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Best band of the 80's

My vote goes to a very underated band...those AUssie janglers the CHURCH...with key albums like Starfish,Heyday, and the masterpiece THE BLURRED CRUSADE...they made the most consistently compelling music of the 80s...these are must haves...and for audiophiles...they are sonically perfect in production quality...Jesus and MAry CHain would get my 2nd vote...
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ohlala
993 posts
 
Depeche Mode - and they are one of the few who made it out of the eighties, alive.
ev_dearmas
15 posts
 
The Police anyone?
kinsekd
252 posts
 
My vote goes to either Men at Work or Asia.
scotty_910
119 posts
 
XTC, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Los lobos come to mind.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I second Wvick's nomination of U2. If the criteria of the question posed is the absolute best band during the decade of the 80's whether or not the band still exists, then it's U2 hands down. Their longevity and continued relevance as artists reinforces this decision. Now, we could start a subthread, "Best Defunct Band of the Eighties", and many of the previous bands mentioned would be worthy of the mantle (with no knock to their importance).
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