WestCoaster Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) So who was the greatest in the 80's? Tough call, got a four-peat (not to mention a three-peat as well), the only line to score a perfect 30, along with some serious innovation from some lines that were close to the top but didn't win as much. Edited August 20, 2009 by WestCoaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 It's going to be those two, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Wow. So many voters, so few comments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BozzlyB Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) Folks this hands down a no brainer. Tom Float and the Blue Devils pwned 80's drumming. Several of the best drum solos ever written came from BD in that decade. They were playing notes that no one else was even dreaming of at the time. Given that Bridgmen weren't around for the majority of the decade not so sure they should even be included in the poll. Edited August 26, 2009 by BozzlyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstein Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Bridgemen. Easy call. What they did in the first half of the decade was so good, so revolutionary, and so cool, they didn't need to show up for the rest of the 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 To be fair, my favorite battery of the decadein terms of style is 27th Lancers, esp. 1984. Mercy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 (edited) Given that Bridgmen weren't around for the majority of the decade not so sure they should even be included in the poll. They won drums three times, I can't imagine a poll without them would be fair. Although I'm surprised they are winning, the B-Men were great but they couldn't hold a candle to the BD lines that era. Not even close. Plus the way I see it, B-Men had 4 great lines that decade, BD had 7. Edited August 27, 2009 by WestCoaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanbay41 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 They won drums three times, I can't imagine a poll without them would be fair. Although I'm surprised they are winning, the B-Men were great but they couldn't hold a candle to the BD lines that era. Not even close.Plus the way I see it, B-Men had 4 great lines that decade, BD had 7. I am sorry to disagree with you, but the 1982 line is one of, if not the best of that era. Can you say 19.8 in the tick system!!!!! Hype! George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 They won drums three times, I can't imagine a poll without them would be fair. Although I'm surprised they are winning, the B-Men were great but they couldn't hold a candle to the BD lines that era. Not even close.Plus the way I see it, B-Men had 4 great lines that decade, BD had 7. In a sense they did...they beat Spirit's line, which, until Float moved to BD, was probably their main competition. Never mind the fact that the corps itself had a meteoric plunge into oblivion following 1980...you can't ignore a drum three-peat. BD gets the win here because of the 4-peat and remaining at the top of the percussion food chain where Bridgemen did not in the 80s....but perhaps a better poll would be best in a given 10 year span...say 76-86. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 I am sorry to disagree with you, but the 1982 line is one of, if not the best of that era. Can you say 19.8 in the tick system!!!!! Hype! George You're not disagreeing with me, as I wrote they had 4 great lines. The point is, this is a poll for the whole decade and to me, BD dominated far more. AND they had a much, much more difficult program to pull off each of those years as well. But if you're going to point out one single year and claim "that makes them best for the decade", they why not go with Garfield and their PERFECT score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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