In Honour of the Undertones: Friday Night is Ugly Band Music Night

[TVC]

Tonight BBC4 have a documentary about The Undertones. So in their honour, how about some other bands or singers that look like they should be in an identity parade, rather than on the cover of Smash Hits.
Shall we take The Pogues as a given?

 

[accountantpete]

Here's Steam with a B-side filler cobbled together at short notice by some session musicians - you can see why! Rumour has it that they made it so repetitious just to make sure the DJ's played the A side.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The Fall???
Mark E Smith (they previously had Marc 'Boy Lard' Riley on bass)

 

[sheddy]

BBC4 - 21.45pm, after the proms methinks

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Watched it, great programme!!

 

[ceepeebee]

shambolic and dodgy as all hell, but they put on a great party:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMAHtOuZtnc

 

[slowmotion]

Well, I suppose that some people would say that Ian Dury et al were not exactly Boy Band material....

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Well, I suppose that some people would say that Ian Dury et al were not exactly Boy Band material.

'Ditto' Dr Feelgood???
That ''Down At The Jetty' cover makes them look like escapees from Wormwood Scrubs waiting to flee the country

 

[RedRider]

 

[slowmotion]

'Ditto' Dr Feelgood???
That ''Down At The Jetty' cover makes them look like escapees from Wormwood Scrubs waiting to flee the country

Yes, but doesn't Wilco look simply splendid?