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Ronnie
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what are some cool 80s band names?

i've always liked:

tears for fears
oingo boingo
romeo void

no reason other than it just always sounds cool to say them.

[Big Grin]

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Concrete Blonde
The Dream Academy
Joy Division

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i just realized..this topic should be in the 80s music section...oops!
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Valley

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Or you could just rename this thread "This Is Spinal Tap" or what was the band's name in the movie "Satisfaction"? Weren't they called "Mystery" or something like that?

More movies with cool bands ...Spring Break and Hardbodies

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Even better ... one of the bands you named Oingo Boingo performed "Dead Man's Party" in the movie "Back To School" .. so I think you're subliminally good!
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thompson twins, wang chung, eurythmics, flock of seagulls, soft cell, devo
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Tears for Fears
Culture Club
Style Council
Duran Duran
Ultravox
Visage
Spandau Ballet
Eurythmics
Human League
Wham! (Yes, really)

Adam and the Ants
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Johnny Hates Jazz (Hmm... maybe not)

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Devolution here,

Besides the obvious.

Talking Heads,
Oingo Boingo,
The Fixx
The Knack

We are DEVO

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Always liked these names:

Fine Young Cannibals
Cheap Trick
The Dazz Band

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I don't know, but my vote for the most pretenious is Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
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The 80s was a very fecund period for Australian pop/rock music. This is a selection of bands with memorable names. Some of them you may know about, some of them you may not.

AC/DC
Air Supply
Australian Crawl
Big Pig
Boom Crash Opera
Cold Chisel
Crowded House
Divinyls
Do Re Mi
The Dynamic Hepnotics
The Eurogliders
Flash And The Pan
Gangajang
Goanna
Hoodoo Gurus
Hunters And Collectors
Icehouse
I'm Talking
INXS
Kids In The Kitchen
Koo De Tah
Little River Band
Men At Work
Mental As Anything
Midnight Oil
The Models
Mondo Rock
Moving Pictures
1927
Noiseworks
Painters And Dockers
The Party Boys
Pseudo Echo
The Radiators
Redgum
The Reels
Rose Tattoo
The Saints
The Sunnyboys
The Triffids
Uncanny X-Men
v. Spy v. Spy
The Venetians
Wa Wa Nee.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by LoverswithCassie:
The 80s was a very fecund period for Australian pop/rock music. This is a selection of bands with memorable names. Some of them you may know about, some of them you may not.

AC/DC
Air Supply
Crowded House
Icehouse
INXS
Men At Work
Midnight Oil
Rose Tattoo
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">I only recognise those bands.

A few of mine:

Depeche Mode
Dream Theater
The Boomtown Rats

[ 02. November 2009, 09:13: Message edited by: J2ME ]

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Here are some more.

ABC
Asia
B-52s
Def Leppard
Echo and the Bunnymen
New Order
Simply Red
U2
UB40
Wall Of Voodoo

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Heavy Pettin´


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There are these in addition.

Boy Meets Girl
China Crisis
The Escape Club
Europe
Missing Persons
The Psychedelic Furs
R.E.M.
Stray Cats
Talk Talk
Toto
XTC

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some of my favs would be:

Oingo Boingo
GWAR
The Eurythmics
Husker Du
Angelwitch
Duran Duran
Nine Inch Nails
Yazoo
Kraftwerk
Skinny Puppy
Ultravox
Baltimora
Wall of Voodoo
Combo Audio
Bow Wow Wow
Wang Chung
The Blow Monkeys
Strawberry Switchblade
Intaferon
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Culture Club
W.A.S.P.
Cycle Sluts From Hell
Tesla
Jackyl
Psychic Pilgrims
Princess Pang
Potliquor
Ugly Kid Joe
Armored Saints
Scorpio Rising
Sea Hags
Shy Tiger
Sister Morphine
War Barbies

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Favorite bands names--
A Flock of Seagulls
Fine Young Cannibals
The Goon Squad
Duran Duran
The Cure

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I have a few more to add.

Big Country
Cutting Crew
Deacon Blue
Level 42
Mike And The Mechanics
Pet Shop Boys
REO Speedwagon

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That's easy...Quarterflash
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Dead Kennedys with lead singer Jello Biafra is number one. Krokus, Blow Monkeys, and Spandau Ballet get honorable mention in my book.
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I have these to append as well.

A-ha
Dead Or Alive
Dire Straits
Everything But The Girl
Foreigner
Survivor
10,000 Manics
.38 Special
World Party

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Noiseworks
Boom crash oprah
INXS

I can hear you stitch and lovers with saying 'oh god yeah, i forgot those'

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oh, sorry Lovers, just read your other post and realised you nailed it already...DOH!
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