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i'm sorry but 'ring road' makes 'bruce lee' seem like a genius song.
and i really really didn't like 'bruce lee' at all..

later
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Ask the Drummer from a band that contributed to Boy,Boy,Boy ;)

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mmm... if you mean u2... you are sorely mistaken...

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Yes yes i know i am open to abuse. But i don't think they have done bad for a band that formed in 1976 and i rate Achtung Baby (1991) as a great album and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004)
I know U2 in many eyes will never be cool.But they are clearly a big influence on many bands today.

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Ring Road and Bruce Lee seem closely related cousins...

Bruce Lee grew on me after awhile, and Ring Road already is.

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Hmm, 15 years after forming, there's a challenge....

Kraftwerk (although I'm probably alone in thinking 'Electric Cafe' was their best), so that's no good... Depeche Mode are in with a stab if you don't like synthpop and rate 'Ultra' as their peak? Ahh, I know!

Sigue Sigue Sputnik! The only one of their albums that wasn't pants (albeit entertaining pants) was "Pirate Space" from 2001, and they formed in 1985!

Do I win a prize?

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u2's best album is most definately achtung baby. it's fantastic... so the 15 year analogy is not 100% but mostly because there are always these statistical anomalies that should be ignored...

can't think of any others...


anyways, i'm still mostly happy with the albumn, but i think it is half amazing songs, and half boring or songs that i personally am not interested in...

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actually for me, kraftwerk does work,
it all depends on when you think they
started, definitely by the early 70's so..
15 years later, would be electric cafe,
although i think that '81s computer world
(only 11 years later) was their peak...

other bands that don't quite qualify
(since most of their good stuff was
in the 80's):
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808 state
a-ha
bjork
cabaret voltaire
duran duran
echo and the bunnymen
erasure
heaven 17
human league
new order
pet shop boys
simple minds
talk talk
tears for fears
ultravox
etc...

yes, these groups are still around, and i listen to them,
but they're past their prime...

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Monkey gone to Oblivion:

In-depth OWB review at AngryApe

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Electric Cafe, are you serious??? Exactly how do you think this is better than Computer World? (not to rag on your tastes here but I'm just curious, I've always seen EC as a cheap knock off of CW)

I guess the answer (for me) would be Cardiacs, who put out pretty much the best album of all time after being together at least 15 years (Sing to God).

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^^
uum...is the answer Underworld!
:)

i wins

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On a personal level I think Ultra is a tiny diamond in the rough. But I think that you have more chance with Songs of faith and devotion.

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^ agreed, although i think "playing the angel" is better than either. or at least on par with SOFAD.