If we can include bands that were very active in the 80s but didn't form in the 80s, I'll say Rush and the Cars.
For a few technically-correct answers (these are metal, but hey metal is a subgenre of rock), Metallica, Stratovarius, Manowar, Dokken
Honorable mention to Stan Bush. :D
P. S. Van Halen is mediocre. Change my mind.
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There were so many greats that is impossible to answer this question responsibly.
There are too many to name!
But some of my favorites are Alan Parsons Project (though some of their stuff is more pop as well) and Electric Light Orchestra (though they're more 70's, but did have a couple of albums in the early 80's).
Vince Neil was hot :-). And I heard Nikki Sixx had a huge cock.
Poison is pretty good, but I'm not that into 80s music.
I liked Chicago a lot and I don't know if they were considered an 80s band.
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Let's go with Nirvana. They technically released an album in the 1980s even though it was June 15, 1989.
Too many, maybe ALL haha.
Metal: Black Sabbath with Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, W. A. S. P.
Rock: KISS, Kino (soviet rock band), Guns N Roses, Eurythmics, Kim Wilde (I don't know her band name)...That's a hard one, I liked so many. Motley crue, poison, whitesnake, def leppard. Geez I can't honestly answer which was best.
Hard rock specifically? Well, I'm deep into gothic rock so I'll go with the dark lords themselves, Bauhaus.
Guns N’ Roses were the best band in the world up until Izzy quit in my opinion 🙂 I loved Motley Crue too but only their first 2 albums and their 94 album with John singing 🙂
My two favorite bands during that time were Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne. But there were a ton of good bands then.
To many to pick but Mine is Guns and Roses
Are you specifically referring to hair metal bands?
U2, even though people hate on them now.
Lots of possibilities from the New Wave movement.
Bathory. Iknow its a extream metal band and not rock but they are just so good
Queen
Too many to name.
Oh wow only one?
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