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Four hundred 1980s Liverpool bands you’ve never heard of (and some that you have)

Four hundred 1980s Liverpool bands you’ve never heard of (and some that you have)

From A Flock of Seagulls to Zeitgeist

Penny Kiley
Nov 18, 2022
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Flyer advertising Dead or Alive. There's a photo of Pete Burns and text saying "Throw all your other records away - sit down and listen to this second release by Dead or Alive on the Inevitable label." It doesn't say what the record is called.
The flyer doesn’t actually say what the record is called. Maybe you had to contact Doreen to find out.

So, because everyone only ever mentions half a dozen Liverpool pop acts at any one time, I promised you I’d do my own list. I didn’t know what I’d got myself into, but I’d promised myself too.

So, cheating slightly, these are the Merseyside bands/acts th…

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