Really? I thought the 80's was when Heavy Metal was at it's pinnacle?

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For me, the 80s wasn't a great decade for music however there were a few decent LPs.

The Jam - Sound Affects
The Jam - The Gift
Bronski Beat - Age of Consent
Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
The Colourfield - Virgins and Philistines
The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
Run DMC - Raising Hell
The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

Wonder if I lived in the same decade as you lot, some of these choices ! How did you manage to meet members of the opposite sex, sounds like most of you were in your bedroom listening to dirge

Dexys - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Talk Talk - The Party's Over

Redskins - Neither Washington Nor Moscow (blimey I agree with the Guss)

Wedding Present - George Best

You fed me, you bred me, I'll remember your name.

Self harming to Morrisey never appealed, did I miss out ?

I dunno - I really think that metal by the later 80s had become a bit stagnant and trope ridden. Sure you had the rise of bands like Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax etc who were doing 'new things'.

But there had been little in the way of innovation from the 70s and the days of Judas Priets and Iron Maiden (both of whom by the 80s close were a parody of themselves).

Sure, guitar wise there was a lot of talent in there - but f**k me the quality of a lot of the lyrics and compositions were repetitive and formulaic.

I think metal wise the 90s were a better era, with the rise of very innovative revisionist bands like Monster Magnet, Smashing Pumpkins, Kyuss, Primus as well as the more Nu-Metal bands like Lincoln Park, Green Day.

80s was hair metal horror shows, of guitarists who would spend 30 minutes 'guitar w*nking' out solos.

Edited by jamiemartin721 (20 Nov 2017 1.56pm)

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