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Although they hardly ever broke to commercial success, Terry & Gerry were among England’s most exciting bands from the ’80s. Their demonstration tape led to a high-profile BBC program with popular disk jockey and maker John Peel off and trips in Holland, Belgium, america, and the uk. Created in the …

When the Defeat (referred to as the English Defeat within the U.S. just) divide in 1983, it emerged as a shock to guitarist Dave Cox and bassist David Steele. The very first time they noticed that the group’s vocalists, Position Roger and Dave Wakelin, had opted off to create an …

While Georgia as well as the Carolinas were Southern hot areas in the jangle pop sweepstakes from the 1980s, the Primitons demonstrated that there have been great contemporary pop bands making in Alabama, as well. The Primitons (the name was designed to end up being an abbreviation of “Primitive Shades”) …