re: 1987 appreciation thread.

I was in 6th grade in 1987 and agree with the OP's list although I didn't discover a lot of the alternative bands listed until the early 90s. 1987 also had some memorable one hit wonders that sound good to this day. I'm not a big fan of modern R&B music but 1987 was also when R&B music was popular before the heavy hip hop influence. Incredible diversity of groups from all the great ones mentioned earlier groups like Simple Minds, INXS, Bon Jovi, Terrence Trent Darby, Beastie Boys, Run DMC with Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel and yes even pre controversy Milli Vanilli. You even had a legendary group like Pink Floyd putting out a great album (which contained two of my favorite PF songs...On the Turning Away and Learning to Fly)

P.S. anyone remember this random one hit wonder from the summer of 1987?

The System - Don't Disturb this Groove