There are certain songs from the 70s/80s/90s that I struggle to figure out which band sang because there were a number of similar sounding bands out at the time who never quite caught my imagination. Hopefully this list will straighten things out. We’ll start with the heavier, hard rock bands.
| AC-DC (1973) Aus Dirty deeds done dirt cheap 1976 Whole lotta Rosie 1977 Rock ‘n’ roll damnation 1978 Highway to hell 1979 Too much 1980 You shook me all night long 1980 Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t Noise Pollution 1980 Back in Black 1980 For those about to rock 1982 Shake your foundations 1985 Who Made Who 1986 Heatseeker 1988 Thunderstruck 1990 Hard as a rock 1995 | Kiss (1973) US Then she kissed me 1977 I was made for loving you 1979 A world without heroes 1981 Creatures of the night 1983 Lick it up 1983 Heaven’s on fire 1984 Tears are falling 1985 Crazy crazy nights 1987 Reason to live 1987 Turn on the night 1988 Hide your heart 1989 Forever 1919 God gave rock ‘n’ roll to you 1991 Unholy 1992 |
| Iron Maiden (1975) UK Run to the hills 1982 The number of the beast 1982 The trooper 1983 2 minutes to midnight 1984 Aces high 1984 Running Free 1985 Wasted years 1986 Can I play with madness 1988 The evil that men do 1988 Bring your daughter to the slaughter 1990 Be quick or be dead 1992 Fear of the dark 1993 Hallowed be thy name 1993 Man on the edge 1995 | Judas Priest (1969) UK Take on the world 1979 Living after midnight 1980 Breaking the law 1980 United 1980 Don’t go 1981 Hot rocking’1981 You’ve got another thing coming 1982 Freewheel burning 1984 Some heads are gonna roll 1984 Love bites 1984 (not same as Def Leppard song) Johnny be Goode 1988 Painkiller 1990 A touch of evil 1991 Nightcrawler 1993 |
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