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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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.
Anyone remember the English blues rock band Chicken Shack?  They featured a great guitarist called Stan Webb.  Their pianist, Christine Perfect, later married into Fleetwood Mac (becoming Christine McVie) and raised her profile quite a bit over the next five years, or so.
Hey Marty - 
Remember Chicken Shack?  No....
Aware it was the band Christine McVie nee Perfect came from?  Yes.

Here's another from around that time: Killing Floor.  
Of note to me because that's where Lou Martin (pianist with Rory Gallagher) came from.  Check out the RG Irish Tour '74 movie.  Lou is killer on electric piano.

But here's a track from a Killing Floor LP that features Lou.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHPSKL2Z2Mw





Ghost,

Funny thing about Chicken Shack is that Christine Perfect only came on board after several years.  Stan Webb was the main attraction in that band and he was a really good guitarist.  They also had one other high profile member (maybe in a later iteration), but I can't recall and I'm too lazy to look it up.
Thanks to everyone for their great posts and lists! Looks like I've got a lot of exploring to do.
Meanwhile here's a few more to chew on.
Enchant
Fates Warning
Porcupine Tree