What Did You Listen To In The 80's?

[mobiusclimber]

Another great radio station I listened to in the 80s was KXLU. They played a lot of weird stuff. It's were I heard Widowed Isis' "Jim Morrison (I Want to Be)," The Parameters "Material Possession," and a lot of great stuff like Suburban Lawns (KROQ also played them pretty regularly, but only their song "Gidget Goes To Hell") and God Bullies. Imagine hearing this song on the radio:

or this one:

I definitely think my taste in music was heavily shaped by what they were playing more than anything else.

 

[mobiusclimber]

Of course I also listened to a lot more mainstream stuff, like...

Talking Heads - "Slippery People"

Devo - "Beautiful World"

or David Bowie - "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"

 

[mobiusclimber]

And in '85, one of my soon-to-be favorite bands released their first album:

Faith No More - "We Care A Lot"

 

[dr wu]

Hmmm....missed this thread before.....
I have always listened to prog rock ....so lots of prog things (Pat Metheny, Marillion, Kate Bush, Rush, Gabriel)
...but as for other bands that were popular then....big fan of the first 5 on the list below.
*XTC
*Simple Minds
*Echo and the BUnnymen
*Cocteau Twins
*Dead Can Dance
Ultravox
Talk Talk
REM
Police
U2
Cars

 

[Recky]

Hmmm, what did i listen to in the 80s…
Gunners
Maiden
Lemmy and the boys
The Angels
Rose tattoo
Faster pussycat
Motley crue
Cold chisel
Bon jovi
Bruce springsteen
Twisted fkn Sister
And a veritable shit ton of loud, very cool rock n roll