The biggest bands/artists in the 80's

[emperor_black]

Does Savatage fit in the bunch?

[Endrik]

Queen goes even way back... early 70's but what I meant was the bands commercial peak at the 80's... there were many bands who were big durning the 70's but not that big in the 80's

Queen was huge with their cheesy pop songs in the 80's
Genesis and Yes had their commercial break thru in the 80's although their best material was made in the 70's


Savatage... definetly not... neither is Stryper.... they werent that big

[Ralph E.]

One more time...


AC/DC


Interesting stats below straight from the RIAA website:


Aerosmith - 25 Gold, 18 Platinum, and 12 Multi Platinum records total.

AC/DC - 19 Gold, 19 Platinum, and 11 Multi Platinum records total.

Led Zeppelin - 18 Gold, 17 Platinum, and 13 Multi Platinum records total.

Van Halen - 14 Gold, 13 Platinum, and 12 Multi Platinum records total.

Bon Jovi - 11 Gold, 9 Platinum, and 6 Multi Platinum records total.

Def Leppard - 10 Gold, 8 Platinum, and 5 Multi Platinum records total.

Michael Jackson - 9 Gold, 8 Platinum, and 6 Multi Platinum records total.

[Endrik]

I remember from the Guiness records book... AC/DC the best selling non-American/non-British group ever in US and GB

[Jason1212]

And justice, injustice, whatever.

[442w30]

AC/DC
Scorpions
Journey
Van Halen
Motley Crue
RATT
Whitesnake
The Police
Boston
Foreigner

you couldn't go a day without seeing someone wearing those T-Shirts

Whitesnake
Poison
Metallica
Kiss?

were runners up to me. Of course in my circles, it was:

Black Sabbath
Dio
Ozzy
Motorhead
Metallica
Megadeath
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Van Halen
Motley Crue

tier 2
Venom
Mercyful Fate
WASP
Accept
Stryper
Ramones
Slayer
Savatage
Loudness
Lizzy Borden
Twisted Sister
Black n Blue
LA Guns
Dokken
Queensryche
Overkill

[GodOfRhythm]

One more time...


AC/DC


Interesting stats below straight from the RIAA website:


Aerosmith - 25 Gold, 18 Platinum, and 12 Multi Platinum records total.

AC/DC - 19 Gold, 19 Platinum, and 11 Multi Platinum records total.

Led Zeppelin - 18 Gold, 17 Platinum, and 13 Multi Platinum records total.

Van Halen - 14 Gold, 13 Platinum, and 12 Multi Platinum records total.

Bon Jovi - 11 Gold, 9 Platinum, and 6 Multi Platinum records total.

Def Leppard - 10 Gold, 8 Platinum, and 5 Multi Platinum records total.

Michael Jackson - 9 Gold, 8 Platinum, and 6 Multi Platinum records total.

I beat you to it, Ralph.

[Ralph E.]

I beat you to it, Ralph.

Yes you did, and I missed it...

Great minds think alike.

[442w30]

One more time...


AC/DC


Interesting stats below straight from the RIAA website:


Aerosmith - 25 Gold, 18 Platinum, and 12 Multi Platinum records total.

AC/DC - 19 Gold, 19 Platinum, and 11 Multi Platinum records total.

Led Zeppelin - 18 Gold, 17 Platinum, and 13 Multi Platinum records total.

Van Halen - 14 Gold, 13 Platinum, and 12 Multi Platinum records total.

Bon Jovi - 11 Gold, 9 Platinum, and 6 Multi Platinum records total.

Def Leppard - 10 Gold, 8 Platinum, and 5 Multi Platinum records total.

Michael Jackson - 9 Gold, 8 Platinum, and 6 Multi Platinum records total.

I never got that about Aerosmith. They really didn't do anything for me. One of the few bands that could be summed up in an 8 song greatest hits, with no song recorded after 1978.

Let the music do the talking was ok, walk this way was ok, love in an elevator and jamie's got a gun were not good IMO and they haven't gotten better with age, but they seem to be enjoying themselves and people like them, so....ok.

[Ralph E.]

Aerosmith and Kiss were the 2 bands that defined music for me (at age 10 roughly) until VH came out.

And I agree completely with you about them.

"Draw The Line" (1977) was the last good studio record and "Live Bootleg" (1978) was the last good record period.

They sold out in the 80's and I can't stand anything they've done since then.

[FusionFarmer]

Aerosmith, van halen, led zep had pretty much already established themselves before the eightys, I think all the early aerosmith stuff, up to but not including "draw the line" were great, then it was shitsville for awhile I don't know for the life of me how I forgot ACDC in my top list, all in all compared to the 70s the eightys aren't even close musically, sure every generation has its great bands but damn, there were some great bands in the 70s, So I'm starting a simular 70s thread

[toejam]

Aerosmith's Done With Mirrors, their comeback album, was pretty good, but it was a cross between their old sound and new sound. They went lame after that.

[semagic]

that little ol' band from tejas... ZZ Top...
.38 special
Rush
Heart

[Endrik]

I can't belive someone mentioned venom in this thread

[Endrik]

Aerosmith's PUMP was a great album IMO

ZZ TOP is my alltime fav. band.... they were huge in the 80's but they were also pretty lame their 70's stuff is pure gold.