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The Adverts

Making use of their raw, enthusiastic immaturity, the Adverts were a bright, though short-lived, light from the punk era, distinguished by the actual fact that their bassist, Gaye Advert, was among the first female stars of punk rock and roll. Once they (hardly) learned one chord, the Adverts started playing …

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TV Smith

With TV Smith’s Explorers having imploded in past due 1981 as well as the success from the Adverts receding further in to the past, TV Smith launched his solo career in early 1982, cutting an individual, “Burning Rainfall,” with Rondelet labelmates the Nervous Germans. Label politics conspired contrary to the …

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