A band who were getting started just before punk took off in the UK, but managed to hitch a ride on that wave, angling their power-pop, rock, and occasionally slightly psychedelic sound to be a near enough fit for the genre. The band broke up in the early 80s due to inner turmoil, drugs and all the usual stuff. They reunited in 2006 after one of their songs was used in a vodafone ad which brought them back into the public consciousness.
I hadn't heard of them (and didn't mind them particularly earthshaking), but their songs have been covered by REM and the Libertines, so it's not a stretch to think that they probably influenced those bands.
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