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The band Blue Orchids was founded in 1979. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in Manchester. Generally, music journalists would define Blue Orchids’s style within the genre/s of art rock, and other rock music.
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Josef K
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Television Personalities
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The Fall
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Magazine
Magazine were an English post-punk band active from 1977 to 1981, then again from 2009 to 2011. The band was formed by Howard Devoto after leaving punk band Buzzcocks in early 1977. Devoto had decided to create a more progressive and less "traditional" rock ba... [wikipedia]
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The Teardrop Explodes
The Teardrop Explodes were an English post-punk/neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. Best known for their Top Ten UK single "Reward" (which is still a staple of 1980s alternative pop compilations), the group originated as a key band in the emergin... [wikipedia]
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The Monochrome Set
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A Certain Ratio
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The Mekons
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Essential Logic
Essential Logic are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 by saxophonist Lora Logic after leaving X-Ray Spex. The band initially consisted of Lora on vocals, Phil Legg on guitar and vocals, William Bennett (later of Whitehouse) on guitar, Mark Turner on bas... [wikipedia]
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The Sound
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Eyeless In Gaza
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Sad Lovers And Giants
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Swell Maps
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Young Marble Giants
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