August 24, 2006...5:40 pm

244 rock bands formed during the 80s

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1980 The Adolescents
1980 The Anti-Nowhere League
1980 The Bad Checks
1980 The Band of Outsiders
1980 The Call
1980 The Chills
1980 The Church
1980 The Cry
1980 The Elvis Brothers
1980 The Fixx
1980 The Frogs
1980 The Georgia Satellites
1980 The Hafler Trio
1980 The Headpins
1980 The Leaving Trains
1980 The Legendary Pink Dots
1980 The Meatmen
1980 The Milkshakes
1980 The Morells
1980 The Nomads
1980 The Producers
1980 The Sisters of Mercy
1980 The Smithereens
1980 The Spongetones
1980 The Stockholm Monsters
1980 The Three O’Clock
1980 The Tremblers
1980 The Unknowns
1981 The Alarm
1981 The Bangles
1981 The Bangs
1981 The Blue Nile
1981 The Blue Orchids
1981 The Bluebells
1981 The Bobs
1981 The Chameleons UK
1981 The Divinyls
1981 The Exquisites
1981 The Golden Palominos
1981 The Jitters
1981 The LeRoi Brothers
1981 The Long Ryders
1981 The Lords of the New Church
1981 The Prefab Messiahs
1981 The Tenants
1981 The Undead
1981 The Vandals
1981 The Verlaines
1981 The Waitresses
1981 The Wake
1981 The Waterboys
1981 The Windbreakers
1982 The Art of Noise 
1982 The Bats 
1982 The Box 
1982 The Celibate Rifles 
1982 The Cucumbers 
1982 The Fuzztones
1982 The Innocence Mission
1982 The Jazz Butcher
1982 The Loft
1982 The MenThey Couldn’t Hang 
1982 The Pandoras
1982 The Parachute Club
1982 The Party Boys
1982 The Pastels
1982 The Pogues
1982 The Queers
1982 The Red Scare
1982 The Rocket Summer
1982 The Smiths
1982 The Toasters
1982 The Young Fresh Fellows
1983 The Assembly
1983 The Automatix
1983 The Bengal Tigers
1983 The Blue Aeroplanes
1983 The Bolshoi
1983 The Christians
1983 The Colourfield
1983 The Dead Milkmen
1983 The Del Fuegos
1983 The Farm
1983 The Flaming Lips
1983 The Glove
1983 The Grapes of Wrath
1983 The Pontiac Brothers
1983 The Screaming Blue Messiahs
1983 The Style Council
1983 The Tragically Hip
1983 The Tryfles
1983 The Wolfgang Press
1983 The Woodentops
1983 The Wraith
1984 The Accused
1984 The Adventures
1984 The Balancing Act
1984 The Bevis Frond
1984 The Black Crowes
1984 The Blue Up?
1984 The BoDeans
1984 The Connells
1984 The Cruzados
1984 The Cult
1984 The Del Lords
1984 The Dentists
1984 The Dukes of Stratosphear
1984 The Gibson Bros.
1984 The Green Pajamas
1984 The Hollow Men
1984 The Honeydrippers
1984 The Housemartins
1984 The Jesus and Mary Chain
1984 The Lemonheads
1984 The Mark of Cain
1984 The Reducers
1984 The Thrown Ups
1984 The Untouchables
1984 The Walkabouts
1985 The Bears
1985 The Beloved
1985 The Bible
1985 The Bodines
1985 The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
1985 The Brandos
1985 The Chance
1985 The Communards
1985 The Cows
1985 The Dream Academy
1985 The Fair Sex
1985 The Faith Brothers
1985 The Firm
1985 The Formerly Brothers
1985 The Godfathers
1985 The Goo Goo Dolls
1985 The Hellcats
1985 The Jayhawks
1985 The Jeff Healey Band
1985 The Knitters
1985 The Mice
1985 The Mighty Lemon Drops
1985 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
1985 The Offspring
1985 The Power Station
1985 The Primitives
1985 The Pursuit of Happiness
1985 The Scene Is Now
1985 The Silos
1985 The Sisterhood
1985 The Stone Roses
1985 The Weather Prophets
1985 The Wedding Present
1986 The Afghan Whigs 
1986 The Close Lobsters
1986 The Country Rockers
1986 The Cutting Crew
1986 The Darling Buds
1986 The Dead C
1986 The Diviners
1986 The Doughboys
1986 The Gits 
1986 The Gories
1986 The House of Love
1986 The Hullabaloo
1986 The Jets
1986 The Judybats
1986 The La’s
1986 The Mission UK
1986 The Posies
1986 The Proclaimers
1986 The Quakes
1986 The Silencers
1986 The Soup Dragons
1986 The Sugarcubes
1986 The Vaselines
1986 The Veldt
1986 The Vernons
1987 The Bathers
1987 The Beatnigs
1987 The Black Watch
1987 The Bouncing Souls
1987 The Busters
1987 The Chemistry Experiment
1987 The Cruel Sea
1987 The Figgs
1987 The Jesus Lizard
1987 The Lilac Time
1987 The Lime Giants
1987 The Pooh Sticks
1987 The Renees
1987 The Return
1987 The Saw Doctors
1987 The Sloppy Guitarist
1987 The Subdudes
1987 The Sundays
1987 The Trash Can Sinatras
1987 The Urge
1987 The Waltons
1987 The Wonder Stuff
1988 The 3-D’s
1988 The Beautiful
1988 The Beyond
1988 The Boo Radleys
1988 The Bootstrappers
1988 The Breeders
1988 The Buck Pets
1988 The Field Mice
1988 The Final Cut
1988 The Killjoys
1988 The Levellers
1988 The Madness
1988 The Modern Art
1988 The Nation of Ulysses
1988 The Rossington Band
1988 The Rude Boys
1988 The Smashing Pumpkins
1988 The Traveling Wilburys
1988 The Wannadies
1988 The Watchmen
1988 The Young Executives
1989 The 360’s
1989 The Age of Electric 
1989 The Beatnuts 
1989 The Beautiful South 
1989 The Blackeyed Susans 
1989 The Candyskins
1989 The Charlatans UK
1989 The Coctails
1989 The Dent
1989 The Devil Dogs
1989 The Divine Comedy
1989 The Dudes of Wrath
1989 The Dylans
1989 The Galactic Cowboys
1989 The Greenberry Woods
1989 The Groovie Ghoulies
1989 The Iguanas
1989 The Lightning Seeds
1989 The Notwist
1989 The Orb
1989 The Process
1989 The Raunchy Young Lepers
1989 The Verve
1989 The Wildhearts

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  • great list! i’m trying to find out the name of a late 80’s early 90’s rock band who covered “chain of fools” and had one or two hits of their own. lead singer had long brown hair and a gravelly voice.(big surprise!) any idea? thanks


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