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Human Switchboard

Inspired with the Velvet Underground (especially lead vocalist Bob Pfeifer) as well as the angst-ridden post-punk of Pleasure Division, Human Switchboard debuted in 1977 with an EP made by Pere Ubu’s David Thomas. Individual Switchboard Live premiered by the music group three years afterwards (though it resembles a bootleg), and …

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The Bizarros

Although various other Northeast Ohio post-punk and New Wave acts continued to better success and notoriety — Devo, Pere Ubu as well as the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde all spring immediately to mind — few were as essential to the scene’s longevity and impact as the Bizarros; the first Akron music …

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