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Too Much Pleasure was area of the explosion of collegiate comedy rock and roll in the later ’80s, distinguishing themselves with a far more mature side compared to the Deceased Milkmen and an easier, speedier punk-pop approach compared to the arty Ruler Missile. Getting started via the unbiased route, the …

Defeat Happening was one of the truly seminal and influential American rings from the post-punk period, a paragon of pop minimalism, rebellious innocence, and indie defiance. The linchpin from the Olympia, Washington-based International Pop Underground, they followed a position in immediate opposition towards the recognized norms in the centre of …

Toothpaste 2000 evolved from the Seattle duo the Cowboy as well as the Spingirl, an alias for bassist/guitarist/vocalist Frank Bednash and guitarist/vocalist Donna Esposito. Both got together within the middle-’80s and released the Hearing Candy recording, plus many singles, within the Parasol label. When drummer Duff Drew became a member …

Theo Hakola’s name will most likely not be contained in any historical accounts of musicians from your Pacific Northwest, however the former vocalist for the People from france band Enthusiasm Fodder is in fact from Spokane, WA. Hakola created Enthusiasm Fodder in 1984 in Paris, France, with Lionel Dollet (acoustic …

The Cortinas were, initially a minimum of, Bristol’s best-known punk-era music group; they were the very first punk group from the town to attract the eye of the nationwide music press and radio, the first ever to release a one, and the first ever to to push out a major-label …

Though it didn’t originally have anything regarding their sound, the Cowboy Junkies’ name finished up seeming fairly accurate: their music was grounded in traditional country, blues, and folk, yet drifted along inside a sleepy, narcotic haze that clearly bore the stamp from the Velvet Underground. Almost all their songs had …

Acquiring their name from a figure within a John Milton poem, Comus was a short-lived but powerful folk-rock group that appears to have produced an attempt to combine components of King Crimson using the affects of Pentangle, Fairport Convention as well as other more traditional folk clothes. The effect was …

A staple within the brand new York Town underground picture, this alternative rock-band began its formation in the summertime of 1996 when Bronx Zoo workers Richard Morbid, drummer Nick Raisz, and guitarist Charles Kibel discovered their kindred music spirits. The music group officially became Crazy Mary 2 yrs later by …

There are many performers who rock critics describe utilizing the label “primitive,” but few if any can take a candle to the best American rock primitive, Jad Good. Along with his wildly important music group Fifty percent Japanese or being a single performer, Good provides built a prolific and intensely …

Guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan fronts the critically acclaimed indie rock-band Yo La Tengo. Kaplan and his wife, drummer/vocalist Georgia Hubley, founded the Hoboken, NJ, group in 1984, dealing with a revolving ensemble of music artists until the entrance of bassist Adam McNew in 1991. Kaplan was blending bands on the famous …