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I'm going with my "All-Name" favoites from 85' to 95'. Based on their impressive use of alliteration!
(Not because these bands reflect my musical taste)
1- Bananarama
2- Bow Wow Wow
3- Kajagoogoo
4- Hoodoo Gurus
5- Oingo Boingo
Nice! Good Call!
A little bit of history of which I was unaware!!!
Saw the Eagles the Monday before T'giving in BHM. Joe Walsh: "It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70s then being 70 in the 20s." Hilarious. And great show... Vince Gill as Glen Frey is a nice touch.
Funny strory about AIC...
I was at WAZZU during the rise of Grunge. One cold winter night I walked up to the Student Union Building (everything on campus is uphill) to study for an exam. In the basement of the "SUB" was a large room set up with tables for group study and booths around the walls for 1 or 2 people. It was my favorite place on campus to study. Plus, it had a little TV room across the hall where we could watch Married With Children and The Simpsons (mandatory viewing at the time). Anyway, I walked all the way there and down to the basement only to find the door closed with a sign that read "Tonight Only, Alice in Chains". I think you had to pay $5 to get in. I vividly remember thinking to myself "W.T.F. is Alice in Chains???" I walked away very mad. About a year later I see AIC on MTV. Talk about missed opportunities...
Reminds me of when I was 18 yet and couldn’t get in to see Our Lady Peace. Two months later they were a huge one hit wonder.
Too shy to shy….
Hoodoo Gurus were awesome
Since this is only 85-95 hay day, not still going strong (no peticular order):
1. Dokken
2. L.A. Guns
3. Guns N Rose's
4. Dio
5. Savatage
Smashing Pumpkins
STP
Pixies
White Zombie
Radiohead (Included even tho a lot of my faves from them came a few years later...luv Kid A)
From what I have seen and heard in Canada, they are still pretty big there. Came out with a new album this year or last can't remember which
If you mean the people who were coming out of the ether about that time, and aren't talking pop singles, you'd have to include U2, John Cougar Mellencamp, Pat Benatar, and Nirvana and grunge; Foreigner predates this time but they really broke out internationally in the mid-80s. By this time very few new names were surfacing for the blues-influenced and southern rock I like best.
Where’s the Boys II Men?
The Boyz are now men, pretty old men.
Seeing STP recently, I have to say I was shocked how good that show was. I’d take Chris Cornell’s total body of work though.
Favorite shows of 84- 85 my freshman year
rem- in their prime in 85- who went to the legion field show?
U2-incredible at the Omni on the Unforgettable Fire Tour
Roger Waters at the Omni in 85.
Jason and the Scorchers at the 40 Watt in spring of 85
Sting at Stegman Coliseum, sound was awful there. This may have been 86,so long ago... GoDawgs!!! 🏈 ⚾ 🏀 ✌️
Stuck in sixties and seventies during this period, maybe still there.