It was a geographical thing back in the day.
The Feelies and The Bongos were probably my two favorites. Of course, I lived in Hoboken, NJ at the time and both bands based themselves there, so maybe I'm a little prejudiced on this one.
From out of town, The Replacements and Husker Du were the Minnesota reps, Arrogance, Let's Active and The dBs were from North Carolina, Oingo Boingo and X from LA, Pere Ubu from Cleveland, The Romantics from Detroit, Romeo Void from San Francisco etc, etc...
Some emphasized the rock influence, some were more pop, the southerners jangled, and one or two (see Pere Ubu!) were more aggresively "artistes", but they were all among my favorites from that particular pop music movement.
Marty
The Feelies and The Bongos were probably my two favorites. Of course, I lived in Hoboken, NJ at the time and both bands based themselves there, so maybe I'm a little prejudiced on this one.
From out of town, The Replacements and Husker Du were the Minnesota reps, Arrogance, Let's Active and The dBs were from North Carolina, Oingo Boingo and X from LA, Pere Ubu from Cleveland, The Romantics from Detroit, Romeo Void from San Francisco etc, etc...
Some emphasized the rock influence, some were more pop, the southerners jangled, and one or two (see Pere Ubu!) were more aggresively "artistes", but they were all among my favorites from that particular pop music movement.
Marty