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The Soft Boys
The Soft Boys
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Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Jangle Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, British Punk, College Rock
Active: 70's, 80's, 2000's
Formed: 1976 in Cambridge, England
Influences
Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, The Byrds, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, John Otway, The 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefheart, Nick Lowe
Similar Artists
R.E.M., XTC, Television, The Teardrop Explodes, Squeeze, The Jam, The dB's, Elvis Costello, Art Objects, Desperate Bycycles, Bram Tchaikovsky, Nick Lowe, The Chameleons UK
Followers
The Flaming Lips, R.E.M., Camper Van Beethoven, The Chameleons UK, Shecky, Ira Kaplan, Mashed Potatoes, Welcome, The Playwrights, Longwave, Malcolm Middleton, Mystechs, 1990s, The House of Love, Sloan, The Wedding Present, The Minus 5, The Delgados, The Church
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Biography
The Soft Boys have turned out to be one of the most influential bands in shaping contemporary alternative music, though few are completely familiar with the quirky band's legacy. Formed in Cambridge, England in 1976 on the heels of the punk revolution, the Soft Boys eschewed the three-chord nihilism of punk and opted for a crude version of psychedelic/folk-rock that was well on its way out of fashion, but oddly, just on the cusp of a resurgence.
Discography
Release: September 24, 2002
Label: Matador, P-Vine Records
Release: 2001
Label: Matador
 
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