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    The biggest bands/artists in the 80's

    What do you think who were the biggest bands/artists durning the 80's. I mean those who were REALLY REALLY big. A lot of mainstream success is a must... they should have huge albums sales, huge tours, a lot of airplay in MTV and in radio and a big influence on pop culture.

    Please no underground bands.... or bands wich were big earlier or got big later (like Metallica.... underground in the 80's.... huge after the Black Album in the 90's)

    I'll start with

    Van Halen
    Michael Jackson
    Duran Duran
    Motley Crue
    Prince
    Guns'n'Roses
    Bon Jovi
    Madonna
    Queen
    Def Leppard
    "There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    "To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost" - Gustave Flaubert
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    Whitesnake
    Poison
    Petshop Boys
    Gloria Estefan
    Golden Earring
    New Kids On The Block
    AC/DC
    Twisted Sister
    Tina Turner
    Wham
    Toto
    Eurythmics
    David Bowie
    Billy Ocean
    Wet Wet Wet
    Culture Club
    Paul McCartney
    ....
    Last edited by GodOfRhythm; 06-20-2007, 10:52 AM.
    You took too much, man. Too much. Too much.

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    • #3
      Scorpions
      Bon Jovi
      Ratt
      Motley Crue
      Whitesnake
      Quiet Riot
      Pet Shop "girls"
      Mr. Patience.... ask for a free consultation.

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      • #4
        Biggest in the 80's eh? I think it would be hard to beat Michael Jackson in terms of album sales and popularity back then.
        "This ain't no Arsenio Hall show, destroy something!"

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        • #5
          I'll continue with...

          Julio Iglesias
          Journey
          "There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

          "To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost" - Gustave Flaubert

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          • #6
            New Order
            Depeche Mode
            "There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

            "To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost" - Gustave Flaubert

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            • #7
              Guns' N Roses
              Motley Crue
              Bon Jovi
              Poison
              Def Leppard
              Whitesnake
              Skid Row
              Fuck ebay, fuck paypal

              "Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).

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              • #8
                Dire Straits
                The Police

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                • #9
                  David Lee Roth

                  I guess Dokken was pretty big, too.
                  I wish my hair-color was EDS :/

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                  • #10
                    Huey Lewis & The News
                    UB40
                    Simple Minds
                    "There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                    "To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost" - Gustave Flaubert

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Norton View Post

                      I guess Dokken was pretty big, too.
                      not really, popular but not THAT big.... they didn't headlined a single tour if I remember correctly
                      "There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                      "To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost" - Gustave Flaubert

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                      • #12
                        Van Halen - 1984
                        AC/DC - Back In Black
                        Bon Jovi - Slippery
                        Michael Jackson - Thriller
                        Guns N Roses - Appetite
                        Def Leppard - Pyromania & Hysteria
                        Cyndi Lauper
                        Madonna
                        ...jeez, there were so many multi platinum albums in the 80's. Seriously, I think you could go all day on this one.
                        Tarbaby Fraser.

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                        • #13
                          Injustice and MoP were both multi platinum not to mention MTV ran One into the ground. I think that would qualify Metallica as big in the 80's.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Jason1212 View Post
                            Injustice and MoP were both multi platinum not to mention MTV ran One into the ground. I think that would qualify Metallica as big in the 80's.
                            read the original post... mainstream is the keyword
                            "There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                            "To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost" - Gustave Flaubert

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                            • #15
                              crap, you had the whole new wave movement and hair metal, all started and pretty much faded out in the 80s,
                              Duran Duran, ugh,
                              I say the boy ain't right!

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