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Thread started 02/29/04 6:30pm

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M-Funk just turned me on to this unsung New Wave group called The Suburbs

Credit is due to MinneapolisFunk for telling me about the boys who made "Credit in Heaven". I was listening to this today, and I was in my New Wave joy zone. biggrin

Anyways, The Suburbs were this New Wave band from Uptown (you know, Prince's town wink) in the early 80's. They weren't like their contemporaries The Replacements or Husker Du. They were more like Devo or Pere Ubu or Talking Heads. Quirky vocals, jagged post-punk style guitars, a funky beat, and synthesizers and electric pianos make up their sound. They're really cool. smile

Anybody heard of them?
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #1 posted 02/29/04 10:39pm

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So I guess no one's heard of them. shrug

On a side note, one of their albums was actually produced by Bobby Z under his alias, "Robert Brent".
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