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Obscure bands

Does anyone know a band called City Boy? (70's/80's)Very obscure and very original. It's beyond Me how such great talent goes so unnoticed! Also please chime in on other obscure talented musicians.

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mofimadness
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Charlie "Lines" is one of my favorite albums.  Can't believe I missed them when I was looking through my collection.  I have all of their albums on vinyl.  Good call!
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Gentle Giant
They Might Be Giants
Mama’s Pride
Aorta
Men At Work
Wendy O’Williams and the Plasmatics
Silver Metre
Silver Apples
Heartsfield
Wild Man Fischer (do multiple personalities qualify as a group?)
Black Oak Arkansas
Dave Clark Five
Masked Marauders
The Incredible String Band
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Great list dweller!
                                I know of about half the bands on your list.
Gentle giant definitely deserved more recognition.
I haven't heard The Tubes mentioned. Formed in 1975 out of San Francisco, they definitely had a different approach. A little rock, a little punk, a little??? And a lot of humor.
I saw these guys live twice and boy did they know how to put on a show( not just play)
They had a couple of minor hits" Talk to Ya Later"and "She's a Beauty". But most people wouldn't have a clue who The Tubes are.

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I dunno. I have to say that if a band is signed to a major label, and has some charting singles, I think that means they are not obscure. The fact that I know 60% of the bands people are listing here suggests to me that they are not really obscure.


Now, gnostalgick, aside from having a very difficult member name, has an excellent list. I haven’t heard of one single band on it, save Antony & the Johnsons and Husker Du. Bravo.


gnostalgick: What genre of music would you put these bands in? If the genre appeals to me, I will explore these bands. Thank you.

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arcam88:  The Tubes are obscure?  White Punks on Dope was a high school and college anthem in the mid-to-late 1970s.  Everyone I knew, knew that song.  WPOD!!!
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