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re: This should be fun - 80s Female singers/bands who flew under the radar

Posted on 4/6/24 at 9:35 pm to
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 9:35 pm to
quote:

Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde

Waaay underrated. As a writer too.
She could scare the shite out of you, tear your heart out, then make you snicker in a couple of lines.
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
9764 posts
Posted on 4/6/24 at 9:39 pm to
Missing Persons is one of the most underrated 80’s bands. Terry Bozio is a monster on drums & is still going to this day. His wife was pretty hot back then too. Lady GaGa pretty much stole Dale Bozio’s entire look when she broke big.

LINK
Posted by Degas
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Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 10:37 pm to
A coworker brought up the fact that there are very few near perfect "albums" as far as the flow and not having a song that you're tempted to skip over. I had to think about it, and off my head were three albums...Paranoid by Black Sabbath, Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction, and Spring Session M by Missing Persons. It really is a fantastic album.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
105281 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 1:45 am to


Of the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.



Fun fact: her father was Ralph Weymouth, WWII Navy dive bomber pilot and recipient of the Navy Cross who went on to make Admiral.
Posted by A12 Oxcart
On the float out in the Belt
Member since Dec 2022
1197 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:47 am to
Some people don't understand what "under the radar" means. My vote is for Toronto:

When Can I See You Again

Your Daddy Don't Know

That Song Heart Covered
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68797 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:24 am to
Wendy O and Poly were definitely under the radar, but that’s hardly surprising.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
93268 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 7:28 am to
Hell yeah

Forgot about Dale; she was sex on a stick.

That video is amazing. Great band.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:05 am to
Altered Images featured lead singer Clare Grogan and had two MTV "hits" with I Could Be Happy and Happy Birthday.
Posted by Shingo
Dallas, TX, USA
Member since Sep 2010
4373 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:38 am to
Patrice Pike of Little Sister (Dallas)
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10698 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 1:43 pm to
I came into this thread specifically to add Elizabeth Fraser and I'm pleasantly surprised to see she was already nominated in the second post. Good on you.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87389 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:37 pm to
Josie Cotton is probably best known for Johnny Are You Queer, but He Could Be The One is a much better song, and it's one everyone should know who enjoys 80s music.
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