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Zwischenfall

Zwischenfall were a short-lived Belgian synth pop/new influx group active through the early ’80s. They shaped in 1982 and in the beginning contains synthesizer participant Michael Sass, bassist/vocalist Martin Urban, and guitarist/drummer Stephan Kraemer. Merging consumer electronics with traditional rock and roll instruments, they documented some demo tunes that caught …

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The Otherside

Not to end up being confused using the authentic 1960s group called the Otherside, the Dutch 1980s music group the Otherside played music that fell in the poppier and even more British Invasion-derived aspect from the 1960s garage area revival. They released several EPs and acquired some monitors on compilations.

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Crash Kills Five

The Toronto, Canada, group Crash Kills Five formed around 1980, actually selecting their unusual and sad name from a headline in an area newspaper. People of the group included lead vocalist Don Pyle, guitarists Mohammed “Eddy” Nagdee and Brian Connelly, drummer Alex Koch, and bassist Reid Gemstone. The band performed …

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Enigmas

Enigmas were a little-known group that formed in early 1982 in Canada. Associates consisted of business lead vocalist and saxophonist Paul McKenzie, bassist Brian Olinek, guitarist Mike Davies, and drummer Randy Bowman. The band’s music can be an interesting combination of pop/rock and roll taste seasoned with an excellent dash …

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Skewbald/Grand Union

A short-lived task formed during Small Threat’s preliminary (and ultimately temporary) break up, Skewbald/Grand Union kept singer Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson jointly, using their curious substance name deriving off their differing views of what things to contact the music group. MacKaye and Nelson initial worked jointly in the …

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The Nobodys

The little-known new wave group the Nobodys flirted with mainstream exposure with their single “No Warranties” appear on it series Miami Vice. But apart from obtaining the song’s video greatly performed in Canada as well as the Philippines, the Nobodys became as private as their name. Made up of Safeway …

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Maywood

The Dutch pop duo Maywood was formed in 1979 by sisters Alie and Edith de Vries from Harlingen. Previously the users from the Ladypops, Karina’s and Colt 45, they performed beneath the titles Alice May and Caren Solid wood. Taking motivation from ABBA and such fellow Dutch functions as Pussycat …

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Disgruntled Postal Employees

Disgruntled Postal Employees described themselves as an avant-garde Syrian/Irish psychedelic blues group. With Syrian vocalist Ahman (who sang just in Arabic), guitarist Dave Knott, and multi-instrumentalists Mike Hovancsek and Mike Fowler, this group was focusing on their initial documenting when the vocalist was deported back again to Syria, one member …

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Westlake

A former person in the Servants, David Westlake dropped his initial name being a solo artist and agreed upon with Creation for the self-titled release in 1987. It didn’t perform nearly aswell as what have been expected, as well as the label slipped the musician. Westlake still left music for …

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The Girls

Constructed by Prince connect André Cymone in Minneapolis in 1983, girls had been an obscure, little known female trio such as Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6. Vanity 6 got completed well for Prince in 1982, and Cymone was wishing to direct popular female band of his personal when, in 1983, …

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