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Suicide Commandos

Before Prince, Hüsker Dü, Spirit Asylum, as well as the Substitutes dominated and defined the Minneapolis rock scene from the ’80s, three guys, Chris Osgood, Steve Almaas, and Dave Ahl, had a swinging small punk rock combo called the Suicide Commandos. They produced only two information, one of these a …

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Curtiss A

Curtiss A (aka Curt Almsted) is a fixture in Minneapolis rock and roll since 1978, when he recorded along with his punk-ish combo the Spooks. Hardly ever really a punk rocker in the original feeling, Almsted was even more of a origins rock and roll wiseguy more affected by John …

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The Suburbs

As the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, and Soul Asylum were the Minneapolis bands that took the city’s underground rock and roll to international attention, the Suburbs were the Twin Cities’ biggest local act from the 1980s, packaging the largest clubs around with a good, challenging, and darkly witty mix of punk …

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Peter Godwin

Peter Godwin (vocals) seemingly appeared away from nowhere when he released the one “Pictures of Heaven” in 1982. Nevertheless, by that point he had recently been documenting music for over fifty percent ten years. He started as an associate of an organization known as Metro, who documented its self-titled debut …

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Chan Poling

Minneapolis local Chan Poling was the key pad participant and vocalist with angular dance-pop group the Suburbs, whose music provided the missing hyperlink between the wise but snotty shade from the city’s new influx/punk scene as well as the quirky but thoughtful funk of Prince and his associated performers. The …

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ESP Ohio

Among the seemingly endless quantity of saving tasks launched by Guided by Voices innovator Robert Pollard, ESP Ohio reunites him with one of is own most distinguished collaborators, guitarist Doug Gillard. An Ohio indigenous like Pollard, Gillard experienced performed in the glam-influenced punk music group Loss of life of Samantha …

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