Punk / New Wave / Indie Dance: Top 5 Bands

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Punk / New Wave / Indie Dance: Top 5 Bands

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1) Prodigy
2) Damned
3) Stranglers 1977-1979
4) New Order
5) XTC 1977-1979
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Stranglers.
Damned.
Ruts.
Crass.
and a load of other stuff...
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Stranglers
Talking heads
Simple minds( 80s only)
China crisis
U2 (early stuff)
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Yellow Dog
Plastic Bertrand
Jilted John
Hot Gossip
Little Jimmy Osmond
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Metallica
James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Kirk Hammet
Robert Truilgio
Pantera

Megadeth?

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Lars Ulrich????
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Wow tough to pick just 5 but I'll try:

Stranglers (1st, then no particular order)
Simple Minds
Kraftwerk
Damned
U2

honourable mentions to Pink Floyd and Bowie
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The Stranglers - Favourite time is 1980 to 1986
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Cure
The Damned
Talking Heads

And a doff of the hat to Radiohead :grin:
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The Stranglers
The Damned
The Ruts/Ruts DC
Xtc
TV Smith

Next 5 would be
The Clash
Penetration
The Jam
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Buzzcocks
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Busted
Green Day
Buggles
Snap
Metallica


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theraven1979 wrote:Busted
Green Day
Buggles
Snap
Metallica


Jim

Nailed it there Jim. Bought the Buggles greatest hits album last week – four minutes of sheer quality that.
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Top 5 punk/new wave

1 Stranglers
2 Clash
3 Jam
4 Ramones
5 The Boys

Top 5 non-punk

1 Springsteen
2 Arcade Fire
3 Dexys
4 Beatles
5 Killers

Top 5 people called Norman

1 Norman Normal
2 Norman Wisdom
3 Norman Hunter
4 Norman the Doorman
5 Norman Conquest
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saminblack wrote:Top 5 punk/new wave

1 Stranglers
2 Clash
3 Jam
4 Ramones
5 The Boys

Top 5 non-punk

1 Springsteen
2 Arcade Fire
3 Dexys
4 Beatles
5 Killers

Top 5 people called Norman

1 Norman Normal
2 Norman Wisdom
3 Norman Hunter
4 Norman the Doorman
5 Norman Conquest
Cool but...
Norman Watt Roy!
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