Underrated bands of the 80's

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Wasp
cinderella
tesla
vinnie vincent invasion
kiss
autograph
dokken
europe
firehouse
poison
motorhead
quiet riot
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Might just be my bias against that particular style, but I'm afraid I'll disagree here.

I personally think the only song from the Culture Club discography that has stood up to the test of time is "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me". The rest I think lack any lasting appeal whatsoever, personally.

While, for me at least, the Police discography doesn't sound dated at all (although I'll admit Roxanne can get annoying pretty quickly).

I too prefer the Police.

But the Culture Club are one of those bands that I feel the whole public really missed on Whenever someone I know tells me they hate the band, they give a very frivolous reason like "oh he's gay".

I mean, they effortlessly combined rock, soul, reggae, motown to create some really catchy tunes that I find myself listening to every now and then.
 

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Disappointed to see nobody mentioning Wall of Voodoo here. Despite their one (novelty) hit, they had something unique. They dove head first into the New Wave and came out with a psychotic, hypnotic mishmash of Devo, Split Enz, and (of all things) Ennio Morricone -- it was completely different from what anybody else with access to a synthesizer and a drum machine was doing at the time. They had a fully developed style that set them apart from whatever else was going on in pop music at the time, which probably explains why they never had a lot of mainstream success... and when Stan Ridgway went solo, he took most of their uniqueness with him.
 

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Disappointed to see nobody mentioning Wall of Voodoo here. Despite their one (novelty) hit, they had something unique. They dove head first into the New Wave and came out with a psychotic, hypnotic mishmash of Devo, Split Enz, and (of all things) Ennio Morricone -- it was completely different from what anybody else with access to a synthesizer and a drum machine was doing at the time. They had a fully developed style that set them apart from whatever else was going on in pop music at the time, which probably explains why they never had a lot of mainstream success... and when Stan Ridgway went solo, he took most of their uniqueness with him.

Mexican Radio is IMO an underrated cult classic.

And yes, Ridgeway did some good solo stuff too, although you're lucky to find it on your radio these days.
 

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I caught that as well and agree!

They always seemed to be another one of the Aussie bands during that time period that kind of got lost somewhere between the UK/Europe and Australia. They have sort of an interesting story

Jim
 

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