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The Escape Club
The Escape Club are an English pop rock band that was formed in London in 1983 by Trevor Steel, John Holliday, Johnnie Christo, and Milan Zekavica. The group is most well known for their single “Wild, Wild [...]
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animotion
In his book Totally Awesome 80s (St. Martin’s Press New York 1996), Matthew Rettenmund listed Animotion’s "Obsession" as #3 in his list of Quintessentially 80s Songs. The band’s name, Animotion was also chosen as [...]
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Musical Youth
Musical Youth is a British Jamaican reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England. They are best remembered for their successful 1982 single "Pass the Dutchie," which became a number 1 hit around the [...]
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Dramarama
Bang, and here we go… Sporting three of the original “four-ish” members of Dramarama (“four-ish,” you ask? Well, they didn’t start out with a permanent drummer, and after all, are many drummers really permanent?), the [...]
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Boys Don’t Cry
If you were a hip kid in 1986, chances are your anthem was "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" by Boys Don't Cry. From the mouth of a trendsetter called Madonna (who said it was her favorite new song), to the airwaves of WLIR in New York [...]