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Let's Active

51,738 plays (5,463 listeners)

Spawned from the same jangle-pop scene in Winston-Salem, NC that brought us the db's, Let's Active was formed in 1983 by Mitch Easter along with Faye Hunter (bass) and Sara Romweber (drums). The Afoot EP, released in 1983, produced the college-radio hits "Every Word Means No," and "Room With a View," both with a decidedly retro '60's sound.

The dB's

180,170 plays (17,430 listeners)

Along with Let's Active, the dB's defined the Southern power pop/jangle pop movement of the early to mid-'80s. The band's music was a quirky blend of smart pop and psychedelia crossed with the more experimental side of new wave. Though they never received widespread recognition outside of critical acclaim, they provided a key link between Big Star and '80s alternative guitar acts such as R.E.M.

The Three O'Clock

42,740 plays (5,544 listeners)

The Three O'Clock was a rock group associated with Los Angeles' Paisley Underground scene in the early 1980s. Lead singer and bassist Michael Quercio is credited with coining the term "Paisley Underground" to describe bands such as Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, Green On Red and the Bangles from the area.

Tommy Keene

35,354 plays (3,923 listeners)

In 1984 a six-song platter of power pop perfection put a little known suburban Maryland singer/songwriter named Tommy Keene onto the CMJ charts, into the pages of Rolling Stone, and atop the Village Voice end of year poll. That EP entitled "Places That Are Gone" still stands up well over the years.

Rain Parade

93,227 plays (9,218 listeners)

The Rain Parade were part of the Paisley Underground scene that emerged in the West Coast during the mid-eighties and also included groups like The Dream Syndicate.

Guadalcanal Diary

47,521 plays (4,693 listeners)

Guadalcanal Diary is an alternative jangle pop group from Marietta, Georgia. The band formed in 1981 and disbanded in 1989. The band's origins are primarily in the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Marietta (then a more separate town), though they were often billed as "from Athens, Georgia" in the early 1980s.

Shoes

79,202 plays (8,864 listeners)

1. Shoes is an American power pop band, formed in Zion, Illinois, in 1974 by brothers John and Jeff Murphy, and Gary Klebe and incorporating several different drummers over the years including Barry Shumaker, Skip Meyer, Ric Menck, John Richardson, and Jeff Hunter.

The Long Ryders

51,949 plays (6,771 listeners)

The Long Ryders were an 80s paisley underground group who came together in Los Angeles. The members came originally from all around the U.S.