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Bush Tetras

206,335 plays (33,201 listeners)

The Bush Tetras were a rock band from New York City. Forming in 1979, they were very popular in the New York club scene in the early 1980s, but never had much mainstream success. Their music combined dance rhythms and dissonant rock-guitar riffs.

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

439,311 plays (39,066 listeners)

Lizzy Mercier Descloux (1956 - 2004) was a French singer born in Paris. After the modest debuts of her group Rosa Yemen, she recorded five albums under her name between 1979 and 1988. She had her best success in 1984 with the song Mais Où Sont Passées Les Gazelles ('But where have the gazelles gone?'), which announced her interest for south African rhythms and the emergence of Johnny Clegg.

Konk

75,147 plays (17,698 listeners)

Konk was a large Latin/Disco/Funk band who was popular on the Downtown scene in NYC in the early to mid 1980's. The band played regularly at the Mudd Club, Danceteria as well as performing at the Paradise Garage and the Loft. They released records on 99, Rough Trade, Sleeping Bag, Les Disques du Crepuscule, Celluloid and on their own Dog Brothers label.

Delta 5

456,600 plays (54,842 listeners)

Delta 5 were a first wave Post Punk band, hailing from the fertile Leeds scene in 1979. For brief period they challenged Gang of Four as England's finest political Post Punk outfit. However, where Go4 promulgated a populist/socialist and often anti-military ideology, Delta 5 focused largely on feminist issues. The band were prominent figures in the Rock Against Racism movement.

Liliput

507,566 plays (39,254 listeners)

LiLiPUT were a Swiss punk/post-punk band active from 1978 to 1983. The group formed in 1978 under the name Kleenex, and soon made a name for themselves, until the threat of legal action by Kimberly-Clark in 1979 prompted a change of name to LiLiPUT (Kleenex being a propietary brand of tampons in Switzerland).

A Certain Ratio

823,529 plays (89,882 listeners)

A Certain Ratio (aka ACR or A.C.R.) are a post-punk/funk band from Manchester, UK. Formed in the late 1970s, they were one of the bands (along with Gang of Four and The Pop Group) who forged the new musical hybrid which became known as punk-funk, a style which fused the energy and aggression of punk rock with the rhythms and musicianship of funk and soul.

Au Pairs

604,282 plays (55,310 listeners)

The Au Pairs were a post-punk band who formed in Birmingham, UK in 1979. Musically they were very similar to bands such as Ludus, Gang of Four and Delta 5.

Tom Tom Club

910,468 plays (146,103 listeners)

Tom Tom Club is a project by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, who were also members of Talking Heads.