Blue Plate Special: Moev
Another bargain bin find in the early 1990’s, Moev is a Vancouver, BC-based electronic/techno pop band formed in 1981, and after a 4-year hiatus...
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Blue Plate Special: Easy
Another discount CD bin find, I picked up Easy’s first album, “Magic Seed,” around 1995-1996 because of its interesting cover, the fact that it...
Blue Plate Special: Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist born on March 3, 1953, in London, England. He first gained prominence as the lead vocalist...
Blue Plate Special: Wire
Wire is a pioneering British rock band that emerged from the London punk scene in the late 1970s, and is, in my mind, one...
Blue Plate Special: Public Image Limited
Public Image Limited (PiL) is an English post-punk band formed in 1978 by John Lydon, former lead singer of the Sex Pistols. The initial...
Blue Plate Special: Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite (or BAD) was an English band formed in 1984 by Mick Jones, who was the former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist...
Blue Plate Special: Thompson Twins
One of my earliest music purchases (in the summer of 1982, I believe) was a compilation cassette that I picked up at the Alpha...
Blue Plate Special: CUD
A four-piece founded in Leeds, England in 1987, CUD remains one of my all-time favorite bands. I first heard their single ‘Magic’ on the...
Blue Plate Special: ThePETEBOX
Winner of both the 2005 BBC Radio 1 Beatbox Championships and the Channel 4 Talent Awards in the UK, ThePETEBOX uses loop pedals, his...
Blue Plate Special: Daniel Ash
Since being introduced to the bands Bauhaus and Tones on Tail back in 1983, I have been a fan of Daniel Ash. Picking up...
