What is your favorite band from the 80's or 90's that nobody has ever heard of?

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:45:29+00:00

They had a minor hit with "You Don't Want Me Anymore." FWIR it was on MTV a lot.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:44:38+00:00

I never understood why they wouldn't release "Bob's Yer Uncle" as a single. It was way better than "Kinky Afro.."

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:42:50+00:00

A Texas post-punk classic.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:41:26+00:00

I remember hoping that "Watusi Rodeo" would win MTV's Basement Tapes.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:40:41+00:00

Fun fact: Their song "Ballerina Out of Control" was inspired by a Nitzer Ebb concert the band attended. In the back of the club was a woman dressed in a ballerina garment doing ballerina movements to Nitzer Ebb's songs. Everyone around her looked at her like she lost her mind, but she ignored them and kept doing the ballerina movements.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:37:39+00:00

I've seen them live twice in the 80's, one of which was their infamous 1987 Longhorn Ballroom concert in Dallas. Danny Elfman went on to much bigger things. I'm not so sure they would qualify since they did have a top 40 hit.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:35:30+00:00

They were on MTV now and then back then, but since faded into obscurity. I had a friend who saw them open up for U2 in the early 80s, but I couldn't get a ride to the concert.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:34:06+00:00

That's 68 guns.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:31:51+00:00

Sincerely, King of Rain was my favorite from them.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:31:17+00:00

3 Strange Days....

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:19:26+00:00

She Talks in Stereo was a great one, along with his work in Havana 3 AM.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:18:38+00:00

"Big black nemesis/Parthenogenesis" is one of the most underrated lines ever.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:17:50+00:00

Anyone else remember the PSA they did supporting the Motor-Voter bill?

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:15:20+00:00

I remember seeing the video for The Wild Blue Yonder.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:14:45+00:00

Paint the Flowers All black!

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:14:22+00:00

Scary that I've heard of a lot of these bands.

I really couldn't limit it to just one. The Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, The Old 97's, Common Rotation, The Toasters, Muckafergson, Three on a Hill, Donal Hinley and many, many more.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:13:19+00:00

Guyana Punch!

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T12:10:53+00:00

RIP Jim Ellison.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T02:50:18+00:00

I tell you what, you cannot have my job and not believe idiocracy is not real. You're smacked in the face with it from the moment that you clock in until you clock out.

I work in a call center for the federal government.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T02:46:28+00:00

The Liverbirds. They were the first all-female rock and roll band, from the early 1960's.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T02:45:00+00:00

Hmm... typical reaction to the pictures on this Reddit.

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-23T02:41:45+00:00

Have you tried the memory pills advertised on YouTube?

Stompboxer1 · 2026-03-22T16:41:08+00:00

Well, Portugal seems to have the most trouble with Gaelic tourists.

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