New wave from Springfield, Illinois
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Springfield was about as far back as a backwater could be in 1980, aside from the fact that Adrian Belew was living there at the time (and was listed in the phone book, as I discovered when I checked while in Springfield on a National Guard weekend in 81 or 82.) That said, I don't think he was connected with this band - who sound varyingly like early XTC, Wall of Voodoo, Devo or straight-up punk depending upon the song - in any way beyond maybe hanging out in Appletree Records at the same time as them at so.e point.
