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Though they by no means found widespread success, the London-based quintet Girl provided a tenuous link between your ’70s glam motion and its own heavier but believe it or not sleazy past due-’80s counterpart. Their short existence and unequal output notwithstanding, Lady are now greatest remembered because the starting place …

Before gathering similarities to famous brands PJ Harvey, Uk singer/songwriter Carina Circular got her focus on a brief stint at Birmingham’s famed Ronnie Scott’s club in 1996. Within many years, she experienced gained interest through support billings for Tag Eitzel, David Grey, the sweetness Stuff’s Kilometers Hunt, & most notably …

A band that were able to bridge the space between Bowie, Eno and the brand new wave that could follow, Cowboys International was basically an all celebrity group collected by vocalist and songwriter Ken Lockie that released one tremendous album in 1979 and a small number of 45s (Thrash, Aftermath, …

Bad Manners, made up of vocalist Buster Bloodvessel (given birth to Douglas Trendle), Louis Cook (guitar), David Farren (bass), Martin Stewart (keyboards), Brian Tuitti (drums), Gus Herman (trumpet), Chris Kane (saxophone), and Andrew Marson (saxophone), were among the many rings to consider their inspiration through the Specials as well as …

One of the most bizarre “groupings” birthed with the later-’70s/early-’80s Uk post-punk scene, As well as the Local Hipsters achieved notoriety in 1980 using the oddball one “There Runs Concorde Again,” a full time income room recording which the group had pressed into 500 copies. Upon hands stamping each one …