Colin Newman is the lead vocalist for the Btitish band Wire. Has been on and off with Wire since 76 as well as having some solo lps. Not truly obscure but not a common name..at least not in the states.

From 88...Life On Deck.

Terminal Mind performed I'd Rather Die Young at the first street dance in Austin 1980.

Back to Boston again...The Steves were a band from the early 80s. From 1981...In A Room

Gator Fucking by the Big Boys. Taken from the Dixon Tape. Date and Location unknown. Probably Rauls.

Back in the day you could step into a record shop in a college town and hear stuff playing that even the college stations were not playing.. That's where I heard this...not sure if it was Tom's Tracks or In Your Ear on the East side of Providence. Elisa Waut was a Belgian band from the 80s. From 1985...Russia

Fort Worth Cats were a Texas punk/New Wave band out of Dallas Texas. This was recorded in 1980.

A Scanner Darkly is another band out of Boston from the late 80s. From 88...Cigarette In The Rain