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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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arcam88 OP
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Here's another one.
    Crawler, a spin-off from Paul kossoff's " Back Street Crawler" after Paul's death. Only two Studio albums that I know of (77'&78')and two or three live albums following.                                                      The first self titled album is excellent! And a great recording to boot.I have not heard the second one or any of the live albums.
bondmanp
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I used to do the underground club scene in NYC back in the early 80s.  Lots of bands that were unsigned, or on labels like Stiff.  Also used to listen to NYU radio (WNYU) - "The New Afternoon Show", which showcased obscure artists, and dropped them like a hot potato if they got signed to a major label (it's still on the air, and AFAIK, still has the same playlist policy).  Other fave obscure bands: 

Robin Lane and the Chartbusters

Drill

Vixtrola

Fire Engines

VKTMS

Rip, Rig & Panic

The Higsons 

Blotto

Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Lydia Lunch

Thee Headcoatees

The Reverend Horton Heat (I don't think this band is obscure, but nobody ever seems to have heard of it)

Sleater-Kinney

Spinanes

Frogpond

Curve

Looker

B Bang Cider

The Amps

Cats & Jammers

Rogers Sisters

Pee Shy

Pig Bag

The Histrioniks

Thermals

Failure


... and dozens more from the late 1970s to the present that I cannot recall right now.  There is so much great music that I have yet to discover and hear!


loomisjohnson
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good list bondmap--i still listen to robin lane and the spinanes. i've never heard of some of yours--any of 'em especially worthy?
bdgregory
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Twelfth Night - I have a live CD by them "Live and Let Live" that I bought on impulse and it's great, but I previously haven't been able to find any other recordings, except for a CD by their vocalist Geoff Mann - "In One Era" that's equally good.  They have a web site (http://twelfthnight.info/) now and sell their albums there. 
martykl
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I'm not sure that Richard Hell & The Voidoids qualify for this thread (they were a pretty high profile band in the punk scene), but they surely qualify for the thread about best song titles:

"Love Comes In Spurts"

One curious tidbit about the band:. In the punk world at that time, there was a certain pride in a band's inability to actually play their instruments.  It lent a certain DIY authenticity to the music as a kind of craftless "primal scream".  The Voidoids featured both Robert Quine and Ivan Julian on guitar, and both guys can play the sh*t out their instruments.
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