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Well, if we're doing mates' bands... One of my closest friends was the frontman of Junior Cottonmouth back in the '90s. They deserved to go on to big things, and knocked on the door a bit. Wasn't to be, sadly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1OmIRZeTmg

Dexys Midnight Runners are often written off as dungaree wearing simpletons who sung 'Come on Eileen', and Kevin Rowland is sneered at for his various idiosyncrasies over the years. People should listen to Searching For The Young Soul Rebels and, especially, Don't Stand Me Down. They were a...

And if you're gonna get all 80s pop, I give you the magnificent...Haircut 100.

To be fair, Wah! had some big hits. Who could forget the magnificent 'Story of the Blues' or 'Come Back'? Pete Wylie was great, and wonderful live. Wah! (or Wah Heat! or Shambeka Say Wah!) emerged from Liverpool at the same sort of time as Echo and the Bunnymen (also underrated) and The...

When The Beta Band split up, three of them went on to form The Aliens. They released a brilliant debut album, Astronomy for Dogs, which was widely ignored. Steve Mason, also from the Beta Band, is less underrated, but still not as widely known as he should be. And The Beta Band were also...