Eighties

Over the past couple of days, I've been mulling over the bands I grew up listening to in college, deciding which ones to relegate to the back recesses of memory and which ones to brag about to my kids.

Growing up in the eighties, I got huge doses of the most diverse music to ever populate the airwaves. I mean, back then we had punk, oi, hardcore, rockabilly, punkabilly, psychobilly, new wave, ska, reggae, goth, trash metal, death metal, noisepop, early riot grrl - you name it! What's more, each of those genres had loads of great bands that proudly carried their torches.

But, for the purpose of this post, there is one band - and one song - that, aptly, stands out: Killing Joke and their song "Eighties".

Taken from their 1985 album Night Time, "Eighties" boasts of snappy rhythms, snaky bass lines, impassioned vocals (I just love lead singer Jaz Coleman's thick Brit accent!), and a hook-y guitar riff that people say was ripped off by 90's grunge legend Nirvana for their hit song "Come As You Are".

Anyway, I'm happy to note that "Eighties" hasn't lost any of its teeth despite being two decades old already. Check out the video!