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1. Tenpole Tudor - strange, boisterous pub-rock/new wave band from the UK.
2. Orange Juice - Scottish band featuring Edwyn Collins (he had that solo hit: "A Girl Like You' a few years ago). Their first album "Can't Hide Your Love Forever" is fab.
3. Dolly Mixture - All-girl sort of twi-post-punk UK band. Rough but sweet.
4. Fun Boy Three - Most people know their song "Our Lips Are Sealed" (made famous by the Go-Gos) but their two full length albums are swell.
5. The Names - These guys were kind of the Belgian Joy Division - they got pretty experimental with dischordant guitar sounds n stuff.
Bonus: Mathematiques Modernes - Either French or Belgian duo who had this fantastic single called "Rough-Disco" (which Stereolab "borrowed" from on one of the songs on "Emperor Tomato Ketchup")
Opinions? Additions?
(P.S. I'm new here so I hope I'm not being redundant)
2. Orange Juice - Scottish band featuring Edwyn Collins (he had that solo hit: "A Girl Like You' a few years ago). Their first album "Can't Hide Your Love Forever" is fab.
3. Dolly Mixture - All-girl sort of twi-post-punk UK band. Rough but sweet.
4. Fun Boy Three - Most people know their song "Our Lips Are Sealed" (made famous by the Go-Gos) but their two full length albums are swell.
5. The Names - These guys were kind of the Belgian Joy Division - they got pretty experimental with dischordant guitar sounds n stuff.
Bonus: Mathematiques Modernes - Either French or Belgian duo who had this fantastic single called "Rough-Disco" (which Stereolab "borrowed" from on one of the songs on "Emperor Tomato Ketchup")
Opinions? Additions?
(P.S. I'm new here so I hope I'm not being redundant)
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Wed, February 25, 2004 - 10:38 PMEdwyn Collins 'A Girl Like You' rocks! I hadn't heard it in years when I heard it on the new station the other day. I thought it was a Bowie at first!
Fad Gadget
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Wed, February 25, 2004 - 10:48 PMDexy's Midnite Runners
The Selecter
Hazel O' Connor
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Wed, February 25, 2004 - 11:16 PMOh yeah........Toyah (at least on this side of the pond).
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 4:26 AMThe Selector is not that underappreciated. Just check out the ska tribe or any ska web site and you'll find plaenty of references to the old Two-Tone ska bands from the UK- The Specials, Madness, Bad Manners, The Selector, etc...
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 4:48 PMI think Selector got overshadowed by The Specials, Madness and the English Beat in the 80's. The only song I knew of theirs was "Too Much Pressure" (which is a mighty good one). -
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Sat, March 27, 2004 - 3:26 PMI think though they (The Selector) are pretty well known by people who appreciate ska, they didn't get as much credit as a lot of the more commercial ska bands of the time. And they were by far a much better band than the majority of them. -
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Wed, March 23, 2005 - 2:18 AM"The Boiler" was a pretty grim song...
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Fri, March 19, 2004 - 9:34 AMHazel O'Connor is highly underrated!!!!!!
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Mon, February 13, 2006 - 11:52 AMFive ????Yes-- Selector Ultravox Gruppo Sportivo Plastique Bertrand the Undertones Lene Lovich Joe Jackson (who broke his foot when he jumped off the piano at a Houston show 78 i think) X ray Specs...etc etc and I know they were appreciated but I was in Houston at the time (not in NYC, only here since 1979, where I saw them too) and seeing the Ramones there many times was so great in the middle of urban cowboy country a big shout to my ex- Bruce from the Record Rack who was dj-ing at numbers and could eat a gallon of breyer's mint chocolate chip ice cream with me after a night at numbers
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Wed, March 23, 2005 - 6:57 AMgood fucking selection!!!
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 5:06 AMHahha... Could you have and underappreciated band in the 80s? The begining of the age of hype?
Oh well, I'll give it a whirl:
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Fleshtones (Maybe that's more 70s...Still they're one of the best bands ever)
Los Lobos (Just because everybody only knows about "La Bamba")
Holly & the Italians/Nikki & The Corvettes tie for the last place as the greta under appreciated girl bands.
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 8:28 AMI agree with Los Lobos. They were experiamental and very cool
The Blow monkeys, although I only remember "Digging Your Scene" but it was lounge-y and cool. Also a great catch phrase. "How do you like the party I invited you to?" "I was digging your scene." -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 12:21 PMThe Blow Monkeys are one of the best bands ever. They were doing something no one else was or is doing, totally unique. Their later stuff wasn't quite as mind blowing as that first album, but from start to finish that whole album still blows me out of the water. Brilliant. Dr. Robert made me swoon. Am I gushing? I'll shut up now.
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Mon, February 7, 2005 - 11:46 PMIf I am not mistaken....R&B artist Rahsaan Patterson covered "Digging Your Scene" two or three years back....
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Fri, February 3, 2006 - 4:53 PMI loved digging your scene!!
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 10:09 AMI agree with you on the Fleshtones. Another that has been mentioned before, but I must say agin has to be The Chameleons. Another one I really liked back in the 80's but sounds pretty dated now was The Silencers. -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 12:43 PMOh, and The Three O'Clock! I've met 2 people in my entire life who'd ever even heard of them. And Voice Of The Beehive. That Petrol Emotion. Oh geez,help me, who was that UK neo psychedelia band from the 80s who had that song Over My Head? I remeber the singer was really skinny and had a bad haircut. I'm going insane trying to remember their name and I've got them on cassettes, but those are at home. I even saw them in concert, but I have gone completely blank. -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 2:19 PMno...good guess tho. How ridiculous is this, I have 2 of their albums, saw them in concert, bought a damn t shirt that I wore to a rag in high school. Can't remember their name. Guess that truly makes them underappreciated! -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 2:48 PMModern English? -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 3:51 PMnope. they were very psychedelia and never really had any big hit. Their biggest song was one called Over My Head. -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 4:18 PMThe Mighty Lemon Drops. That's who they were. I just shouted it out loud at work like somebody with music related Tourettes. So I hereby nominate The Mighty Lemon Drops. And the lyric was out of my hand, not over my head. I feel better now. -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 4:42 PMare u sure the name of the song was "Over My Head"? i know they had songs "Happy Head", "On My Mind" and "Out of Hand" but don't remember a "Over My Head"? -
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 6:05 PMYeah, like I said, I realized after it popped completely into the old noggin that my brain had screwed up the lyrics. It was actually trying to remember the lyrics to that song that made the band name come back from the ether of my mental fog.
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 8:24 PMStill have a Mighty Lemondrops T-shirt (from when they opened for Love & Rockets in Berkeley back in like 86 or so). Every once in a while someone will comment on it, but damn rare.
Gotta admit, I snickered at "He was skinny and had a bad haircut." That describes, oh, just about every singer I liked in the 80s . . . um and every boy I dated . . .
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Sat, February 4, 2006 - 3:59 PMi love aztec camera's "another lost weekend........." -
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Sun, February 5, 2006 - 8:54 AMOOPS! it was by WALL OF VOODOO!!! -
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Sun, February 5, 2006 - 8:56 AMwhat about the PLIMSOULS??? i used to really love them when i was in h.s.
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Sat, March 6, 2004 - 6:57 AMYes!! The Three O'Clock, & that Petrol Emotion.. I remember these things.
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 5:51 PMYay! The Three O'Clock! That whole Paisley Punk scene was very cool, including Game Theory.
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Mon, February 7, 2005 - 11:49 PMPerhaps you were referring to The Chameleons who did "Over My Head"....
(I may be wrong)
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Thu, June 7, 2007 - 11:57 AMI LOVE the Three O'Clock. Have several of their alblums and saw them live! My ex was really into them too.
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Sun, March 28, 2004 - 5:22 PMTotally agree with you on The Chameleons.
add:
Urge Overkill
Style Council
TinTin
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Fri, March 25, 2005 - 5:25 AMIn no particular order
Icehouse
That Petrol Emotion
The Associates
Scritti Politti
Jack Rubies
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Sun, April 9, 2006 - 11:59 PMYeah, TinTin.
I hear he collabo'd with British pop uberstar Robbie Williams
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 8:15 PMLOVE me some Mojo Nixon!
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 4:14 PMi second that on the orange juice. f*cking brilliant stuff!
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 4:15 PMbig country
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 6:32 PMGo West
Living in a Box
Venetians
Age of Chance
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Shriekback
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 6:32 PMOh yeah... AND...
Kaja (Kajagoogoo after Lamahl - so much better)
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Thu, February 26, 2004 - 8:14 PMAnd before they were the Three O'Clock they were the Salvation Army. They were good then, too.
How about Rank and File? Or 20/20 or the db's? And the Plimsouls should have been bigger than they were.
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 8:26 PMYes!!! To Shriekback. Everyone knows "Nemesis," and nothing else. Burned a CD of everything I could fit for a friend who'd heard "Building Up a New Home" in a party mix and been curious. He's been listening to it nonstop ever since. -
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 9:35 PM"My Spine is the Bass Line" is one of my all time favorite songs.
Barry Andrews is my hero!!!
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 8:25 AMWay back in the day, Icehouse was really cool. Before the commercial zenith of Man of Colours. After that, all has been pretty sucky mainstream with the exception of "Berlin" which ranks high still on my playlist. -
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Sat, February 28, 2004 - 6:11 PMI am pleased to see that someone else out there appreciated Icehouse. I saw them in concert when I was travelling through Australia many years ago, when they were at the height of their commercial zenith. I still enjoyed though.
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 10:04 AMKTP (Kissing The Pink)
B Movie
Meat Men
999
Japan
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 11:14 AM1. Fad Gadget
2. Grauzone
3. Human League (appreciated for all their cheesy stuff and not the good stuff!)
4. Mathematiques modernes - in response to David's post... It took me 2 years to find this LP, and I have never been happier. Thank you gemm.com
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 11:23 AMThat's funny - I found the Mathematiques Moderne album on gemm.com as well. A+ B = C is my second favorite song of theirs. I love "Dare" and those first two Human League albums with the Heaven 17 guys. And Fad Gadget was pretty amazing. -
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 11:35 AMHmmm... I would have to say EVERYONE on the "Somekind of Wonderful" soundtrack! -
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 11:58 AM1. The Gun Club
2. Flat Duo Jets
3. A Drop In The Gray
4. Dexy's Midnight Runners
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 12:00 PMT.S.O.L. when they were a punk band and i have to agree with you. never got into their hair metal days though. -
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 4:06 PMI think the Flying Lizards are waaaay underappreciated. Most people only know them for the song "Money" -- but the rest of their music is extremely original and creative too. Just not quite as accessible. -
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Sat, February 28, 2004 - 3:04 PMI've always wanted to get the first Flying Lizards album. The stuff I've heard from it is really interesting.
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Wed, May 11, 2005 - 11:41 PMNo shit. They were my introduction to the truly fringe of the whole New Wave thing. But where do you find one of their CDs now? I want, you know? :-)
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Sun, November 14, 2004 - 4:07 PMI COMPLETELY agree. Very few realize how completely freaking brilliant they were.
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 4:01 PMFLAT DUO JETS?!?
You're frikkin' awesome for bringing them up!!!
they kicked ass!
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 8:10 PMI don't think many people in the US know who Grauzone is. I discovered them when I lived in Germany in the late 80s. -
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Sat, February 28, 2004 - 1:23 PMTroy, I fully agree with you on Human League. Their first releases were kill and I lost interest with Dare.
Another band I fond completely neglected was 1919. I could buy a collection of their works that Cherry Red Rec. released a couple of years ago, after chasing after like records like mad.
Another underrated band is Danse Society. Cherry Red Records is doind a great job releasing again stuff that seems to be forgotten.
Other bands that are way too neglected are: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Chameleons, Zerra One, Modern English, Altered States. Altered States are going to release a new work this year...I wonder if they still have their powerful postpunk sound as they had in the 80's...hope so! -
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Sat, February 28, 2004 - 2:10 PMaww..it was five...there are so many still...The Sound! -
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Sat, February 28, 2004 - 6:07 PMBeing reminded of all these bands is making me feel nostalgic for this era. It was a special time... *sniff*sniff* -
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Mon, March 1, 2004 - 10:30 AM1. Gang of Four (before "I love a man in uniform" please!)
2. The db's
3. Prefab Sprout
4. Stone Roses (but that was their own fault!)
5. the Replacements...i know i know but i think they should've been WAY bigger than they were AND i feel like the stations here that play "classic alternative" (whatever-the-hell-that-means!) have completely forgotten about them...
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Mon, March 1, 2004 - 10:34 AMoh yeah and totally agree about T.S.O.L. (except that icky metal business they got into)
and I miss Wall of Vodoo!
*sniffle*
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Wed, March 23, 2005 - 7:02 AMgang of four and stone roses for sure
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Tue, March 2, 2004 - 6:31 AMHave you heard that reissue that came out last year called "The future" which is actually the human league Pre-reproduction? It is great, very dark and instrumental mostly.
It's called "The golden hour of the future, recordings by the future and human league".
I will have to check out the cherry red stuff.
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Sat, February 4, 2006 - 4:04 PMgod, i love the human league's early stuff.......INFUCKINCREDIBLE!!
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Sat, March 6, 2004 - 6:59 AMYeah, Danse Society & the Lorries. Thanks for reminding me!
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Mon, March 1, 2004 - 6:20 PMHey Chris - I lived in Germany (Schweinfurt) in'86! Where did you live?
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Mon, March 1, 2004 - 6:24 PMand while I'm here:
TSOL (I soooo concur!)
Mad Parade
Three Day Stubble
Suburban Lawns
Twisted Roots
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Tue, March 2, 2004 - 1:23 AMOh man I love "The Three O'Clock" (with the exception of two of their albums.) They were GREAT.
I loved "Let's Active". Anybody remember them?
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Tue, March 2, 2004 - 4:35 PM"Big Plans Fo Everybody" is one of my fave records of all time. I've been carrying it around on vinyl for like... 15 years now. -
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Sat, April 30, 2005 - 6:04 PMBig Plans was a good record, but after Cypress and Afoot which were both absolutely amazing, it had to pale a bit in comparison.
Mitch Easter definitely didn't get enough appreciation.
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Sat, March 27, 2004 - 3:18 PMI loved Twisted Roots. They are so underappreciated!
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Tue, March 2, 2004 - 6:33 AMHas anybody heard the Pop Group? That stuff is similar to early flying lizards. Kind of dub and cut and paste like mixing this heat with the fall meets flying lizards. I also found the solo album by the lead singer of the Pop Group called "Mark Stewart and the mafia". It is also very cut-and-paste sounding like the LIZARDS. Damn, I with David Cunningham had made more music. I have been desperately looking to find his solo record that he made BEFORE the lizards. Talking about rare! -
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Tue, March 2, 2004 - 9:59 AMOooh! I LOVE the Alley Cats! Nothing Means Nothing Anymore is a true classic. -
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Tue, March 2, 2004 - 3:29 PMThe Sound (on echo & bunnymen label Korova)
Glorious Din (SF post punk, romantic etc)
Theatre of Hate
The Gun Club (yes!- finally Fire of Love reissue)
The Chameleons UK (one of the BEST - recently reunited and i saw them live and it kicked ass)
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Wed, March 3, 2004 - 11:16 AMThe Chameleons UK live...*sigh!!!*
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Fri, March 5, 2004 - 11:27 PMsaw them play about a year ago. they were great!
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Sat, May 22, 2004 - 4:42 AMAlready broken back up again, unfortunately.
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Sat, March 27, 2004 - 3:19 PMYeah. The Alley Cats were an Awesome band!
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Sat, March 6, 2004 - 6:56 AM1. Voice Farm (Super E.Q. Team)
2. Modern English
3. Dif Juz
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Wed, March 23, 2005 - 7:04 AMDamn I was sure no one would remember Blancmange.The best call yet
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Sat, March 6, 2004 - 4:23 PMI forgot Gene Loves Jezebel!!!! DAMN IT!
I actually caught them live in like 88 or 89 at the university I went to..
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Sat, May 22, 2004 - 4:45 AMI remember fondly the tour where they opened up with New Order and Echo & the Bunnymen alternating the headlining spot. It was unique to have both headlining bands disavowing their opening act with a we're really sorry, they were forced upon us by the record label.
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Mon, March 8, 2004 - 11:23 AMI got to see I think it was Jay (as they're solo now) in Texas last year.. Amazing. Where did you go to University?
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Fri, February 3, 2006 - 5:09 PMI saw then when Flesh for LuLu opened up for them. It was in 87 I think. They were awesome
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Sun, March 7, 2004 - 12:07 PMVoice Farm--they were great.
My list (acknowledging these may have been more appreciated at the time than I realize)--
Propaganda
Gang of Four
CCCP
The Blasters
Slow Children
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Sun, March 7, 2004 - 12:20 PMHello, Filigree....
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Sun, March 7, 2004 - 12:35 PMNope, don't know that I've heard that band.
I meant the early industrial-dance group who did Made In Russia, United States of Europe, etc.
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Mon, March 8, 2004 - 9:05 AMI like your style, Julieann! I once kicked someone out of my house for not liking David Bowie. I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but this person was a threat to tolerance. -
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Mon, March 8, 2004 - 11:31 AMI'd say that not liking Bowie would definitely merit getting kicked out of MY house....
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Sun, November 14, 2004 - 3:28 PMYes. I totally remember that album. I remember hearing it on the radio in SF and it took me forever to find it. I remember when I first heard "United States Of Europe" and I thought it sounded so much like Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes To Hollywood singing.
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Mon, February 7, 2005 - 11:57 PMCorrection - "Russian Radio" was by Red Flag!!!!
Silly me - so many underappreciated bands of the 80's that I'd get all of them all mixed up!
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Fri, January 27, 2006 - 10:48 AM
Let's Active
the dB's
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Mon, March 8, 2004 - 12:38 PMOmigod! I totally remember KQAK, the quake! Loved it. Alex Bennet always pouting and Joe Rigelski. -
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Mon, March 8, 2004 - 1:11 PM1 and also the trees
2 the db's
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Mon, March 8, 2004 - 1:43 PMand also the trees and xymox were awesome!
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Mon, March 8, 2004 - 9:43 PM1. Love and Rockets
2. Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
3. The Mission UK
4. The Lords of the New Church
5. Hanoi Rocks (that's right baby)
already mentioned: Cabaret Voltaire and Propaganda
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Tue, March 9, 2004 - 12:16 AMoh, yeah- Mission UK
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Wed, March 10, 2004 - 1:14 PMhell yes cabaretvoltaire. especially VOICE OF AMERICA album from '80!
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Thu, March 11, 2004 - 12:05 PM"and also the trees and xymox were awesome!"
Totally agreed, love them. :)
Along those lines, some underappreciated *labels* from the 80s:
C'est La Mort
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Thu, March 11, 2004 - 3:57 PMHey, do you happen to know where I can find one of their volume compilations- 'Dr. Death'?
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 6:27 PMOne thing I remember about the Quake was Steve Masters. He was a total dork during the day, but sometimes late at night (during a grave shift) he would play this crazy noise/punk stuff like Throbbing Gristle, The Urinals, Monitor, Doo-Dooettes, Human Hands, UXA, The Weirdos, The Dils, Vox Pop, Germs, God and the State, Circle One, The Avengers, Crime, The Rotters and 100 Flowers.
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Thu, March 25, 2004 - 12:07 AM>Just curious, anyone else raised on KQAK "The Quake" (and Alex Bennett/Joe Regelski) in the bay area?
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Sun, March 28, 2004 - 12:18 PM>Just curious, anyone else raised on KQAK "The Quake" (and Alex Bennett/Joe Regelski) in the bay area?
>>Wasn't Big Rick a DJ on there too..along with Rob Francis & Tim Bedore? Jed the Fish (from KROQ) was on there too the last few months of the "quake" as I recall.
Yup to all.
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Sun, March 28, 2004 - 5:29 PMOH MY GAWD.. Alex Bennett was the best friggin obnoxious DJ for most of my high school/ early college years. I still have a "Quake" sticker on my old car.
Wow.. another actual person who has lived in SF for more than 8 years!
Voice Farm is fabulous... I remember when they used to go to M.A.C in the tenderloin and do in store sets and paint the walls!
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Sat, April 3, 2004 - 12:27 PMVOICE FARM ROCKS! I spent 2 years listening to that record...I actually have some rare first printing of it with different tracks on it. And I have the "Free Love" remixes on Vinyl. Sweet. I love that they sample Twin Peaks in that song. "I can't understand a thing you're saying you have a thing in your mouth"! Hahaha!
Oh, I just opened in the front room of the Catalyst in Santa Cruz for Gene Loves Jezebel. Sad, no one really came to the show.
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Wed, March 23, 2005 - 2:26 AMVoice Farm!? Dif Juz?! Colourbox?!
Ahh, the memories...
I got to see Voice Farm a few times here in SF. I own what I *think* is the only Dif Juz album. Also, it was Colourbox('Just give 'em whiskey" & "Hot doggie!")'s successor MARRS that did "Pump Up the Volume".
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Tue, March 16, 2004 - 6:01 PMthe bags (well, maybe more 70's)
algebra suicide
let's active and the three o'clock, yeah sure!
the pastels (who are still around)
josie cotton (even though "johnny are you queer" is played out)
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Tue, March 16, 2004 - 7:56 PMThe sound
Savage Republic
The Wipers
Abecedarians
The Chameleons
And Also The Trees
Biff Bang Pow
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Wed, March 24, 2004 - 4:01 PMThe Glove (Robert Smith from The Cure)
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Thu, March 25, 2004 - 7:13 AM1 Dexy's Midnight Runners
2 Attila The Stockbroker
3 Q-Feel
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Thu, March 25, 2004 - 10:57 AM1. Vice Versa
2. Bone Orchard
3. Danielle Dax
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Thu, March 25, 2004 - 11:18 AMdarn I should've had Danielle Dax on my list too. truly underappreciated
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Wed, March 23, 2005 - 7:08 AMDanielle Dax!!! I love you
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Thu, March 25, 2004 - 5:22 PMWelcome? LoL... I've been here for a while, made several posts to this thread already...
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Fri, March 26, 2004 - 4:13 AMHrmmm... How odd...
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Sat, March 27, 2004 - 12:47 AMPlay Dead
Jad Wio
Fad Gadget
X Mal Deutschland
Malaria...
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Sat, March 27, 2004 - 12:48 AMPlay Dead
Jad Wio
Fad Gadget
X Mal Deutschland
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Sat, March 27, 2004 - 1:22 AMsorry...I am writing in instalments more than ever....it is morning here...Red Lorry Yellow Lorry! -
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Sun, March 28, 2004 - 10:08 AMStrawberry Switchblade
The Beat Farmers
Prefab Sprout
Specimen
James
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Sun, March 28, 2004 - 12:21 PMoh yeah! Sex Gang Children, Fad Gadget, Red Lorrie Yellow Lorry, Sisterhood - killarr!
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Tue, March 30, 2004 - 7:16 PMHaysi Fantayzee! The catchy tribal beats of Adam & the Ants with 88% less self-satisfied preaching. Plus Hillbilly/Fetish Fashion more dragged-outlandish than Boy George. Nobody can control the urge to dance when you put the needle on "Shoofly Love," "Shiny Shiny," or the perverse "John Wayne is Big Leggy!"
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Sat, April 3, 2004 - 12:23 PM1. Dramarama (known for Anything Anything but not anything else)
2. Peter Schilling (Major Tom is great, A Different Story is better!)
3. Red Flag (still making great music!)
4. Celebrate The Nun
5. The Housemartins (Norman Cook's first band [also known as Fatboy Slim])
extra credit...
Material Issue (song: Valerie Loves Me maybe not 80's but a rad song!)
Baltimora (song: Tarzan Boy)
XTC (song: Making Plans For Nigel)
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Sat, April 3, 2004 - 12:36 PMOh, can't forget...
The Tubes
Todd Rundgren(?) (Bang On the Drum)
Renegade Soundwave
Toy Dolls
Anything Box
The Church
Xymox
Tubeway Army (Lots of cool stuff there!)
Devo
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Mon, April 5, 2004 - 12:32 PMmore 80s bands I just thought of recently
The loft
Close Lobsters
Revolving Paint Dream
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Wed, April 7, 2004 - 2:39 PMa few more:
flesh for lulu
simple minds (before the breakfast club soundtrack)
human sexual response
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Thu, April 8, 2004 - 8:35 AMAre you saying that Three Day Stubble is one of the underappreciated bands of the '80s? I suppose that's true!
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Mon, April 5, 2004 - 4:01 PMI think Devo wasn't underappreciated - but then again, I could be wrong.
Material Issue - yeah, those guys would had been better if they popped up now. They were more "retro 80s" in the 80's (doesn't make sense, but think about it...) -
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Mon, April 26, 2004 - 10:25 PMHazel O'Connor
Boomtown Rats
Blow MOnkeys
Skinny Puppy
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Fri, May 21, 2004 - 9:22 AMThe Human League's pre-"Dare" stuff is great.
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Wed, May 26, 2004 - 10:40 PMyup, they rawk
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Fri, May 21, 2004 - 10:01 PMOne band...
XTC
totally underrated!
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Sun, May 23, 2004 - 3:26 PM"What We All Want" is such a good song. I love it. I think I'll marry it.
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Mon, May 24, 2004 - 12:08 PM"I love "Big shot Chronicles"! I still listen to it now and then.."
Me, too.
Oh yeah... almost forgot:
Rain Parade
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Wed, May 26, 2004 - 10:46 AMSmithereens, The Cult, Prefab Sprout, Vitamin Z and Utopia -
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Wed, May 26, 2004 - 7:17 PMyes, the cult!
kitchens of distinction
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Wed, May 26, 2004 - 11:04 PMoh oh kitchens of distinction! whenever i mention them no one ever knows who the hell i'm talking about. -
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Thu, May 27, 2004 - 5:24 AMwell, i'm here now, madathena. you'll never feel that way again. :)
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Mon, June 28, 2004 - 3:09 AMgotta agree on the Smithereens!
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Wed, May 26, 2004 - 10:36 PMoh geez, you want me to pick ONLY five?
lets start with......
1 poise noir
2 45 grave
3 danelle dax
4 a spilt second
5 a toss up between skeletal family and death in june.
and I think someone already mentioned caberet voltare, but I only like their very old stuff.
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Thu, May 27, 2004 - 4:01 PMwhat about We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Going to Use it???
I just listened to them the other day!
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Mon, June 28, 2004 - 3:07 AMI think Elizabeth Fraser is one of the most under appreciated (and UNKNOWN..by many) vocalists of the late 20th Century!
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Sat, May 29, 2004 - 5:11 PM1 - Redd Kross
2 - The Dickies
3 - Sparks
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Sun, May 30, 2004 - 12:51 PM1. Brian Eno
2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
3. Dead Milkmen
4. Joy Division
5. The Pixies
6. Bauhaus
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Sun, May 30, 2004 - 12:51 PMoops... you said 5.. hehe
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Mon, June 28, 2004 - 3:03 AMI think I'd have to interject that Briano Eno was not only one of the most under appreciated artist of the 1980's decade but of his generation. In my opinion, most of his ground breaking achievements musically were in the mid 1970's. Ofcourse he continued to grow (as he still does) as an artist after that but I still feel his most important contributions were in the 70's.
My 2 cents!
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Sat, February 4, 2006 - 4:07 PMginger,
you said a mouth full!
i agree 100%
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Mon, February 6, 2006 - 7:51 PMoh my god! redd kross!! wow, i loved them. i saw them several X in charlotte n.c. in the late 80's. what a FUN band. -
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Mon, February 6, 2006 - 7:58 PMI saw Redd Kross at the Cattle Club in Sac! What a great wannabee Hair Band! They were fun also in "Spirit of 76."
I'm listening to Stephen Tin Tin Duffy right now. "Because We Love You" is one of the albums that brings me right on back to age 15, brooding over my first love. -
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Fri, February 10, 2006 - 9:53 PMblanchmange
the belle stars
chameleons uk
book of love
suicidal tendencies/ tsol/ naked raygun
jesus and the mary chain
icehouse
the joe boxers
david sylvian
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Fri, February 10, 2006 - 10:03 PMI saw Meat Puppets, Skinny Puppy (first album) and my ULTIMATE favorite, The The on 120 minutes. Love Matt Johnson.
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Sun, August 22, 2004 - 4:53 PM1. APB
2. Our Daughter's Wedding
3. Martha and the Muffins (later M+M)
4. Eurythmics (only their first abum "In the Garden" which wasn't released in the US)
5. Killing Joke
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Mon, August 23, 2004 - 9:51 AMWow, lots-o-ground ground covered!
Hubert Kah
Pop Will Eat Itself
Stump
Alphaville
Transvision Vamp
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Tue, August 24, 2004 - 7:41 AMach, Martha & The Muffins. Good stuff.
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Tue, August 24, 2004 - 9:20 AMA Certain Ratio
Liquid Liquid
Fad Gadget
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Wed, August 25, 2004 - 9:27 AMThe Colour Field
TSOL (punk of course)
Visage
Hoodoo Gurus
Screaming Blue Messiahs
Smithereens
Loyd Cole and the Commotions
Guadalcanal Diary
Beat Farmers
.45 Grave...
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Wed, August 25, 2004 - 10:28 AMLate 80's goodness:
Meat Beat Manifesto
Concrete Blonde
It's It
Machinations
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Wed, August 25, 2004 - 2:01 PMscritti politti and the beloved!!!!
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Thu, March 16, 2006 - 10:43 PMSome I've not seen on here (amybe I scanned too quickly and missed)
1)Jesus and Mary Chain (one of the best bands of the era woefully underappreciated)
2)Felt (Am I the only 1 who cares?)
3)Wolfgang Press
4)Modern English (other than I melt with you)
5)Front 242- sure they get props from the industrial crew but their brilliance is largely unappreciated
6)Nina Hagen
7)Yello
8)the Pogues
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Thu, August 26, 2004 - 5:35 AMScritti Politti
Out Daughter's Wedding
Five Star
Fun Boy Three
In Tua Nua
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Thu, August 26, 2004 - 1:47 PMReally loved ABC. Great dance music. Ended up buying it on CD just to play in the car.
I know that New Order is probably not considered underappreciated, but there version of "Bizarre Love Triangle" is the shit. I probably wore Substance out...
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Mon, August 30, 2004 - 10:41 AMDitto Scritti Politti. Cupid & Psyche '85 is still a masterpiece. Does anyone remember this obscure band called Doll By Doll? I think they were from Scotland. -
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Wed, September 1, 2004 - 8:24 PMThe Bolshoi
Desireless
Scary Thieves
Xymox (clan of)
Lords of the New Church
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Thu, September 2, 2004 - 6:55 AM"Masterpiece" is the only way to describe that album. It's incredible.
Never heard of Doll by Doll. Who did they sound like?
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Mon, September 6, 2004 - 3:41 PMI prefer scritti's early singles like SKANK BLOC BOLOGNA and the SONGS TO REMEMBER album. CUPID & PSYCHE was a little tooo overproduced and disco-y for my ears.
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Sun, September 5, 2004 - 8:36 AM1. Japan
2. The Mutants--This was a band that had great pop hooks. They used played in Places like The Mabuhay Gardens, The Stone, Key Stone Berkeley.
3. The Offs--Billy Hawks band Best bay area ska/punk band ever.
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Sat, September 11, 2004 - 8:04 PMMmmm. no one mentioned Fairground Attraction and Book of Love...
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Sat, September 11, 2004 - 11:39 PMThe Nuns were never underappreciated during the late 70's. In fact, they could announce they were playing somewhere in a half hour and in a half hour there were lines down the block.
But yes, during the 80s, after Alejandro Escovedo left the band, and after I stopped managing them, they sort of disbanded. Now former punks Jennifer Miro and Jeff Olener are doing it goth-style in the Big Apple.
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*Bow Wow Wow
*Fun Boy Three
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Sun, September 12, 2004 - 8:06 PMThe biggest tragedy of the 80s, to me, is all that music I heard on the radio and really liked, but not enough to buy (and didn't have the presence of mind nor the knowledge to realize that it would go away at some point). Most of it didn't make the compilations, and I didn't pay enough attention to even know what they were so I can't find it...
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Sat, November 20, 2004 - 9:25 PMYes, the loss of WLIR greatly saddened me. January 10, 2004 was a truly dark day. :o(
Bill
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 2:30 PMgoing to post 5 more.
1. Pearl Harbour and the Explosions (Shut Up and Dance is just the Funnist Song)
2. X-Ray Spex
3. Graham Parker
4. Gang of Four (Communism's Chief Apologists)
5. Klark Kent (Stewart Copland is the Best)
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Tue, September 14, 2004 - 10:24 AM1. Intaferon
2. The Darling Buds
3. Age Of Chance
4. The Bolshoi
5. Fiat Lux
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Tue, September 14, 2004 - 10:26 AMBTW- Von David- you may be interested to know that Debs from the Dolly Mixtures provided joint lead vocals on Saint Etienne's fabulous 'Who Do You Think You Are?', and most recently was seen as half of the fantastic band, Birdie.
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 6:08 PMMy top 5 underappreciated bands (in no order):
-Oingo Boingo
-Yes (In the 70s...not the 80s...what the hell was "Owner of a Lonely Heart about?)
-Nils Lofgren (not a band, but still)
-Todd Rundgren; Utopia
-Dexy's Midnight Runners
Ok, I'll probably revise and what not...but here's the first draft.
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 6:30 PMOff the top of my head...
1. Japan
2. Talk Talk
3. Comsat Angels
4. Immaculate Fools
5. The Icicle Works
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 6:33 PMTrio
Liliput/Kleenex
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Sat, September 25, 2004 - 1:55 PMYeah!! Game Theory. I LOVED them. I saw them live in Atlanta back in 87 at the Metroplex (oh, good times!) and it was one of my fave shows ever. I also totally dug the 3 O'Clock & Prefab Sprout, which were sort of in the same vain. Mmmm, I miss the 80's. -
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Slovenly
Caroliner Rainbow
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Sat, November 20, 2004 - 5:45 PMHey, Caroliner Rainbow are still active. They have a new record due out soon accordian to those who know. And Rubber-O-Cement is touring right now with Comets on Fire, SMEGMA (!) and Wolfe Eyes...
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Sun, November 14, 2004 - 4:14 PMAltered Images- every song they released was pure gold.
Ausgang
Visage- They don't really get enough credit, in my opinion.
The Church
Danse Society
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Sun, November 14, 2004 - 6:56 PM1. Limited Warranty - Minneapolis's answer to Duran Duran.
2. Face To Face - The original 80s band from Boston with the name. Female fronted pop/rock band.
3. Prefab Sprout - Produced mostly by Thomas Dolby. I love almost everything they've ever done- except the last album.
4. Eight Seconds - Their first album ALMACANTER was brilliant. Sounds similar to The Fixx, but more synth-based.
5. The Godfathers - Rock/Pop. Kind of fit in with The Call
A few others who I thought never got the attention they deserved...
XTC
Blancmange
Japan/David Sylvian
Scritti Politti - Everything they've done has been excellent. Perfect pop.
Oingo Boingo - One of my favorite bands of all time. Amazing energy. "Weird Science" doesn't do them justice.
Split Enz
Nick Heyward (his solo stuff)
The Art Of Noise
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Japan's Kraftwerk
Blake Babies - Juliana Hatfield's early band
The Call
Kim Wilde (In the US at least)
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Sun, November 14, 2004 - 7:11 PMYou're so right on, Brian. Espeically about Oingo Boingo, Split Enz (who went on to become, as you know, Crowded House), Yellow Magic Orchestra (they opened for us <The Tubes> once at the Hollywood Bowl), The The and, number one of your picks: SQUEEZE. Man, were they great! -
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 11:53 AMThose first three Ultravox albums with John Foxx are much more interesting than the Midge Ure stuff. Quiet Men, Rockwrok, Young Savage, etc... Also, the first couple of John Foxx solo albums are good. The first one, Metamatic, is very" Sprockets"-like (in a good way).
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 10:17 AMSqueeze had three excellent and thoroughly underappreciated albums: Cool for Cats, Argybargy, and East Side Story.
Split Enz was one of the first "New Wave" bands I discovered (in 1980 or so). I got to see them at the Kabuki in SF a couple of years later and they incorporated a delightfully dorky spoon solo into the show. Now my kids love "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" because Neil Finn performs it with The Wiggles on one of their videos. Hee hee. -
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 10:23 AM...or was is Tim Finn!!??
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 12:55 PMDavid, I saw Split Enz at the old Boarding House on Bush Street in '77 and was mostly impressed with their 12-foot high headshots surrounding the audience. (Something I had done for Sperm Whale and also The Nuns, though the latter thought it was "too Kiss.") Their hair-doos resembled Alfalfa on STP, quite revolutionary; but their set, if I recall, was not quite as dynamic as one had hoped. Thought Crowded House was the better of the two. -
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 1:27 PMInteresting, I'm playing "Something So Strong" by Crowded House, then "I Got You (I Get Frightened)" by Split Enz, and interweave various cuts by "Squeeze" and must emphasize the fact that these three (or, should I say, technically TWO) bands are up there with the all-time UNDERappreciated!!! -
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 8:56 PMEdwin, I'm not too sure about this as I was never a really big fan of either Split Enz or Crowded House, but wasn't Tim Finn only a member of Crowded House for a very brief period? From what I understand, Neil founded Crowded House and it first debuted as a trio without Tim. Tim only joined for the band's third album 'Woodface' and then in true ever-contentious Finn brothers' fashion, left when artistic and personal difficulties arose. Therefore I'm not really sure it's totally accurate to say that Split Enz and Crowded House are essentially the same band. But then again, I could be wrong...
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The Church (still going strong almost 25 years later!)
The Soft Boys
The Triffids
The Raincoats
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 9:41 PMPerhaps you're right. Sort of like saying Derek and the Dominoes is also Cream. However, I wasn't too far off, either.
Here's a lil' bio. (Check out the newly posted pics of Split Enz.) Thanks, Marie. Guess you can say I was 50% right?
"Crowded House formed in 1985 when Neil Finn dissolved Split Enz rather than carry on after his brother Tim, the group's founding member, left to pursue a solo career. Instead of carrying through with the new wave direction of latter-day Split Enz, Neil moved in favor of a stripped down, back-to-basics combo featuring ex-Enz drummer Paul Hester, bassist Nick Seymour and, guitarist Craig Hooper. Initially, the group dubbed themselves after Finn's middle name, touring Australia and recording demos under the name the Mullanes; Hooper was dropped shortly after this formative period. In June of 1985, the group headed to Los Angeles to shop for a record label, eventually signing with Capitol Records. Capitol requested that the band change their name and the group settled on Crowded House, a reflection of their living conditions in L.A. Late in 1989, Neil added his brother Tim, as a fourth member of Crowded House."
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 10:41 PMThanks for the info on Crowded House, Edwin. It's more than I knew before. And yes, I think we can certainly agree that you were at the very least 50% right. ;-)
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Mon, November 22, 2004 - 8:10 PMYep. That's all correct and it's also correct that Tim left after the Woodface Tour. Mainly because Tim is somewhat of a stage hog and always wants to be the leader.
I'm thinking that despite Tim's obvious talents he's possibly felt somewhat overshadowed by his little brother Neil. It wasn't until Neil joined Split Enz and started writing that the band had their first hit "I Got You". In my opinion Neil was always the better writer- which is really hard to say because Tim writes some great stuff. Most of Tim's solo stuff has been outstanding.
The Woodface shows I saw were good, but not as "fun" as the first tour with just the three piece + Eddie Rayner (Enz keyboardist).
The band later added an american guy Mark Hart (who also was part of Supertramp at some point). I always thought he didn't fit in well with the three original members. Paul Hester left the band afetr that album. It was sad. The shows really lacked something after he left. I always felt that had a little something to do with Neil ending Crowded House.
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 2:28 PMI going to post 5 more.
1. Pearl Harbour and the Explosions (Shut Up and Dance is just the Funnist Song)
2. X-Ray Spex
3. Graham Parker
4. Gang of Four (Communism's Chief Apologists)
5. Klark Kent (Stewart Copland is the Best)
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 8:32 PM'Sfunny. I mean, I like the X-Ray Spex, don't get me wrong. But I had a roommate years ago who played them OVER AND OVER AND OVER nonstop. After a while, I dunno, Ms. Styrene's voice can become a bit, er, grating . . .
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Sun, April 3, 2005 - 5:50 PMHi folks, new here. Thanks Brian for mentioning The Godfathers. In college I consistely listened to Birth, School, Work, Death. Besides The Godfathers I would like to mention the following: Concrete Blonde, Gene Loves Jezebel, Robyn Hitchcock (and the Egyptians) and The Smithereens. I would also like to through in The Church, XTC, PIL and Dexy's Midnight Runners.
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Wed, April 6, 2011 - 1:47 AMYES YES, scrittit politti are brilliant, I listen to them all the time. my sister and I met Green in new york when he played the bowery ballroom! how's that! he was sooooo nice, we talked for a while about music, he was just too cool. split enz are killer time and tide is just wonderful, XTC are great, it's always amazing that so many of these bands aren't bigger than you think cause their music is so awesome, you just assume they're huge.
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 2:30 PMgoing to post 5 more.
1. Pearl Harbour and the Explosions (Shut Up and Dance is just the Funnist Song)
2. X-Ray Spex
3. Graham Parker
4. Gang of Four (Communism's Chief Apologists)
5. Klark Kent (Stewart Copland is the Best)
why is thier no love for the NUNS!!!
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 3:34 PMSo my criteria is one hit wonders kind of dont count. These are not too obscure -- but amazing and underappreciated:
Howard Jones
The The
Dream Academy (maybe not new wave, but in my mind, same category)
Some might say that Howard Jones is not underappreciated -- I chose him because there were several songs he did that I hadn't attributed to him. I am, by and large, clueless about artists, so maybe it was just me.
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 4:10 PMHi I'm new to this tribe, so here's my list(s) :D
the Dbs
Let's Active
Pylon
Echo & the Bunnymen
the Plimsouls
So many more worth mention....like Los Lobos(props to youguys that put them in), Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Joy Division, Art Of Noise, the Blasters, Slow Children, Heaven 17, Pere Ubu, Rank and File, Wall of Voodoo, Gary Neuman, Television, Talkingheads, to name a few....
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 9:22 PMBetter give my .02!
1. COIL
2. Diamanda Galas
3. Strawberry Switchblade
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Tue, January 4, 2005 - 12:10 PMHoly shit - like walking down memory lane. so many of you have picked incredible bands. Here are my humble suggestions...
- APB (Simon, you are one of the few people that I have "met" that know them.)
- Hoodoo Gurus
- Dead Milkmen
- Nik Kershaw
- Camouflauge
to name a few. Icehouse and Alphaville also come to mind, but I think several of you have covered them and I was trying to keep it to five.
Ursyoola - I am so sad to hear about the demise of WLIR. They had already started to plummet when they changed the call letters to WDRE a few years before I moved to SF. I owe them alot for giving me good music to listen to. sigh.
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Tue, January 4, 2005 - 12:28 PMAw heck, don't bother keeping it to five. It's fun to read people's lists.
In case anybody's interested, Rhino recently released a box set called "Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the 80's Underground," an expanded version of 3 compilations they had put out a few years ago. The box includes a lot of our beloved 80's bands, but, of course is missing a lot of great ones, too.
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Wed, January 5, 2005 - 11:30 AMahhh...hoodoo gurus....classic!
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Thu, January 6, 2005 - 12:52 PMCamouflauge.. EXCELLENT CHOICE! Love them. Sooo darkwave-pop!
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Mon, February 7, 2005 - 11:48 PMWhich track on "Emperor" featured the sample from Mathematiques Modernes....gotta look it up on my own copy....
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Wed, March 2, 2005 - 11:21 AMFad Gadget
Aztec Camera
Joe Jackson
Mighty Lemon Drops
tied for fifth place: Cabaret Voltaire, Kitchen's of Distinction, Voice of the Beehive
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Wed, March 2, 2005 - 11:39 AMDid anyone mention The Passage yet?
I can remember a couple of very good songs and a brilliant caption: "Al Green meets Stockhausen" (but maybe I just dreamt it - Google proves no evidence of this)
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Wed, March 2, 2005 - 1:35 PMGary Numan (as far as I'm concerned, he's the one who started it all for me)
Blancmange
Echo & The Bunnymen
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SSQ
Visage
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The Slits
The Raincoats
The Alleycats
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Tue, March 15, 2005 - 1:09 PMRaincoats
LiLiput
Mizutama Shobodan (The Polka Dot Fire Brigade)
Wondeur Brass / Justine
Virgule 4
Y pants
Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada
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Sun, March 20, 2005 - 10:53 PMPower... Force... Motion... Drive...
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Sun, March 20, 2005 - 11:00 PMWell, Propaganda's one of five (is Propaganda not the original IDM act?)...
But on the more obscure side:
Lemon Kittens
Savage Republic
Rip Rig & Panic
Princess Tinymeat
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Tue, April 5, 2005 - 12:15 AMSSQ....kinda got it on my memory file...."Synthicide" and a video that really screamed 80's style all the way to the female lead singer's angular haircut
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Fri, March 25, 2005 - 4:15 PMAmen on Blancmange! Innovators not only in synth (check out their early instrumental bsides) but way ahead of the whole bhangra/world music trends. And Neil Arthur's solo album is a gem.
Cabaret Voltaire can never, ever be appreciated enough.
The The seems to be fading from people's memory these days, unfairly.
Cristina. What IS a girl to do?
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Fri, March 25, 2005 - 5:14 PMTravers - right behind you on Blancmange - last night I watched the 'Don't Tell Me' video again.. happy, cheesy, passionate, of the time, the incredible Neil Arthur grin, and of course THE BEATS! The The are up there too: 'This is your Captain calling, with an urgent warning...!!!'
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Fri, March 25, 2005 - 7:16 PMAS - Wow, I've only ever seen I think 2 Blancmange videos: Living on the Ceiling and Lose Your Lose. What do they do in Don't Tell Me?
I do, however, remember hearing that song in the background of a nightclub scene in some old Charlie Sheen / Emilio Estevez movie about serial killers!
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Sat, March 26, 2005 - 11:07 AMTrav, in the Don't Tell Me vid Mr Arthur finds him amongst some beautiful woman wearing traditional costume - where these woman are from and where the video was shot, i'm not sure. Could be Kazakstan, somewhere like that.. Basically our friend wonders through the streets singing and smilings at the girlies taking part in a town precession. There are glimpes of Stephen Luscombe in the mix too. A great vid, and you're right it probably won't show up on a DVD sadly. There is a video collection which only comprises Living on the Ceiling, Waves, and Blind Vision.
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Tue, April 5, 2005 - 11:35 PMSuitcase is a pain to find - or at least I had bad luck, took me a year or so of Gemm alerts to find one for only $30. There's also some great non-LP tracks from the singles I was able to snag in the glory days of Napster.
And to expose myself as a really OTT Blancmangege fan, there were also some vinyl-only remixes from Neil's singles as well I finally tracked down.
Message me if you wanna do a trade! - Trav
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Wed, March 23, 2005 - 12:07 PMHell yes, lol! Whenever I see the rich kids here riding their farting Harleys, I recall it again, lol!
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 8:21 PMGang of Four
Ultravox
The Replacements
Cocteau Twins
Dead Can Dance
Though some may disagree, these bands were never mainstream popular at all, as far as I know.
And I thought The Stone Roses were pretty big, at least where I lived they were.
I also loved Suicidal Tendencies in their "Instituationalized" days, TSOL before the metal stuff, and Agent Orange.
I also think Joe Jackson is a freakin' genius! I love "Be my number two" and "Breaking us into".
And what about The Bolshoi, Throbbing Grissle, and Grace Jones? They were all so fabulous! Yea! *humming ... memories, like the corners of my mind..*
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Wed, May 11, 2005 - 11:56 PMHmm. I'd like to see your NOW list. It's easy to underappreciate bands when they start because sometimes the mold is subtly broken, or they're so organic to the time, that they are OF that time. Like Talk Talk. I loved them then (as now) and thought they were the shit, but I didn't see them as true genius. And then I heard "Laughing Stock." Wow. -
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Thu, May 12, 2005 - 9:35 AMWell now I think one of the MOST underappreciated is Adam Ant(& the Ants)
He was a HUUGGE influence on music videos, he inspired bands like Duran Duran and others and yet when you see 1980's retrospectives he is either completely left out or barely mentioned becuase he isn't hot still.
And yes I'ma fan but I also think it is a shame becuase he got me to listen to bands like Roxy Music and T-Rex as well as some of his contemparies because he either recomended them or they reminded me of his style and creativity.
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Thu, May 12, 2005 - 11:05 AMYeah, he pretty much started the whole pirate rap thing which really broke open the era. He brought glam sensibilities to punk, sort of like The Cars brought pop sensibilities to punk. And really, wasn't New Wave basically a kindler, gentler punk? So where does Sniff 'n' the Tears fit in? :-) -
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Thu, May 12, 2005 - 2:19 PMCocteau Twins
Dead Can Dance
Wall of Voodoo
The Flying Lizards, are the coolest.
Gang of Four
There are more , but thats 5.
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Wed, May 11, 2005 - 11:47 PMYello. You mostly hear Oh Yeah, but they had so much more. Desire? Love that song.
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 7:02 AMFreur
Propaganda
Tik And Tok
New Musik
Buggles
Karel Fialka
After The Fire
Space Monkey
*Sorry its over five bands ;-)
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Shriekback
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 9:49 PMSSQ (Stacey Q's band before she went solo - AMAZING)
Scritti Politti
Cocteau Twins
Kate Bush (unappreciated by the masses, anyway, but what the hell do they know)
Book of Love
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 9:57 PM1. Japan
2. XTC
3. Shriekback
4. King Crimson (3rd generation with Adrian Belew)
5. The Ocean Blue
I could go on and on...
Gang of Four
Mission of Burma
Dead Kennedys
Tackhead
The Beatnigs
Consolidated
The Normal
Plastique Bertrand
The Damned!
The Dickies
Fear
Rank & File
Hoodoo Gurus
Dead Milkmen
The Toy Dolls
That Petrol Emotion
Black Uhuru
The Blasters
The Monochrome Set
The Style Council
The Teardrop Explodes
Michael Penn
Shona Laing
Translator
World Party
Dream Academy
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Sun, January 29, 2006 - 6:09 AMWow, you guys are awesome! I can't list just 5 though, and many have already been listed.
On my current playlist are:
Nina Hagen - she introduced me to New Wave.
Sparks - "I Predict" is one of the smartest songs out there!
Art of Noise
Gary Numan
Joe Jackson
Shriekback
XTC
Altered Images
Yello
Toy Dolls (I love Olga!)
Devo (sorry gotta put them on!)
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Big Audio Dynomite
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Sun, January 29, 2006 - 2:32 PMAck! How could I have forgotten Gary Numan, Joe Jackson, Yello, and the Waitresses!
I kid you not, that Christmas song of theirs (the Waitresses) gets me every time. "You mean you forgot cranberries too?!"
Who did that "Hope Road" song, btw?
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Sun, January 29, 2006 - 7:20 PMWas is Martha and the Muffins that did Hope Road?
I had a chance to see Joe Jackson in Santa Rosa last year, tickets and all. But couldn't find the ride out there. Come to find out his health is not good? ?
Saw Devo in Oakland last year! Fricking awesome!
And ok I admit it, I spent $250 for row 16 seats for Duran Duran in San Jose. We were close enough to see the make up Simon was wearing!!!
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Sun, January 29, 2006 - 7:22 PMI believe "Hope Road" was Anne Clark.
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Sun, January 29, 2006 - 4:08 PM"Sparks - "I Predict" is one of the smartest songs out there! "
And this song will fade out; and this song will fade *out*; and this song will fade out...
Yer right. Effing brillian!
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Sat, December 15, 2012 - 3:32 PMNina Hagen reminds me of punk.
What no " Souixie and the Banshie " , " Matt Bianco " ?
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Mon, December 31, 2007 - 1:10 AMLove Shriekback, oh and Dream Academy, and just in recent years saw King Crimson with Belew...BUT, The Damned! That's how I got here. I put them in the search engine. They're not on any of the mp3 download sites that I can find. Nobody seems to remember them but myself (well...until now). There's a punk band right now in record stores...but it's not the same band. I remember the video on old MTV with the giant doll house in the middle of the room (maybe an attic) or something like that. I think the video was in black & white as well. Does anyone remember this? -
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Fri, January 4, 2008 - 4:31 PMlove the Damned!!!! the original line-up of course!!! wish they would play the States in that configuration!!! -
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Sat, January 12, 2008 - 3:06 AMIs the band that's running around right now called "The Damned", the same band with a different line-up? It doesn't even sound like them to me. But, clearly, the guy in the video clips I saw on YouTube looked like the lead singer, only, of course, older and without makeup.
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Thu, February 2, 2006 - 10:50 AMHothouse Flowers
Psychedelic Furs
Belouis Some
The Plimsouls
The Split Enz
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Sat, December 15, 2012 - 3:30 PMOh yez, Hot House Flowers !
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Sat, February 4, 2006 - 2:17 AMtuxedomoon rocks!
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Sat, February 4, 2006 - 11:18 AMFad Gadget are very underrated.
God bless Mr. Tovey! :(
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Sat, February 4, 2006 - 1:43 PMPearl Harbor & the Explosions -
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Mon, February 13, 2006 - 11:54 AMshut up and dance
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Sun, February 12, 2006 - 2:15 PMi figure since i've been playing these bands and songs in clubs since...um...1980-ish all over the country (where ever someone will hire me to do it! lol); i might finally chime in...
finally someone mentioned:
Yello (Bostitch, Vicious Games, Lost Again...)
Psychedelic Furs (Alice's House!)
Book of Love
Everything But The Girl
Anne Clark
Big Audio Dynamite
Dramarama (i still play Last Cigarette, Haven't Got A Clue )
Blancmange
The Tubes
what about:
Front 242
Nitzer Ebb
Haircut 100
Heaven 17
Missing Persons (guilty pleasure)
Pet Shop Boys
The Flirts
Vicous Pink (Cccccan't You See/8:15 to Nowhere 12")
D.A.F.
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark (O.M.D.)
Kraftwerk
Talk Talk (Living in Another World, Life's What You Make It)
Sisters of Mercy
Bronski Beat (for all your high-energy falsetto needs)
Danse Society
KING
Yaz and/or YAZOO
Pete Shelley
Boxcar
Information Society
*does Electronic count?
Paul Young
The Farm
Faith No More
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Sun, February 12, 2006 - 7:34 PMI'm a deejay too, and I REALLY love all of those bands/artists a lot.
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Sat, February 18, 2006 - 12:37 PMBUZZCOCKS!!!
it's been bothering me for days that i couldn't remember the name of pete shelley's band, and the fact they are quite under rated (and i don't recall anyone mentioning them yet).
okay. i feel better now.
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Sat, February 18, 2006 - 12:46 PMBuzzcocks were great and fairly underrated, though they were appreciated enough for Toyota to use their song "What Do I Get" in a commercial in 1999. -
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Sat, February 18, 2006 - 5:59 PMBuzzcocks selling cars. Blech!
Worse for me was hearing The The in a Dockers commercial. My faith in everything good died when I heard it. . . -
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Sat, February 18, 2006 - 7:24 PMi look at it this way - although some would call it 'selling out' that some of our better musics have been 'commercialed' or whatever - it might put an extra dollar or 2 in the writer's and/or performer's royalty checks. and that could make a difference to them.
still - it sucks to see a good band/song in a car commercial. kinda like a john lennon song in a sneaker ad. wtf? if it goes against the wishes of the originator of the work, something could and should be done about it (by whomever is administering that particular piece of artistry.)
i can't sweat it - i've no control over it. i'll just adjust my headphones, press play and enjoy the tunes.
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Sat, February 18, 2006 - 7:33 PMI have to agree with SeanSkee. As much as I hate seeing a song I love used to sell product (I'll never forgive McCartney for selling the rights to Buddy Holly's "Oh Boy" to Buick - "Oh Buick!") t's not easy for a lot of musicians to sustain themselves in their waning years, so I can't get all high and mighty aboiut them making a few bucks off a commercial. It will still make me cringe, though. -
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Sun, February 19, 2006 - 2:58 PMI just remembered one more incredibly underappreciated band...
T'Pau.
Their debut, Bridge of Spies, is a fantastic album through and through. It's a shame that no one ever saw past "Heart and Soul" (or, I guess you could argue "China in Your Hand" also).
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Sat, March 4, 2006 - 9:40 AMyour point is well taken there... what WOULD poor Sir Paul have eaten that week if he hadn't sold that song?
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Sun, February 19, 2006 - 11:24 PMDuran Duran.
Prefab Sprout
The Fixx
Oingo Boingo
The Art Of Noise
The Call
Squeeze
Ice House
Devo
Talk Talk
Yaz
Missing Persons
Big Audio Dynamite
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Mon, February 27, 2006 - 8:47 AM1. Fingerprintz
2. Sinceros
3. Silicon Teens
4. Pearl Harbor
5. Romeo Void
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Sat, March 4, 2006 - 3:09 PMProbably been mentioned before:
In no particular order -
OMD
Art of Noise
Dead Can Dance
Renegade Soundwave
P.I.L.
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Sat, March 4, 2006 - 3:24 PMWow, I just realized this thread is over two years old!!
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Wed, March 8, 2006 - 9:31 PMCouple of Toronto bands here:
Images in Vogue
The Spoons
Also,
Strange advance - a favourite of mine
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Wed, March 15, 2006 - 5:04 PMLeonard Cohen
Peter Murphy
Joy Division
Depeche Mode
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Sun, March 19, 2006 - 11:23 PMRedd Kross
Pop Will Eat Itself
the Mission UK (I know they were kinda big, but they should have been HUUUUGE)
Hanoi Rocks
the Jesus and Mary Chain
I know a lot of people know who these bands are, but I think they still deserved much more recognition for who they are and what they did for music. Particularly Redd Kross and PWEI. -
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Sun, March 19, 2006 - 11:28 PMAnd kudos to the 3 people above who know who Randy Stodola, Diane Chi and the Alleycats were! They're an underground LA punk classic.
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Mon, March 20, 2006 - 8:22 AMPWEI - awesome. I still play "Wise Up, Sucker" in one of it's many mutations at every chance I get. The "12-inch remix on 10" is one of the best. (i know, i'm a dj and that probably means absolutely nothing to most, but it's one of the most rockin' remixes ever.)
Did any one mention The Orb?
Dig the Jesus & Mary Chain, Redd Kross and Mission U.K..
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Mon, March 20, 2006 - 8:50 AMI think I came across that 10" in a used record store not too long ago but I passed it up. Think I should see if it's still there?
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Tue, March 21, 2006 - 8:36 AMYES!!!! -
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Tue, March 21, 2006 - 10:23 AM"You give me sixteen different flavours of hell"
WISE UP! Ah- the Poppies are my heros! It's shame they only got back together to do some dates in the UK but not here. And they were supposed to write/ release some new material as well but apparently their schedules didn't coincide.
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Tue, March 21, 2006 - 7:40 PMGot it, and paid $3 for it. I'll post a review once I get a chance to listen to it.
Also, I've been listening to Stacey Q/SSQ all day, and I would like to reiterate how incredibly underrated they are. She was such a pioneer of synth-pop, dance-pop and HiNRG music and so many of the later artists in that genre followed hers and Jon St. James' lead. Her songs seem to speak right to my soul.
That is all.
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Fri, April 14, 2006 - 9:32 AM"I know a lot of people know who these bands are, but I think they still deserved much more recognition for who they are and what they did for music. Particularly Redd Kross and PWEI."
Redd Kross were huge for a while. I still like their Posh Boy punk stuff best when they were all about 15. -
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Tue, June 12, 2007 - 10:24 PMOMG, I saw Redd Kross open for the Butthole Surfers at The World in NYC in about 1990, maybe? Around then. I saw them a bunch of times.
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Tue, June 12, 2007 - 10:35 PMGalaxy 500
The Boredoms
Specimen
Japan (been mentioned alot but come on, I know started in 70's...)
Lene Lovitch
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Tue, March 21, 2006 - 6:18 PMMagazine
Wire
XTC
Wall of Voodoo
Prefab Sprout
wait....
what about Romeo Void?
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Tue, March 21, 2006 - 7:58 PMThough someone's probably already mentioned them by now, the Durutti Column. Vinni Reily is an amazingly talented man. -
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Mon, April 3, 2006 - 5:23 PMCheers to everyone who said the Chameleons, Gun Club, Romeo Void, and the Three O'Clock. I would add Sparks (highly underrated) and an SF favorite, Necropolis of Love. -
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Thu, April 20, 2006 - 1:53 PMI'd have to add my 2 cents, or top 5 (as I'm broke)
1- B Movie
2- Mighty Lemon Drops
3- Modern English
4- Wild Swans
5- Images In Vogue
Dreamwave
www.PWEMB.blogspot.com
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Thu, June 1, 2006 - 11:39 AMMission of Burma
The Damned
The Balancing Act (They would be SO famous now. You can probably get their CD for $2 at Amoeba or online)
Heaven 17
The Mr. T Experience
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Thu, June 1, 2006 - 12:16 PMNIN and Bauhaus played here in New Mexico
last night.
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Sun, June 4, 2006 - 8:49 PMHeaven 17 - 'we don't need this fascist groove thing'.
"Let me go!"
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Tue, June 5, 2007 - 3:32 PMHands down, Danse Society. Really high energy, psychedelic in a way, anomoly of a band with one of the hottest, most charismatic lead singers ever (yummy, pretty Steve Rawlings...prrrr!) Great musicianship, with ahead of their times innovations such as tabla drums on 2000 light years from home they came out of post-punk and inspired the goth movement before there was one. They achieved moderate fame and could have become huge if not for major label mismanagement/bunglings, restrictions and ensuing rifts that were caused which ultimately broke up this killer band. Perhaps their best known album is "Heaven is waiting" ( title song is great by the way, also love "Angel", overall, a very solid, listenable album) We last heard of them with the single radio hit "Say it again" which was their most commercial success yet ironically the downfall of their career and the last thing they put out. It's kind of a long story but that's where the aforementioned bunglings of record companies and whatnot occurred. It's such a shame, as they really had everything going for them for international superstardom. In a way, that song was sort of a sell out and not really the kind of thing that had gained their audience, however I am sure that given some time, they would have not abandoned their true roots and continued to continue exploring that certain hypnotic, wild, almost pagan sensibility that made them so unique. Actually, I quite like "Say it again". It's definately catchy, in the pop/new wave hit kind of vein and I like the slightly sarcastic lyrics, adrogynous sensuality of Steve off set with his masculine vocal delivery. Then poof! They never put out another song.
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Tue, June 5, 2007 - 10:04 PMi cant really narrow it down so easily;but 5 that spring to mind are:1-Talk Talk 2-Duritti column 3-The Blue Nile 4-The Replacements 5-the B52s -
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Wed, June 6, 2007 - 11:26 PMHey, this thread is three years old now!
I guess I'll add another five more for old time's sake:
Delta 5
Joseph K
Rezillos
Scars
Liliput/Kleenex
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Tue, June 12, 2007 - 3:54 PMDURUTTI COLUMN! I love Otis!
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Tue, June 12, 2007 - 7:25 PMfreakin' amy goodman played some durutti column yesterday in her show (democracy now!).
i had to stop my car for that.
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Wed, June 13, 2007 - 3:34 AMSigue Sigue Sputnik! -
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Fri, June 15, 2007 - 10:11 PMListening to iTunes on random(as always) and Clan Of Xymox just came on - Medusa is such a great album, totally underappreciated. I actually saw them in Philly in '89 or '90!!!! -
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Wed, August 22, 2007 - 9:46 PMClan of Xymox are amazing. Hopefully they will be playing in the US soon, for they still kick ass live!
Hm, since this thread is reaaaaally long , I may have missed to see names like:
1. Danse Society
2. Kukl
3. Rubella Ballet
4. The Fall
5. Norma Loy
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Re: Top TEN Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Wed, August 1, 2007 - 1:05 PMI have a topTEN
10 -- Delta 5
9 -- Classix Nouveau
8 -- Fad Gadget
7 -- M (The fella who did "Pop Muzik")
6 -- D-Day,who did the delightfully racy "Too Young to Date"
5 -- Sector 27, Tom Robinson's post-TRB (Tom Robinson Band) Group. He always was one of my heroes. Also, Tom Robinson himself.
4 -- Furniture, the band who did "Brilliant Mind"
3 -- Boys Don't Cry (I wanna Be a Cowboy)
2 -- Japan
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Re: Top TEN Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Sun, November 4, 2007 - 12:52 PMThe Durutti Column
Dramarama
The Rain Parade
China Crisis
Hoodoo Gurus
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Sat, June 7, 2008 - 11:20 PMThis is a great question and I've been extremely impressed by the post, after an hour of reading through them I just had to add my 2 cents worth. Forgive me if I stretch the 80's a little to late 70's to early 90's. 1) Husker Du 2) Lime Spiders 3)Crash Test Dummies (forget God Shuffled His Feet, listen to I Don't Care) 4) The Replacements 5)Cracker. Ok I do need to add 3 more or I wouldn't feel right (sorry) The Suburbs, Squeeze, The Names. Thanks all for the memories.
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Mon, August 18, 2008 - 7:56 AMWhat a great topic. By the way, does anyone remember the eighties song "When it Hits"? And who did it?
Here's a few:
1. The Jim Carroll Band
2. Joy Division
3. Echo and the Bunnymen
4. Aztec Camera
5. Nick Gilder
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Mon, June 29, 2009 - 5:59 AM1. Sparks
2. Romeo Void
3. New Model Army
4. Gang of Four
5. Screaming Blue Messiahs
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 9:25 AMHow about the Db's ?
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Thu, January 28, 2010 - 7:00 AMwell, well...i just found this tribe...i feel so nostalgic, i don't think i have thought about some of these bands since the 80's, but i love new wave/industrial music so i'm gonna try to narrow it down to the top 5...
1. Skinnky Puppy
2. The Glove
3. Ledgendary Pink Dots
4. chris &cosey
5. dead can dance
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Sun, February 28, 2010 - 6:16 PMThe Blasters
Galaxie 500
Accept
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Sat, December 15, 2012 - 3:27 PMPsychdelic Furs
The English beat
Talk Talk
The Stranglers
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Mon, December 17, 2012 - 10:32 AMI'd like to ad
Bronski Beat
Peter Schilling
Wall of Voodoo
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Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's
Mon, December 17, 2012 - 10:53 AMI'll scratch out Wall of Voodoo with the " Jam "
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