I would say no, they're a New Wave/Post Punk band...

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Oct 17, 2019
9:05:49am

CoachSpeak All-American

I would say no, they're a New Wave/Post Punk band...

but the definition of classic rock has changed to include quite a few things I wouldn't consider to be classic rock.

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Author

Time

POLL: Debate at work. Is The Cure Considered Classic Rock?

RockyBalboa

10/17/19 8:48am

New wave

pegushin

10/17/19 8:49am

Old wave

TNT

10/17/19 8:50am

Alternative Rock

BYUtka

10/17/19 8:53am

Alternative or post-punk

toukokuu

10/17/19 8:53am

Yes to post punk.

No touching

10/17/19 8:55am

I consider them garbage.

Jeffacka

10/17/19 8:54am

RE: I consider them garbage.

toukokuu

10/17/19 8:57am

The Cure or all alternative rock?

TNT

10/17/19 8:59am

The Cure, but they aren't alternative.

Jeffacka

10/17/19 2:58pm

RE: I consider them garbage.

RalphWiggam

10/17/19 9:02am

I was born in 78, but didn't have sad older siblings, so I was never exposed to The Cure

SJS

10/17/19 9:04am

TNT isn't a huge fan of The Cure

TNT

10/17/19 9:05am

Very disappointed in you, TNT

Go_Trojans

10/17/19 9:36am

I would say no, they're a New Wave/Post Punk band...

CoachSpeak

10/17/19 9:05am

If you weren't "rock" in the first place... how could you possibly become "classic rock"?

HarlemCoug

10/17/19 9:11am

If "classic" is defined only by how old it is, then the answer, sadly, is yes. Stuff from my HS days is older now than

Byron McNertney

10/17/19 9:11am

I don't think I'd recognize even a single song by them

Belboz

10/17/19 9:12am

They're awful.

Jeffacka

10/17/19 2:59pm

The standard for a classic car is 25 years, so if we applied that same standard even U-2 are classic rock.

chago04

10/17/19 9:12am

Classic rock is a genre, not just an age signifier. Is Run DMC a classic rock

Jay Rick

10/17/19 9:18am

I agree but of course the counter would be that crap like Pat Benatar is...

CoachSpeak

10/17/19 9:21am

Yeah, I wouldn’t call Benetar classic rock. 80s pop rock. But I would call GnR

Jay Rick

10/17/19 10:05am

Those now qualify as "Classic Rock" IMO...

CoachSpeak

10/17/19 10:09am

Definitely areas where the lines are really thin. Personally, I wouldn’t call

Jay Rick

10/17/19 11:05am

Let me help everyone out. The Cure isn't rock or a rockband. The End.

RockyBalboa

10/17/19 10:19am

But they are a classic.

Jay Rick

10/17/19 11:05am

Oh, here we go on a different discussion. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Belboz

10/17/19 11:13am

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