald and have a beer gut now. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/29 "2005-10-12T02:56:22Z")
I love the guy who’s biting his shades. And the yellow dude’s sandals. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/30 "2005-10-12T03:06:50Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh.dear.god. > [Get a load of this](http://www.angelfire.com/me/xplorer/wlion.html) . I’ve never heard of them. Ahhh, memories… 1990ish…_L’Amour_ rock club in Brooklyn…drunk as hell…standing next to Vito Bratta (the guy on the left) at the bar…my buddy deciding he had to pee, and that Bratta’s leg would make a fine urinal… How we made it through the 90’s with out getting arrested/killed/our asses seriously kicked is way beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/31 "2005-10-12T03:20:51Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the power of Fark: I give you [Bogart Co](http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/blogs/salonranta/post252.htm) From Helsinki. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/32 "2005-10-12T03:20:54Z")
A bit of googling starting with the file name (80talet) gives me this page: (possibly not safe for work\*) [http://www.szanalmas.hu/index.phtml?s=80talet](http://www.szanalmas.hu/index.phtml?s=80talet) but it’s in Hungarian, at least I think it’s Hungarian. Anybody translate? \*There are a ton of links on that page, and since I can’t read what they are, you might want to consider the page not safe for work, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/33 "2005-10-12T03:25:12Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the power of Fark: > I give you [Bogart Co](http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/blogs/salonranta/post252.htm) From Helsinki. [Bender]Oh. Your. God![/Bender] ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/34 "2005-10-12T03:25:41Z")
> [@astro](#): > > European - probably Scandanavian - the id of the pic as “talet” might be (I think) a Swedish or Norwegian term. The diagonal lettering on the leftmost guy’s jacket says “New York”. It unlikely Americans would think that was cool. > > Of course we do have [these Americans from the late 70’s.](http://www.lp-cd.de/1/A3093_01.jpg) I feel very confident in commenting that ELP is **NOT** Ammurrican. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/35 "2005-10-12T03:26:50Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > [Bender]Oh. Your. God![/Bender] I owe it all to Total Fark, and was completely harassed for damaging their vision from that picture. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/36 "2005-10-12T03:58:37Z")
> [@DaddyTimesTwo](#): > > I feel very confident in commenting that ELP is **NOT** Ammurrican. Well - Right you are! :smack: :o (is there some possible way we can get an “embarrassed” smiley that looks a bit less like the offer of a blow job) [Emerson Lake & Palmer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson,_Lake_&_Palmer) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/37 "2005-10-12T05:17:15Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > [Men At Work?](http://www.legacyrecordings.com/menatwork/bottom_ao.html) > > Whoever they are, I’d guess that they’re from Australia. > > Sheesh… and they used to say that us punkers looked wierd… Actually Australia managed to largely avoid the trend for haircut and trousers bands in the 80s. We had a wave of [Garage Rock](http://www.shock.com.au/releases/info.asp?release_ID=115371) bands and only a faint smattering of embarassments. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/38 "2005-10-12T05:25:34Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I give you [Bogart Co](http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/blogs/salonranta/post252.htm) From Helsinki. Good god, the one in the yellow turned out kind of hot 20 years after the fact. At least I think it’s the one in yellow; the one flashing the peace sign in the most recent picture. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/39 "2005-10-12T06:38:09Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > Whoever they are, I’d guess that they’re from Australia. How could you _possibly_ say that? That’s the final straw, this means war. I mean really. ---
**Author:** ![Oswald\_Bastable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oswald_bastable/32/214_2.png) [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815/40 "2005-10-12T10:13:30Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Good god, the one in the yellow turned out kind of hot 20 years after the fact. At least I think it’s the one in yellow; the one flashing the peace sign in the most recent picture. Actually, the one in yellow in the original picture is the gormless yet cuddly looking one on the left of the what they look like now picture. The ‘hot’ guy is the short one in the middle of the original picture… OB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-band/325815.md?page=3)