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Trolling around YouTube I came across a motherload of what my friends used to call "Brentmusic" (my first name is Brent): dark, droning, sarcastic vocals offset by clangy, annoying guitars, set to a dance beat because, once upon a time people still danced to rock and roll.

It's been called Punk, Post-Punk, Death Disco, No Wave...but to a large degree, it's just simple, DIY musical anarchy. The influences were as varied as Beatniks and reggae, country-western rockabilly to bee-hive hairdo-ed girl groups (and beyond), but it was self-consciously artistic, intellectual, ironic and nihilistic.

Because of the general rawness of the sound (most recordings were done on a shoestring budget), there was a high degree of reverse-snobbery about what was fabulous and what was "commercial dreck": anything that sounded "commercial" was beneath consideration.

There were two main areas of diffusion for this kind of music in Boston, where I grew up and where a great local scene sprung up: college radio (MIT's station had The Late Riser's Club from 10-2, BC played it later in the afternoon and into the evening) or in clubs where one could hear the bands performing live. There were also disco-type clubs which were only open on special nights where one could dance under lights.

Here are some openers:

The Bush Tetras

Liliput/Kleenex


Stinky Toys

Mission Of Burma


Anybody else like this shit?
 

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I've never heard of most of the bands you mentioned, but I'm a big fan of The Stranglers and have seen them live many times. Also it was great to see that Lene Lovich video again; I still have the vinyl album Flex, which Bird Song came from.

From her first album, Stateless...

The Night
 

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The Chameleons: haven't heard them in forever! Excellent choice!

Only the greatest 80's band ever. I'm surprised you know of them, they were never big when they were together and never made any videos. I even added Swampthing to my list of songs.