Your favorite post-1980 bands?

Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
The Cure (on the cusp I know)
Soundgarden
Massive Attack
Radiohead
The Maccabees
U2
REM
The Police (again late 70s but hit their peak in 83)

 

I'm turning 52 and almost all of my favorites are post-1980, a representative list being:

R.E.M.
Phish
Stereolab
Yo La Tengo
Sonic Youth
Islands
Wilco
The Decemberists
Okkervil River
Arcade Fire

unfortunately, I have not enjoyed the most recent releases by the last three very much, though I wanted to ...

 

Stevie ray Vaughan and double trouble...

 

1. REM
2. U2
3. Courtney Barnett
4. The Strokes
5. Green Day
6. The Gin Blossoms
7. The White Stripes
8. The Black Keys
9. The Lemonheads
10. The Jayhawks

 

I am very pleased to see how often 'R.E.M' are being mentioned here; I had thought there star had waned slightly over the last few years, both with the public at large and on the forum, but I'm glad to see they still have a loyal fanbase online.

 

For me, if I ever liked/listened to an artist, I'm always going to like/listen to that artist. I don't "grow out" of any music. I hear things less frequently as time goes on because of this--it takes longer to return to an album in my listening rotation as my collection grows--but that doesn't imply that I ever stop listening to anything.

 

I am the same; I may take a break from a certain act, but if I like their music, I will alway eventually return to it.

 

Yeah. Andrew Savage is a musical & sociopolitical genius and a nice guy. Austin Brown ain't too shabby either.

yo la tengo
protomartyr

also nirvana, white stripes (first 3 LPs = killer, the rest ugh), pavement

 

As NIN started officialy in 1989... Trent Reznor and everything about him

 

You are unquestionably correct. For some reason(s), I remembered to exclude XTC from my list but let the Simple Minds in.
Let's swap the Minds for the Pretenders (respective leaders actually used to like each other very much so I guess it's alright).

Of course The Cure should be excluded too: debut lp released in May '79 and including '78 material.

 

Ten bands, in no particular order:

Smiths
Chumbawamba
L7
Nirvana
Coathangers
Soft Cell
Ghost Wolves
Bikini Kill
Fugazi
Supergrass

 

R.E.M.
Oasis
The Style Council
Nirvana

 

Post 1980....or 1990+?

I will list bands after start of 1990...

Tool
Foo Fighters
Big Head Todd and the Monsters...though might have 1989 album rest were 90s or later.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stone Temple Pilots...might be another late 1989 but cant remember
Korn
Dianne Krall
Linkin Park
Amy Winehouse
Disturbed
Green Skies Blue Grass
Shovels and Rope
Audioslave
Tedeschi Trucks Band
White Stripes
Slipknot
Black Label Society
John Bonamassa