Who is the greatest American rock band of the 80s and why

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I think you meant to say Husker Du and post this record, didn't you. OP?

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>>73243425
>he doesn't even post the best Twin Cities band of the 80s

That's cute.

I believe you misspelled Night Ranger

Van Halen is the only correct answer. They ruled the '80s.

WHAT THE FUCK IS EVEN THE POINT OF THESE THREADS YOU STUPID ASSHOLE SYOU'RE JUST NAMING SHIT YOU LIKE TRYING TO ONE UP EACH OTHER GO SUCK A GODDAMN DICK HOLY SHIT IT'S NOT EVEN CLEVER OR ENOUGH OF A FOUNDATION TO HAVE ANY KIND OF FUCKING THREAD ABOUT ANY SUBJECT

>>73243800
Your taste is so plebeian you may as well be championing Loverboy.

>>73243884
That keeps it wide open for discussion and better yet, gives you an opportunity to screech autistically

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>>73243880
>he doesn't know their best album came out in the 70s

>>73243425
Not even the best husker du album

>>73243896
80's bands are mostly plebian in all honestly. Night Ranger is my favorite 80's band but the 70's was superior in every way.

Prince
Def Leppard
Metallica
REM
Blondie
THE MOTHERFUCKING POLICE

>>73243884
first day on /mu/, huh?

>>73244183
>he thinks The Police are American

>>73243275
REM is pretty fucking good, but there are also bands such as:

Sonic Youth
Minutemen
Husker Du
Swans
New Order
MBV
Meat Puppets
Dinosaur Jr
Talk Talk
Beat Happening

that I believe are better than REM

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>>73244142
>Night Ranger is my favorite 80's band

>>73243275
>tfw R.E.M. is so good Pavement wrote a whole song about them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DvVYwXqFEE

>>73243275
WHY IS NO ONE MENTIONING SLINT

>>73244384
They only had one good album and that came out in '91 you dolt.

>>73243275
Styx is the greatest American rock band and the only reason the critics never say so is because they're all cynical assholes

>>73243517
>Doesn't even post the best Replacements' album
That's adorable.

>>73244100
You might've gotten dubs but you're wrong.

Just so I can laugh at your post, please tell me what YOU think Husker Du's best album was?

DON'T GO BACK TO ROCKVIIIIILLLEEE

>>73247308
it's zen arcade you cunt

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>>73245103
Styx is the most unoriginal third rate derivative piece of shit I've ever had to suffer through.

There was nothing original or innovative about them.

They just ripped off everybody who did that kind of crap 1000x better and got upset when that fact was pointed out to them to their face.

Styx suck and make many people ashamed to admit that they live in Illinois!

Now Cheap Trick on the other hand is the patrician's choice!

Yeah, I know this album and the first four albums which are their best were released in the 70s but they did a lot of great stuff in the 80s too. (But I'm from Rockford and a die hard Cheap Trick fan so maybe I'm biased)

Singles band

>>73247331
No it's not.

Zen Arcade is an overindulgent two record set and only side two is decent. The rest of the album is shit, especially side four.

Fuck, I'd rather listen to American Idiot by Green Day over Zen Arcade!

No talking heads?

>>73244396
Consider the fact that they were a band for over five years before spiderland

>best band of the 80s
>doesn't mention motley crue

fucking fag

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Shit taste, the most of you. The correct answer is X. First album released in 1980; first 4 albums are all classics.

>>73247382
pleb

>>73243275
They're second after Pixies

>>73247398
Read his post again, dummy.

>>73247838
I can tolerate this opinion.

>>73244009
That's not Fair Warning

>>73247838
How are they second after Pixies?

>R.E.M.
At least 5 great 80s albums, counting Chronic Town.

>Pixies
Only three 80s albums, counting Come on Pilgrim

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Sonic Youth obviously. Six 8+/10s and one of those is the second best album of all time

>>73247561
Dont you mean Brand X? Even if their best album was released in 1978, they are quintessentially a predecessor to the 80s.

>>73244255
>New Order
>Talk Talk
>American

>>73244360
Pavement sucks.

>>73248385
You're grounded for life buster!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Nsy4h8rD4

>>73248447
Stop breathing.

>>73243425
>>73247331
New Day Rising you plebs
>>73243517
Tim

Objectively, Replacements > Husker Du
>>73247359

Styx were fine and Crystal Ball and Grand Illusion are massively underrated

>>73248178
SY only put out two good albums, and both of them sounded almost exactly the same- Sister and DN.

>>73244255
The only bands that come close are New Order and Talk Talk, neither of which are American.

>>73247838
Pixies hardly even count as an 80s band. They existed only in the tail end of that decade and their impact was almost completely on the 90s.

>>73243275
OP is correct. R.E.M. were perfect all the way through the 1980s. Murmur, Reckoning, and Document are all 10/10.

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>>73244009
Thats highly debatable.

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>>73243275

There can be only one.

>>73244254

>or Def Leppard for that matter

>>73244183
Implying Metallica are rock....

Kill youself

>>73247403

Motley Crue are fucking awful, shitty ass band that chugs ice tea in a JD bottle.

>Talking Heads
>Sonic Youth
>Hüsker Dü
>REM
>Guns N' Roses