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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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Here's a few more, then I'll quit.  Could be here forever.

10CC
Ace
Angel
Argent
Asleep At The Wheel
Badfinger
Boomtown Rats
Canned Heat
Climax Blues Band
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Exile
FM
Grapes Of Wrath
Head East
Icicle Works
Joy Of Cooking
Klaatu
Men Without Hats
Midnight Oil
Orion
Pet Shop Boys
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Rare Earth
Starz
UB40


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geoffkait
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Moby Grape and Fresh out of Borstal
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whart
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Elvis Hitler. Their Disgraceland album contains a cover of Purple Haze called Green Haze. It is the Hendrix tune, but with the lyrics from the tv show, "Green Acres." "Farm livin,' it's the life for me...".  It came out shortly after Paul Simon's album, 'Graceland' and was sort of anti-pop, lo-fi, psycho-billy. The first pressing came in a lo-rent cardboard box with the cover art photocopied and taped on with cello-tape. They were actually a competent band. 
gnostalgick
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And Also the Trees
Angels of Light
Antony & the Johnsons
Coil
Galaxie 500
Husker Du
In Gowan Ring
Labradford
Lowlife
Miranda Sex Garden
Outhud
Pram
Silver Apples
David Sylvian
Talk Talk 
Jozef Van Wissem
Zelienople


rlawry
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Been listening to all of the British band Charlie's albums.  A criminally underrated band that I loved back in the day and still.

China Crisis just released a new album last year, "Autumn in the Neighborhood".  If you loved their previous work you will love this and they have some get this:  great steel guitar work on a couple of cuts.

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