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Reply #30 posted 04/14/10 12:46am

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Reply #31 posted 04/14/10 2:13am

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There were no others
So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time
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Reply #32 posted 04/14/10 7:47pm

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MarkThrust said:

I want to say The Cure, because of their career arc: pretty underground at the start of the eighties, household name by the end of them. On the other hand, I don't want to say The Cure, because I don't think of them as a band...its always been Robert Smith's vision, with a rotating cast of supporting characters.

So I'll go with REM.


I see what you're saying about The Cure, and it's definitely true that Robert Smith's vision has always driven the band. But there were core members present in the first 3 albums of the decade, and the last 3. And i definitely think the other members contributed greatly. The drums on Fascination Street, for instance. I think of each incarnation as a real group effort (apart from the Japanese Whispers/The Top era, which was essentially just Robert).
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