Forgotten early New Wave...

The Shoes...almost as good as Cheap Trick...

The Motels were hard to categorize. Their music ranged from post punk to adult contemporary. Another plus was Martha Davis, she was both eye and ear candy! Even with some chart success they are mostly forgotten.

Speaking of Linda Rondstadt, "Mad Love," her new wave album was a killer album. I played the heck out of that one in the early 80s. Don't have a copy of it anymore, wonder if it sounds dated. Might have to check Amazon.

How about Big Star, Matthew Sweet, Syd Straw, and Marti Jones?

I was in a cover band in Hawaii when the Motels were in town for a concert (early 80s)...we were playing 6 nights a week in a giant hipster dance club so we were tight, and Martha came in and sang with us...we already did a few of their songs and it was really cool (and spooky) to hear the actual voice from a song coming through the monitors...we even did a song that the Motels touring band DIDN'T do and she nailed it. Nice person that Martha.