This is an 80s kids movie. And 80s kids bands. Or more specifically, 80s teens stuff.
I was born in the 80s, and I think I watched this movie once but it was definitely less a part of my cultural upbringing than OG power rangers and Ace of Base, lol.
Came to say this. Breakfast Club released in 1985.
I am a 53 year old gen X born in the 60’s. This film is of my generation’s culture, not someone born in the 90’s.
90s kids generally refers to people who came of age in the 90s. Nevertheless, this is all 80s, although Joy Division just barely counts as an 80s band
I graduated high school in 1985. This movie spoke to me at the time.
Yeah. I was born in the 80s and only knowingly watched this like 5 years ago. If I saw it when it was relevant, I was too young to remember.
The Clash were a 70s band and you’re missing The Cure
tbh this is more 80s kids than 90s
At least The Clash remained an active band throughout the 80s. Joy Division is by all rights a 70s band. Ian Curtis died five months into 1980.
They may have started in the mid-late 70s, but London Calling was released Dec, 1979, and Combat Rock was ‘82. I think calling them an ‘80s band is fair.
My 5 from the '90s was:
The Pixies Pavement Radiohead Elliot Smith Smashing Pumpkins
90s? I was born in 1990, I don’t consider any of those bands of my era.
I’d go with: Motley Cru, Bruce Springsteen, the Cure, Duran Duran, the Smiths
Not accurate at all. You’re a decade early.
I’ve only ever heard of Duran Duran. We were watching Rugrats during this time.
If you’re going off of the characters matching the bands, it isn’t a bad lineup, I guess. The smiths wouldn’t fit, but the rest are mostly on target from what I remember of the movie. Could switch out duran for Springsteen, and joy division for maybe depeche mode or the cure, but that’s nitpicking.
But the smiths weren’t exactly a well known band everywhere at that time. Kinda hit or miss in that regard.
