Obscure bands

OK, so here's three from the NYC punk/new wave club scene ca. 1980 - 

Anyone remember The Shirts?  Lead singer Annie Golden later starred in Milos Foreman's film version of "Hair", IIRC.

Then there was a San Francisco (?) band called Medium Medium with their big song "Hungry, So Angry".

And let's not forget the immortal Love Tractor, maybe from Boston?

A little later on, on the cow-punk bar circuit we got "Momma's Big Iron Skillet", who were great and had some really funny lyrics.  Later still, came BR5-49, from Austin, IIRC.  Along with some great original material, they were the mother of all request taking cover bands.

BTW,

Good list from Bdp (as usual), tho a few of those are a little less obscure than this thread demands, IMO.  However, I'll give you props on the Graham Gouldman/Andrew Gold collaboration.  Who knew?

A few bands I'd like to see get more recognition...one defunct, two still recording.

No longer active:  The Standard...check out a fine trilogy of albums by them:  Wire Post to Wire; Swimmer; Albatross.

Still active:  Nada Surf...been around a while.  Have been enjoying, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy; also their, You Know Who You Are.

Also active:  Me Without You.   Try, Pale Horses; Catch For Us the Foxes; or Brother, Sister.  Great album art too.  

marty, love tractor was actually an athens ga band, tho sounding nothing like rem--great stuff nonethteless. your reference triggered recall of some other mostly-forgotten athens bands like pylon and swimming pool qs, who still sound pretty contemporary.
staying south, i'll toss in two alabama (mississipi?) jangly guitar bands of particular merit, the primitons and carnival season; both on spotify and well worth checking out

A couple a Southern janglers (both from Chapel Hill, NC I believe) and a first cousin

Arrogance (Don Dixon)

Let's Active (Mitch Easter)

The DBs (probably that area's biggest jangle rock act) were too well known for this thread IMO.  Still love the track "Amplifier", tho.

Color Me Gone (Marti Jones, eventually married Don Dixon), possibly from Akron, Ohio - tho, as Loomis so properly points out, my memories of provenance are not always 100% accurate.  Hey, it's been a while for these bands!