# Let's hear it for 80s bands, yeah! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231 "2001-04-25T03:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/41 "2001-04-29T10:57:31Z")
rackensack, you are my hero. More people should listen to Felt and the Rain Parade. There are too many great 80s bands to mention, so I’ll stick with just mentioning some essential labels: Cherry Red, Creation, Postcard, Sarah (more of a 90s label, but they got started in the 80s), Flying Nun, Rough Trade, Blanco y Negro, Red Flame … … better stop while I’m ahead 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/42 "2001-04-30T06:40:42Z")
felt! sarah records! _swoon_ ruadh, you are _my_ hero. -fh ps factory, zoo, and él 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/43 "2001-04-30T06:58:51Z")
i agree with Trout Mask, Appetite for Destruction was a revolutionary album for the times and it is also one of the best hard rock albums ever! ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/44 "2001-04-30T07:02:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hazel-rah \* > \*\*felt! sarah records! _swoon_ ruadh, you are _my_ hero. > > -fh\*\* hazel-rah, this is just a wild guess, but by any chance does the f in fh stand for “fortunate”? ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/45 "2001-04-30T07:38:12Z")
Small world, Indiepop 😉 I should know that by now, but I guess I’m holding out for a world of interesting strangers who like Felt. -fortunate hazel ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/46 "2001-04-30T07:46:56Z")
ps now dying of curiosity ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/47 "2001-04-30T14:33:08Z")
I once dated a woman who had a big thing for the Cocteau Twins, who are apparently still going strong. (?) My favorite 80s bands are pretty well-known: U2, R.E.M., O.M.D. (“Seeeeeecreeeet!”). My favorite obscure 80s band (at least they’re obscure in central Florida) is Immaculate Fools. They’re also still recording. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/48 "2001-04-30T15:49:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \* > \*\*I once dated a woman who had a big thing for the Cocteau Twins, who are apparently still going strong. (?) \*\* Not really, as Liz had divorced/left Robin and gone off to make techno/dance music. But I digress… lessee, there’d be the indie stuff…smiths, MBV, umm, a lot of 4AD stuff Yes, not many people know that quintessential 80’s dance tune “Pump up the Volume” by M/A/R/R/S came out on the same label as the Cocteau Twins, early Bauhaus and Pixies and Birthday Party… Ultravox…well, _Vienna_, anyway Public Enemy Ska and 80’s Goth… Kate Bush gets my vote too…mmm, _Hounds of Love_… ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/49 "2001-04-30T20:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Rick Astley (God help me) **jharding** , I still think if my First True Love whenever I hear Rick Astley. I like 'im! How 'bout **The Thompson Twins** and **Thomas Dolby**. Quintessential 80s there! ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/50 "2001-04-30T20:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hazel-rah \* > \*\*ps now dying of curiosity \*\* I was on indiepop-l for several years back in the mid 90s. You wouldn’t remember me, I stayed mostly in lurk mode. Except when the topic was Felt. (ps. Avalanche, Fierce, 53rd & 3rd…) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/51 "2001-04-30T21:00:34Z")
…No one mentioned Billy Joel! The man is a living legend, and it only grew during the 80’s. I’ve been hooked on his stuff ever since “My Life” was used as the theme song to “Bosom Buddies.” A lot of Elton John’s better stuff was released in the 80’s, too, IMHO. But Billy Joel really staked his claim as a legend with albums like “Glass Houses,” “An Innocent Man,” “Storm Front,” and “The Bridge.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231/52 "2001-05-01T01:11:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Theios \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > > \*\*I do so love 80’s music…reminiscence of my misspent youth, ah. I still have a thing for **Adam Ant** ; all my friends agree with me that he is one _ssssexy_ mofo. \*\* > > Ah yes… Gotta love The Ant. I just finished recollecting eight of his albums on CD since my cassette tapes bit the dust. > > I was able to save five of my Twisted Sister tapes (converted to CD). Culture Club, Duran Duran and the B-52’s are next on the “Save to CD” list. \*\* Glad to hear I’m not the only one buying tons of cd’s to replace my dying cassette collection. But this is it; I don’t care what new technology they develop, I’m keeping my cd’s forever and never buying anything else. Do you hear me, powers that be? Never again! (Sorry, lost my train of thought there. Oh yeah, I was going to chime in with a “me too” for Adam Ant - “Stand and deliver, your money or your life…” with three drumsets banging away in the background; ah, those were the days.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-80s-bands-yeah/63231.md?page=2)