For me it's The Thomson Twins. Think it was the stupid hat of their female member and the drudgery of the songs, whilst being NME darlings.
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Your LEAST favourite band of the 80's
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Trufflehound
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I saw Thompson Twins live a few times in the early 80s when there were still 8 in the band and they were very good. Their problems began when all the 5 talented ones left.
Similar story with The Human League.
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You're probably right, did the five who left form another band? Heaven 17 for a while were amazing.
Vegas Seagull
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Does Toni 'Mickey' Basil count?
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Queen. Pretty dull.
Sorry. EIGHT pages
Trufflehound
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Think they all went their own ways and faded into obscurity. Although Wikipedia has just informed me that the drummer ended up in Spear of Destiny for a short while...
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Johnny Hates Jazz
Trufflehound
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Black Lace.
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So many to choose from, so little time. The 80s were completely divisive for me. On the one hand you had the six bands I named on the other thread and, honestly, I'd barely started with favourite 80s bands. Then there was some hideous, hideous cheese, some awful Thatcherite posing and that greatest of oxymorons "Soft Rock".
If I was going to have to pick one it would have to be Culture Club, whiny overproduced pop crap that was on the radio every two minutes until you'd wake up singing it and end up with the urge to purge your brain with a large hockey stick. However this is only because Phil Collins isn't a band and Chicago aren't English.
The 80s - the tasteful decade that taste forgot.
If I was going to have to pick one it would have to be Culture Club, whiny overproduced pop crap that was on the radio every two minutes until you'd wake up singing it and end up with the urge to purge your brain with a large hockey stick. However this is only because Phil Collins isn't a band and Chicago aren't English.
The 80s - the tasteful decade that taste forgot.
LargeHadronZugzwang
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King, utter crap. Saw them at Dome and that was definitely 3 hours not coming back.
Elvis
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MODERN ROMANCE,HAIRCUT 100,
To be fair Guinness Boy is correct.....whiny overproduced pop crap....
However it is the decade that gave us the Jam, the smiths, joy division/new order and for that I am truly thankful.
To be fair Guinness Boy is correct.....whiny overproduced pop crap....
However it is the decade that gave us the Jam, the smiths, joy division/new order and for that I am truly thankful.
I love the Jam, the smiths, joy division/new order, AND one of my favourite songs of all time is FANTASTIC DAY....
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I like that song too, but Nick Heyward's dress sense spawned thousands of drippy cardigan/loafer combos which were an abomination.
LargeHadronZugzwang
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Not to mention Wild Swans, Felt, Comsat Angels, The Sound, The Chameleons and a host of great bands that never made it.