Sunday, March 8, 2026

The Eighties 7" (1980, Meanwhile)

Here I go yet again posting a single I don't actually own.  It was produced by the one an only Geza X at Can-Am Studios, giving me a pretty solid hunch The Eighties were L.A. denizens.  Thing was, this combo wasn't quite punk, but the stripe of rock and roll they toiled in was certainly adjacent with considerable nodes of power pop infiltrating their pastiche.  Both sides exude mild proto-wave feels to boot, albeit nothing gaudy.  I could have really gone for a full length from these chaps, but apparently this is all the world at large was entitled to.  Frontman Ted Quinn pursued solo ventures and is still active.

A. No Cruising in an Era of Limits
B. Letter to Loretta

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