ROCK '83: CRUMBLIN' DOWN!
1983 was the 12 month period us scribble-counters at CREEM have been gleefully anticipating for years! We knew all along (or, gambledj our dizzy-if-right-thinking electorate would eventually come through and kick all the old folks down the rusty fire escape of reality.
ROCK '83: CRUMBLIN' DOWN!
POLICE
1983 was the 12 month period us scribble-counters at CREEM have been gleefully anticipating for years! We knew all along (or, gambledj our dizzy-if-right-thinking electorate would eventually come through and kick all the old folks down the rusty fire escape of reality.
The biggest upheaval occured in the Flesh & Blood section, where heavy metal groups in particular and new faces in general came out of nowhere and took over almost all of the top slots. Outfits like Rush, who fell from #1 last year to #18 this year; the Mick Jones-less Clash (#3 to #17); and the Go-Go's (#9 to limbo) got their butts kicked but good.
Even more impressive were the gains made by such groups as Iron Maiden (#16 to #6); Motley Crue (noplace to #10); Noo Musickers U2 and Duran Duran (both entering this year's chart in the Top 5); and this year's #1 act, Def Leppard, who slipped in at #17 last time.