The Paisley Underground wasn’t so much a movement as an intermission between next new things. It was 1981 and punk music had run its course. Labels marketed their prior punk bands as new wave or power ...

Tonight at the Fillmore, four bands representing a corner of early 1980s California power-pop known as the Paisley Underground will ply their wares for a willing audience. Among them are the Bangles, ...

Today, the Spotlight shines on Matt Piucci, founding member and principal guitarist of Rain Parade. Rain Parade helped define LA's Paisley Underground scene in the early '80s, creating music with ...

What was dubbed The Paisley Underground also scooped up The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, The Long Ryders and The Three O’Clock. But “No Easy Way Down” marked Rain Parade as the band most comfortable ...

The Long Ryders were maybe the roots-iest band in LA’s jangly “Paisley Underground” scene of the early ’80s (Rain Parade, Bangles, Three O’Clock, Dream Syndicate), owing much to Gene Clark and ...

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