Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's

topic posted Wed, February 25, 2004 - 3:31 PM by 
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)
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    Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's

    Fri, February 27, 2004 - 8:25 AM
    Way 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.
    • Re: Top 5 Underappreciated Bands of the 80's

      Sat, February 28, 2004 - 6:11 PM
      I 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.