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ON THIS DAY ... in 1980 - MARTIAN DANCE / MARGO RANDOM

ON THIS DAY ... in 1980 - MARTIAN DANCE / MARGO RANDOM

Proto-Goth Ants fans and Post-Punk pop quality. (14 photos)

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Mick Mercer
Feb 22, 2024
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ON THIS DAY ... in 1980 - MARTIAN DANCE / MARGO RANDOM
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Wonderfully moody and precocious MARTIAN DANCE had some fantastic songs. Obviously things didn’t work out with EMI (just the one glorious single) but had they stuck around a little longer they’d have been in there with the earliest Goth greats, such was their noir poise. (There’s some good bootlegs out there for collectors!)

MARGO RANDOM I only saw this …

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