Underrated & obscure 80s music
Probably the most obscure band ever! This song is what originally got me into obscure 80s music. It was recorded from the radio in the early 80s by a German teen, who unfortunately didn't hear the name of the band. He's been searching for info about it for the past 20 years...
Recommended album: Borderline (1989)
(a personal favorite of mine)
国籍: フランス
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ニューウェーブ, ロック
言語: 英語, フランス語
Recommended album: Opéra de Nuit (1988)
Recommended album: Photodrame (1987)
国籍: フランス
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ロック
言語: フランス語, スペイン語, 英語, ドイツ語
Recommended album: Excès Nocturne (1988)
Recommended album: Full Discography (1984-1990)
Recommended album: La Poupée (1991)
Recommended album: Le Sommeil du Singe (1988)
Recommended album: Bunker (1987)
Recommended album: Guerre Froide (1981)
Recommended album: Cathédrale (1985)
国籍: フランス
ジャンル: エレクトロニカ, ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ニューウェーブ
言語: フランス語
Recommended album: Dans Votre Monde (1985)
Recommended album: Hot Paradox (1987)
Recommended album: Decadence (1982-1985)
Recommended album: Polaroïd/Roman/Photo (1985)
Recommended album: Moderne / L'Espionne Aimait La Musique (1980-1981)
Recommended song: Anyway (1984)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended album: Don't Cry : Complete Recordings (1984-1986)
Recommended album: 7ème Discours Pour Une Meilleure Existence (1987)
Recommended album: Le Repos Des Enfants Heureux (1983)
Recommended album: Un automne à Loroy (1989)
Recommended album: Temps D'Espérance... (1991)
国籍: フランス
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ニューウェーブ, ロック
言語: フランス語
Recommended album: Res Non Verba (1993)
国籍: フランス
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ロック
言語: フランス語
Recommended album: Le Nez Rouge (1989)
Recommended album: Past and Future (1987)
Recommended album: 70 Suns In The Sky (1989)
Recommended album: Maïakowski (1984)
Recommended album: 1978 / 1981
Recommended album: Vingt ans encore (1987)
Recommended album: Untitled (1987)
Recommended album: On The Razor Edge (1988)
Recommended album: Swimming (1982)
Recommended album: Siglo XX (1981)
Recommended album: 1979-1982
国籍: ベルギー
ジャンル: ニューウェーブ, ロック
言語: オランダ語
Recommended album: Tranquility (1982)
And for more gloomy Belgian coldwave, I highly recommend Koude Golven - A Collection Of Belgian Cold Wave & Punk 1979-1984, an amazing compilation with bands so obscure that I can't find their lyrics anywhere
Recommended songs: Dans Les Profondeurs & Une Certaine Fréquence (1981)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Sometimes I really wonder what was happening in Belgium at the time to make such gloomy music. I didn't think it was possible to get gloomier than French coldwave...
Recommended album: Dance Of The Guility (1982)
Recommended album: The Speed Of Hope (1986)
Recommended album: The Art of Conservation (1980-2002)
Recommended album: The Waiting (1984)
Recommended album: Chantaje Emocional (1983)
Recommended album: Décima Víctima + Un Hombre Solo (1982-1984)
Recommended album: El Túnel Del Tiempo + El Silencio De Los Cisnes (1982-1984)
国籍: スペイン
ジャンル: ニューウェーブ, ロック
言語: スペイン語
Recommended album: Después De Un Día Antes (Compilation of their 80s songs)
国籍: スペイン
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ
言語: スペイン語
Recommended album: La Centralita De Información (Compilation of their 80s songs)
Recommended album: It's Not The Time (1986)
Recommended album: Money For New Food (1986)
Recommended song: Some Die For Money (1982)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended album: The Cinema Clock and Other Stories (Compilation of their 80s songs)
Recommended album: Fiction Tales (1981)
(a personal favorite of mine)
Recommended album: Author! Author! (1981)
(also a personal favorite of mine)
Recommended album: Heart Of Darkness (1981)
Recommended album: The Freedom Curse (1985)
Recommended album: Sirens Are Back (1984)
Recommended album: World Of Rubber (1981)
Recommended album: Spy Thriller (Compilation of their 80s songs)
Recommended album: Schleimer K (1981)
Recommended album: Breaking the Silence (1981)
Recommended album: Into the Rain (1982)
Recommended album: Original Mirrors (1980)
Recommended album: New Mexico (1982)
Recommended album: Space Museum (1982)
Recommended album: Further Strategies (Compilation of their 80s songs)
Recommended album: Scriptures (1987)
Recommended album: Echelons (1987)
Recommended album: Bas Relief (1986)
Recommended album: Homeland (1982)
(This band is a bit peculiar, because they started as one of the very first US hardcore punk bands, then later moved on to post-punk. I only include them here because their post-punk album is a real masterpiece)
Recommended album: Peace, Love & Murder (1987)
Recommended album: I Want To Be You (1982)
Recommended album: Into Bliss (1988)
Recommended album: The Fodder Song (1989)
Recommended album: Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara (1986)
国籍: セルビア
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ロック
言語: セルビア語, 英語
Recommended album: Album Mentalnih Fotografija (1988)
Recommended album: Telo I Duša (1990)
国籍: セルビア
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ
言語: セルビア語, 英語, 古代教会スラヴ語
Recommended album: Remastered In Babylon (Compilation of their 80s songs)
Recommended album: Nestvarne Stvari (1984)
Recommended album: Izdrži Udarac (1981)
Recommended songs: Tužan dan & Fotografije (instrumental cover of Depeche Mode's Photographic) (1985)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended album: We Design the Future (1985)
Recommended album: Zbogom Za Tebe (1984)
Recommended album: Demo (1986)
Recommended album: Intro (1990)
Recommended album: Nezaboravan San O (1989)
(a personal favorite of mine)
国籍: クロアチア
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ロック
言語: クロアチア語, 英語
Recommended song: Kuće (1982)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended song: Stranger (1980)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended album: Demo (1982-1987)
Recommended songs: Tvoj Svijet (cover of Tears for Fears' Mad World) & Gdje Nema Te
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended album: Prošlost I Budućnost (Compilation of their 80s songs)
Recommended album: Kaos Kuća Na Vrata (1982)
Recommended album: Pingvinovo Potpalublje (Compilation of their 80s songs)
Recommended album: Mumije Lažu (1983)
Recommended album: Mizerika (1986)
(this is the tape version of the album, that I prefer compared to the later vinyl version which is actually a different recording)
Recommended album: Demo (1986-1987)
Recommended song: Moja Sled (1984)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended songs: Sepak Istata Sostojba & Početok I Kraj (1985)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
国籍: マケドニア
ジャンル: ゴシック/ダークウェーブ, ロック
言語: マケドニア語
Recommended songs: Spokoj & Utre (1988)
(No full record available, unfortunately)
Recommended album: Rendez-Vous (1986)
Recommended album: Piąta Prostytucja (1990)
Recommended album: Statues in Motion (1983)
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otra, esta no es tan desconocida pero tiene su culto
https://lyricstranslate.com/es/derribos-arias-lyrics.html
The industrial/experimental group Controlled Bleeding got some post punk/synthpop-ish works in their discography.
The Perfect Name (Hungary)
They sounded more upbeat compared to goth rock/post punk bands.
https://lyricstranslate.com/zh-hant/perfect-name-lyrics.html
Könnyek És Virágok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZUEyOdI5qA
Isis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZKLGwD1Wg
Thanks, I'll check their music tomorrow!
I haven't checked out much of Hungary's music yet, the only band I know is F.O.System
I think you might like it too: https://youtu.be/prixuPGujhQ
Ah yes, instantly interested after the first song, cheers!
btw just now a Belgium band came to my mind, one of my all time favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CWZmuAuik
I found a 1988 album today:
Circle Confusion - Meat Dept.
https://circleconfusion.bandcamp.com/album/meat-dept
https://soundcloud.com/wolverine0154/sets/circle-confusion-meat-dept-new
Thanks! This one seems to be really obscure indeed. I've done some research but it seems that their lyrics are not available anywhere. But I found something interesting: it’s an American band, but their album was only released on a small French label, the same label as coldwave bands Asylum Party, Little Nemo, Mary Goes Round, and Collection D'Arnell-Andrea! Maybe that's how you found out about them?
I couldn't find the lyrics either, and the interesting part is, I found the band first before discovering it's on the Lively Art label. I found it on the account of an industrial/tribal group: https://bandcamp.com/african_imperial_wizard/wishlist
Less obscure but definitely underrated bands that deserve more praise:
Sad Lovers & Giants (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2vLfJUnjTdXUHQvC5g_ofkzTa...
The Sound (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lk8syCyg_HPjn5u9ENn5wUzy16...
And Also the Trees (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHP7bAjOIkpD2iLw5PRcOfK1A5caaqtgX
The Comsat Angels (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy4u88AKUauLY0NgN2xQcYwtWRRjfZdFw
The Chameleons (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ny12adslzhdxwRfVLt7zDnky2y...
The Danse Society (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l05346LSJ0oGJWPqiRC2C9y8sU...
The Wake (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpPFzV5NriLJ1Df80g2h3Y_Zrk...
Lowlife (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nW02PlT5ZOlcRwGQ108gK7wVhy...
The Teardrop Explodes (UK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nim20KKKlqvEhv6xz5aWJQH7sg...
Pink Turns Blue (DE): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5GS6nBzgvA0ElkloheLDGTW7X...
Clan of Xymox (NL): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kdf13pLOud7iRoG44Q4mtuAroh...
Grauzone (CH): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ksLApk2CVBawXJ3ez618i1dQvt...
Siekiera (PL): https://youtu.be/XxVPUwr0Z3Q
1984 (PL): https://youtu.be/JiuNEuZZQxY
Mizar (MK): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVsjGeGc2YnUTGACJYfQJ8NcOl...
Pekinška Patka (RS): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kZENTw2cwIspPclE8Cz6q6ky_C...
Borghesia (SI): https://youtu.be/ECBx82CXlXE