CPS CLASS OF '85 MUSIC POLL RESULTS

N. Texas Delinquent Prep School Music circa 1979-1985

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Brodrick -- (bass guitar) noted for rocking the house parties -- his band playing everything. "Gotta credit Blair for the late introduction to the Smiths, Spencer for Dokken and later INXS. I think we can thank Blair for Rush, Kevin for Ratt, Scorpions, Def Leppard; Molanphy for dating some chick who's dad owned the radio station; Nancy Duncan for Pink Floyd 'The Wall.'"

Cash -- "The Cars, Deep Purple, Boston, and 1 Lou Reed album: Rock -n- Roll Animal (Right, Denny?). " Nate also scores Chef Cash with Priest, Leppard, Rush.

Relyea -- "Deep Purple, Hendrix, Rush, Boston, ZZ Top, Def Leppard (1 arm or 2), Police, Cars, U2, and yes .. Lou ..."

St John -- "grade school: who the fuck knows. early high school: supertramp, zepplin, floyd, stones, yer basic classic rock, also spyro gyra (thanks, cash). late high school: lots of new wave inspired top 40 crap-pop, but some psych furs, simple minds (poppy later stuff) and, for some bizarre reason i don't remember now, some really good jazz: ronald shannon jackson, ornette coleman, cecil taylor (people like that were touring dallas back then)."

Esteve -- "My memory is limited but do remember T Rose driving around in his GTO listening to George Michael and Culture Club, maybe a little Wang Chung too."

Rose -- "Nice try -really very nice, but your brother Pablo can well attest to the GTO having the original AM radio - not likely to catch "Sex in Natural" on the am."

Nichols -- scores Rose with the obvious choice, AC/DC, Rush, & Supertramp..

Kribs -- Mainly "Olivia Newton John & Sheena Easton". Minor in Beatles, Pink Floyd, Duran Duran

Molanphy -- Soundtrack to the Motion Picture "Footloose"; Rose threw in "Grease"; Pink Floyd

Arhelger -- The Who, Beatles, Floyd

Spencer -- "Hey 85s: All very good picks... Don't forget:

Van Halen, Triumph, Sammy Hagar, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Black Flag, Pink Floyd, Judas Priest, Boston, Stones, Y&T, Pantera, to name a few.

Not as Hard or Just Plain Gay: Asia, Saga, Love and Rockets, Madness, The Clash, The Fixx, The Knack, R.E.M., Romantics, Violent Femmes, The Judys, Missing Persons, Romeo Void, Duran Duran, Joe Jackson, Psychedelic Furs, Outfield, Howard Jones, Bryan Adams, to name a few.

Very Gay: Culture Club (Boy George), Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Go-Gos

Today: Tool, A Perfect Circle, Godsmack, H.I.M., Linkin Park, Saliva, Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback, Incubus, Korn, Toadies, Rage Against the Machine, P.O.D., System of a Down, Kottenmouth Kings, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, My Chemical Romance, O.A.R., to name a few."

Watkins -- Beatles, Sinatra

Duncan -- Rush, Def Leppard, Priest -- the Dead would come later...

Collins -- a Zeppelin expert from the beginning

Carlson -- Soundtrack to "Top Gun"

Gross -- "Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Halen"

Nichols -- Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd, Who -- I remember buying and listening to Alan Parsons "I Robot" several times -- who the hell knows why? Blair turned me on to Rush, but it was "Signals" so I already missed all their best shit.

Mr. McCullough -- "Today's Tom Sawyer." Kribs recalls he was so impressed he played it in Social Studies class and we all analyzed the lyrics.

From top left: Duncan, Rose, Watkins, Spencer

From top right: Carlson, Esteve, Cash, Nichols