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Jeannie Clark

Sounds of the Eighties: Episode 7

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Episode 7

Sounds of the Eighties

BBC Four - Sounds of the Eighties, Episode 7

With REM, The Smiths, The Cure, The Bangles, Pixies, and The Jesus & Mary Chain.

Featuring some of the decade's guitar bands, including REM, The Smiths, The Cure, The Bangles, Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Jesus & Mary Chain and Lone Justice.

A new generation of guitar-based bands are showcased on this episode of the pop archive show. A stellar line-up features Michael Stipe of REM when he had angelic hair, plus The Smiths, The Cure, The Bangles, Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Jesus & Mary Chain and Lone Justice.

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