80s rock that was decent...Pat Benatar...Joan Jett...The Cars...REM...Late Bob Seger stuff....
Much of the better stuff of that decade came from bands that only had a couple good songs like Tommy Tutone and The Greg Kihn Band. That is true of any decade though.
I am sure I could think of more if I hadn’t been focused more on building a library of classical, blues, Electronic, and Celtics music during the period.
On the other hand, it might be okay to condemn the Rock of that decade purely on the basis of Rick Astley saturation.
Well, I’m “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
LOL!
Yup, forgot about REM. I loved their stuff during the 80s. Then Stipe got all self-important and with a couple of exceptions they sucked. That's another band I have a hard time listening to anymore, even the early good stuff, because of Stipe's in-your-face gaydom these days. The Smithereens were another good 80s band.