Favorite 80s Alternative New Wave Band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dhinojosa]

Alright kids, I put the biggest names of Alternative New Wave and of course an other choice, so have at it!

[mr_hat]

1. Um... Psychedelic Furs?

[dhinojosa]

5. DU, only has a limited number of spaces.....

I wish I could put a bigger list. :(

[ixion]

8. you could replace Duran Duran

they were always more pop, IMO. ;-)

[SarahB]

10. That was my thinking.

I voted Depeche Mode from this list.

[Roland99]

2. English Beat?

I voted Depeche Mode, though. :)

[HEyHEY]

3. umm..devo?

[dhinojosa]

7. 10 spaces for me only.

I wish I could put the Ohio band known as Devo on there.

[HEyHEY]

11. Yeah, but Devo is like THE NEW WAVE poster band

[ixion]

9. Devo Rules!

I still play Devo to this day. They're timeless.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Siouxie and the Banshees

if I didn't vote for Siouxie, my cube mate would kill me.

[JimmyJazz]

6. Siouxie and the Banshees released their first single in 1978...

I consider them part of the punk scene, not part of 80's new wave... Not to split hairs (and, of course, I could be wrong) :shrug:

[silvermachine]

12. Wire

For me, the original Wire lineup that produced Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154 were the shit!
I'd also nominate This Heat, another uncompromising brilliant band.
In fairness, both are more post-punk than new wave....

[siliconefreak]

13. Yaz, Erasure, and then maybe Heaven 17 (n/t)

[terrya]

19. I liked Yaz a lot.

Alison Moyet had a fabulous voice. Add Vince Clarke (who went on to Erasure) and it was perfect.

[AwakeAtLast]

24. LOOOOVED Yaz!

"Upstairs at Eric's" was never very far from my tape player! :thumbsup:

:hi:

[Drifter]

14. Missing Persons ...

Many were ex-Zappa members. And lets face it, Dale Bozio has an incredible set (and I'm not talking about a song list).

Cheers
Drifter

[Arugula Latte]

15. "How Soon is Now?" pushed my vote to the Smiths.

God I love that song.

[AllegroRondo]

16. Erasure!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Devo, by a mile

[ixion]

20. you could argue that for Devo, Smiths and the Cure and some others

I mean, the Cure is still around, and still producing quality progressive music.

[ghostsofgiants]

27. The question wasn't "best" it was "favourite"

Devo are my favourite. No debate.

[kedrys]

18. Other: Q. Are We Not Men?

A. We Are DEVO!

Best 80s dance band in the world, as far as I'm concerned.

[progressoid]

21. NOT Duran Duran - paaaleeeze

[GirlinContempt]

22. Smiths

*drool* </fangirl>

[no name no slogan]

23. The Comsat Angels

Without the 'sats guitarist Steve Fellows, the Edge would be just another noodler with a delay pedal.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

25. No Talking Heads??? n/t

[democracy eh]

30. I was wondering that

T.H. x2

was just listening to their greatest hits last night

[baldguy]

31. x3

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. Ah, the beginning of the end of music,

when how you looked was the most important factor in your music.

[ksilvas]

28. Jesus and the Mary Chain, The Chameleons, and Pylon

With Pylon being from Athens GA no less.
Gy-Rate!

[Dukkha]

29. I've seen three of them live

The Cure
Siouxie and the Banshees
Bauhaus

all great shows. That Bauhaus pic cracks me up! That must be REAL old. I've never seen them look so New Wave.

oh, and you forgot Joy Division!

[GirlinContempt]

33. Joy Division

was more 70s. They didn't release anything past 1980. What with Curtis killing himself in 80 and all.

[Brewman_Jax]

32. New Order

:headbang:

[GirlinContempt]

34. New Order

is the shit, yo