London post-punk band 'The Sound' were probably the most overlooked band in the 80's and deserved much more recognition than they got. They were, however, much lauded by critics and had a cult following but their lack of any commercial success was not the only tragic story... keyboard player Max Mayers died in 1993 and in 1999 lead vocalist Adrian Borland took his own life after years of battling depression. Their tragic story is similar to that of 'Badfinger' (the Badfinger story is possibly the ultimate bad luck rock band story, from start to finish).
'The Sound' formed in 1979 and broke up in 1988 after five studio albums. Their debut album 'Jeopardy' was released in 1980 and features "Missiles" and if this is your first taste of 'The Sound' then you would quickly realise that Adrian Borland had an angry and intense delivery at times. It is amazing that this brilliant, yet emotional, song wasn't an anthem for the lefties at the time... it certainly struck a chord with me. This song could possibly be the most overlooked song off the most overlooked album... but most people couldn't really argue, because they probably haven't heard of either.
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