January 1983 List
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1. Styx (No change)
2. Neil Young (No change)
3. Journey (No change)
4. Kansas (+1)
5. Foreigner (-1)
6. Loverboy (New)
7. Police (-1)
8. Led Zeppelin (-1)
9. Rush (-1)
10. Pat Benetar (+3)
11. Fleetwood Mac (-2)
12. Bob Seger (-2)
13. Asia (-2)
14. Boston (-2)
15. Jefferson Starship (+2)
16. Christopher Cross (-1)
17. Dire Straits (-1)
18. Cars (-4)
19. Men at Work (-1)
20. Go Go's (New)
Loverboy- . Another good band from Canada, and it seems like the early '80's were the Canuck hay day. April Wine, among others. Hard rock with great hooks and best played loud. According to wiki, they charted 12 singles in the U.S. in the Top 40 in 6 years and 4 albums. Not too shabby if you ask me.
Lots to choose from, I'll pick this one
The Go Go's-. A lot of people thought the Go Go's were a gimmick band. No all girl band had really been taken seriously since the Runaways. But honestly, they weren't that bad. Carlisle had a great voice, and she ended up with the most success with a solo career.
I know the songwriting was a tad weak, but they put together a few good songs that got a whole lot of air play. They had a new wave tint, at the time the style was starting to wane. They only made 3 albums, so I was really pissed that they were inducted in the HOF in '21, when so many older greater more epic and prolific bands have been overlooked. No knock on thei talents, but.......
For a sample, I'll go with the biggest hit on their second album........ Wanna a clue of how near amateur some of their members were? When a rock drummer has to count candence on fills, you get the picture.
https://www.youtube.com/wa
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1. Styx (No change)
2. Neil Young (No change)
3. Journey (No change)
4. Kansas (+1)
5. Foreigner (-1)
6. Loverboy (New)
7. Police (-1)
8. Led Zeppelin (-1)
9. Rush (-1)
10. Pat Benetar (+3)
11. Fleetwood Mac (-2)
12. Bob Seger (-2)
13. Asia (-2)
14. Boston (-2)
15. Jefferson Starship (+2)
16. Christopher Cross (-1)
17. Dire Straits (-1)
18. Cars (-4)
19. Men at Work (-1)
20. Go Go's (New)
Loverboy- . Another good band from Canada, and it seems like the early '80's were the Canuck hay day. April Wine, among others. Hard rock with great hooks and best played loud. According to wiki, they charted 12 singles in the U.S. in the Top 40 in 6 years and 4 albums. Not too shabby if you ask me.
Lots to choose from, I'll pick this one
The Go Go's-. A lot of people thought the Go Go's were a gimmick band. No all girl band had really been taken seriously since the Runaways. But honestly, they weren't that bad. Carlisle had a great voice, and she ended up with the most success with a solo career.
I know the songwriting was a tad weak, but they put together a few good songs that got a whole lot of air play. They had a new wave tint, at the time the style was starting to wane. They only made 3 albums, so I was really pissed that they were inducted in the HOF in '21, when so many older greater more epic and prolific bands have been overlooked. No knock on thei talents, but.......
For a sample, I'll go with the biggest hit on their second album........ Wanna a clue of how near amateur some of their members were? When a rock drummer has to count candence on fills, you get the picture.
https://www.youtube.com/wa
