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It is, isn't it? Check out September Fields that she recorded with the Hi Rhythm Section, Al Green's backing band.

With you all the way on this. Yep, he had success but never the same level or longevity as Ian McCulloch. The Story of the Blues is a stone-cold classic and sums up in one song how the city of Liverpool managed to get through the Thatcher Years. He was extremely ill last year, life-threateningly...

Definitely a band who in an ideal world should've, could've, would've.... Wasn't stage fright a major factor in them splitting up?

What a fantastic band they were. I always thought The Belle Stars had the talent to go further but they never stood a chance with the way their record company Stiff Records managed their female artists. At the very height of their success they were on a fixed wage of about £50 a week I seem to...

That's the fella. His backing vocals on The Farm's 'All Together Now' are sublime. A bit of Bros trivia for you. Their haircuts from that time were modelled on Kirk Douglas' haircut in the film Spartacus.

Yes. Yes it is. A singer from the 80s who should have been much better known - Pete Wylie.

I'm probably going to get absolutely flamed for this but there were a couple of boy bands that never got the credit that they deserved for musical ability. The first is A-ha. They made some seriously good tunes. They even did well with making a half-decent Bond theme tune. ..and the second is...

I think this might need further commenting. I loved Asobi Seksu, I thought you did too.

It's difficult to say who is the most under-rated ever. I don't think I could even define under-rated but if pushed I'd start off with: The Wave Pictures Asobi Seksu JJ (A Swedish dream-pop band that I still adore) Everything But The Girl (they had success and still enjoy it as solo...