Any favorite local/regional bands?

[profpike]

Part of the fun of the 80s music explosion were all the local/regional bands we enjoyed that maybe recorded something, but didn't make it.

Here's two from the Midwest:

Madison Wisconsin's Weeds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaqoMkTNfJw

Minneapolis' The Clams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqwNZmM9Sg

Does anybody else have some to share?

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[q89747]

Chicago's Da! Were a post-punk-ish group around in the early '80s. Only fairly recently discovered them; don't know much about them and don't have any of their stuff, but I believe there's a handful of clips on YT.

[profpike]

Very cool-I did find some stuff from them on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3V2qh0zNQM

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[schwenko]

3 Teens Kill 4- No Motive

http://youtu.be/PkVY9zRkpJ8

Sugoi !!!

[wherewereuin82]

Pretty much every band in this video

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[eight6]

[quote][i]Originally posted by wherewereuin82[/i]
<br>Pretty much every band in this video

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As soon as the City TV graphic came up, I heard Mark Dailey in my head..."City TV - Everywhere."

[Surly]

From Cleveland, the wonderful System 56:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/system56

While sounding a bit demo-ish and dated, "Life On A Cool Curve" still ranks very high on my "greatest new wave songs" list.

And while I'm not from Minnepolis, I did live there from '99-'00. If I had lived there back in the '80s, I could have caught Limited Warranty in their prime. Definitely more pop but still enjoyable:

http://www.amazon.com/Limited-Warranty/ ... d+warranty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piPFS26pxvk



"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"

[profpike]

Thanks folks. I'm checking out a number of these.

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[wherewereuin82]

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Especially creepy hearing that when you were lying in bed watching tv.

[tileboy]

From Boston

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[Frank_Chickens]

Since I'm from Birmingham the early 80's music scene wasn't up to much due to the hangover from metal. This drove a lot of people away to different areas of the country such as Bristol that were more amenable to different types of music.

However there were still some goodies left to be found such as 021 - Pop Song (starts at 16 seconds):

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Swell Maps - Let's Build A Car:

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Fashion - Steady Eddie Steady:

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[q89747]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Frank_Chickens[/i]
<br>Since I'm from Birmingham the early 80's music scene wasn't up to much due to the hangover from metal. This drove a lot of people away to different areas of the country such as Bristol that were more amenable to different types of music.

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Love the Mattresses, they're possibly one of the best bands ever.
Sadly though we can't see the vid contents here in America due to EMI blocking it. Hrmf.

[mysterio2]

Tileboy, thanks for those links. I had forgotten about the Neats.

The Boston music scene from the late 70's - mid 80's was an incredible hotbed of talent. Between the Rat, the Metro, the Channel, Spit, the Orpheum, and a few other places, you were almost guaranteed to be able to see somebody interesting any week.

There were so many good Boston area bands that WBCN held an annual 'Rock N Roll Rumble' at the Rat, and it wasn't always easy to pick a winner. Bands like the Lyres, the Neighborhoods, Private Lightning, HSR, the Nervous Eaters, Lou Miami, the Fools, Mission of Burma, and so many more that I thought deserved national attention, but didn't always get.

One on particular weekend, both Adam & the Ants and Black Flag were in town. Naturally, they somewhat competed for the same audience. The clever Black Flag camp had made small posters/hand bills that depicted a can of Blag Flag brand insecticide, and the saying on the poster was "Black Flag kills Ants on contact." It also included info on where they were playing. They posted those all over town, and it was one of the most clever, yet obvious, marketing campaigns that I remember from that era.

That's what a musical weekend in Boston was like at that time -- you often had to make hard choices on which great act you wanted to see more.

It was a magical time and place, full of such great memories.