# Were the 80s a lost decade for music, or am I full of it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-80s-a-lost-decade-for-music-or-am-i-full-of-it/748716 "2016-03-12T04:23:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-80s-a-lost-decade-for-music-or-am-i-full-of-it/748716/121 "2016-03-16T01:22:57Z")
MBV has a time and place for me. The Pixies though for a six month period in 92 were the single most important thing in my life. And I count Husker Du in my top five favorite bands ever. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-80s-a-lost-decade-for-music-or-am-i-full-of-it/748716/122 "2016-03-16T06:07:58Z")
I prefer Sugar to HD, myself. And anyone who thinks “the '80s was mostly a time of heavily electronic synthesized music” was just listening to pop. fair enough, but there was tons of great guitar-led music put out in the 80s. But you wouldn’t find it if you read Smash Hits and not NME & Melody Maker. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-80s-a-lost-decade-for-music-or-am-i-full-of-it/748716/123 "2016-03-16T20:25:22Z")
The Cranberries just made it in under the wire in 1989. so there was indeed good music. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-80s-a-lost-decade-for-music-or-am-i-full-of-it/748716.md?page=6)