Slayer

 

Serious Metal....
Iron Maiden
Ozzy
Crue (1st albumn)
Spirit Caravan
Anthrax
Metalica (duh!)
Guns and Roses
L.A. Guns
Motorhead

 

NOW... back on topic! early 80s synth rock, New Wave

 

Ok, how about :

Kraftwerk - Computer World (Whole album is excellent)
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth ( Hard to find If you can find "I scare myself" its worth grabbing)
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
Paul Young - No Parlez (Bad version of Love will tear us apart though)
The Cure - 17 Seconds

 

Howard Jones - You can just get, "Best of. . ."
Eurythmics
Wham/George Michael
Old U2
Old Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

Some more of my favorites:

Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday - New Order
Electricity, Tesla Girls, Enola Gay, If you leave, Dreaming - OMD
West end girls - Pet Shop Boys
Rio, Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran
Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
White Wedding, Rebel Yell, Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol
Under Pressure - David Bowie & Queen
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Major Tom - Peter Schilling

 

Any old school REM
not to mention toto - Africa
And perhaps some lionel richie - dancing on the ceiling
And why not 'we are the world'?

 

You guys got it!

 

Are any of you guys familiar with The Plimsouls? They had a GREAT song on the Valley Girl Soundtrack called "Million Miles Away". I'm looking for stuff with that same sound also. Damn, I've racked up a bill from Music Match.

 

Anyone mention...

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Markita - Toy Soldiers
Spandau Ballet - True
Tears for Fears - Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world
REM - End of the World