Los Angeles in the 1980s

Every city had its local acts whose records failed to get any national attention. Los Angeles, because so much of the music business is located in the area, had lots of them. Here are four of my favorites from the 1980s -

(1) TUPELO CHAIN SEX, Spot the Difference - raucous anti-establishment R&B oriented New Wave with saxophones and Sugarcane Harris.
(2) TEX & THE HORSEHEADS, self-titled - fronted by Texacala Jones and fueled by vodka, this is what John Cale calls "dirty-ass rock & roll".
(3) GEZA X, You Goddam Kids! - Geza and the Mommymen have put out a truly weird album with a few songs that will stick in your brain forever, like it or not. (A 2002 re-issue of this album has terrible fidelity - avoid it - I'm told it has been re-issued again last year but I haven't heard that one.)
(4) PHAST PHREDDIE & THEE PRECISIONS, West Hollywood Freeze-out - White guys doing classic R&B real well.