Will be done by COB today boss
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Overnight shift, so will probably complete mine.
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Good call on Peter Gabriel
1980
3- Motörhead - Ace of Spades
2- Peter Gabriel - Melt
1 - Split Endz - True Colours
1981
3 - ZZ Top - El Loco
2- motley Crüe - too fast for love
1 - the wipers - youth of America
1982
3 - Split Endz - time and tide
2- The Birthday Party - junkyard
1 - midnight oil - 10. 9, 8, 7……1
1983
3 - metallica - kill em all
2- Eurythmics - touch
1 - the wipers - over the edge
1984
3 -Metallica- Ride the lightening
2-prince & the Revolution - purple rain
1 - REM - reckoning
1985
3 - new order - low life
2- Megadeth - killing is my business
1 - the smiths - meat is murder
1986
3 - Metallica - master of puppets
2- Eurythmics- Revenge
1 - Bad Brains - I Against I
1987
3 - Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush the Show
2- Guns & Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1 - Depeche Mode - Music for the masses
1988
3 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
2- Metallica - And Justice for All
1 - Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
1989
3 - Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
2- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mothers Milk
1 - Nirvana - Bleach
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1981 was the best year of Australian music so much so that it seems silly to waste time on the rest of the decade.
Men at Work
AC/DC
Angels
Models
Sunnyboys
Oils
Church
Aussie Crawl
Split Enz (not quite aussie)
I’m sure there’s some I’ve missed
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Come on @hambo…you know you love a good list…play along with the rest of us and give your 80s list.
(and a 70s one and a 90s one as well 
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Barring that, what are your top 3 from 1981 at least?
Models
Angels
Oils
I’d love to get into this but I only have about a week before I sell my house. I’m slammed at the moment.
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Use this as a relaxation technique away from all the stress of selling
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You probably know the rest, DKs, Pistols, Cure, The The, Pixies
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and…Cold Chisel - Swingshift
Mondo Rock - Chemistry
INXS - Underneath The Colours
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I think we have a lot of crossover in our tastes @wimmera1 but Mondo Rock is far off my tangent. Chisels not my bag either. INXS however continue to age like a great wine.
MEO245’s Screen Memory is also from 1981…a lesser known but still (imo) really good Oz album.
I’m not a huge Mondo Rock fan, but I think that’s their best album by a long way.
State of the Heart, Summer of ‘81, the title track, and Cool World for me is still an absolute cracker.
Used to cover Cool World.
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I actually heard Mondo Rock on RRR the other day play a very good rocking song. I was surprised that they had a strong rocky basis compared to their commercial pop offerings.
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I don’t even know how we came to try it, because we were very much nineties. Maybe the drummer suggested it?
Anyway, it rocks surprisingly hard when converted to four-piece pub rock.
Toughen up was the song
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Prayers On Fire for mine.
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You’re such a punk (lover) 
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Cats & dogs - Mentals
Quasimodos Dream - The Reels
1980
3/ AC/DC- Back in Black
2/ Joy Division - Closer
1/ Talkiing Heads - Remain in Light
To go Back in black? To Remain in Light? I don’t think Im any Closer to the answer to these questions to be honest.
1981 (■■■■■ year of music)
3/ Iron Maiden - Killers
2/ Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1/ Men at Work - Business as Usual
1982
3/ Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
2/ KISS - Creatures of the Night (the last KISS album worth listening to)
1/ ManoWar - Battle Hymns (nostalgic)
Goddam the 80s were ■■■■! I respect MJ’s creativity but Thriller was not for me.
1983
3/ Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
2/ Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
1/ Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
1984
3/ Metallica - Ride the Lightning
2/ Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1/ Nick Cave - From Here to Eternity
1985
3/ The Pogues - Rum Sodomy and the Lash
2/ Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1/ Iron Maiden - Live After Death
1986
3/ Metallica - Master of Puppets
2/ Nick Cave - Kicking Against the ■■■■■■
1/ Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
1987
3/ Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction
2/ U2 - Joshua Tree
1/ Anthrax - Among the Living
1988
3/ Metallica - And Justice For All
2/ Iron Maiden - Seventh Son
1/ Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989
3/ Pixies - Doolittle
2/ The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
1/ Nirvana - Bleach
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