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Oct 17, 2019
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RockyBalboa
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Let me help everyone out. The Cure isn't rock or a rockband. The End.
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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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