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Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman
musician
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The Real Kids
The Real Kids
band
2
The Rubinoos
The Rubinoos
band
3
John Cale
John Cale
Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer
4
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
American rock band
5
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
American alternative rock band
6
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)
7
Earth Quake
Earth Quake
band
8
Jerry Harrison
Jerry Harrison
American musician
9
Maureen Tucker
Maureen Tucker
American musician
10
Nico
Nico
German musician, model and actress, one of Warhol's superstars
11
Alternative TV
Alternative TV
band
12
Robin Lane
Robin Lane
American musician
13
Doug Yule
Doug Yule
American musician
14
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens
Australian indie rock band
15
The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads
American musical group; alternative rock band
16
The Cars
The Cars
American pop-rock band
17
Tom Robinson Band
Tom Robinson Band
band
18
Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
19
The Creatures
The Creatures
British rock group
20
The Ruts
The Ruts
band
21
The Boys
The Boys
English punk rock band
22
Glassjaw
Glassjaw
American post-hardcore band
23
Gang Green
Gang Green
American punk rock band
24
Sterling Morrison
Sterling Morrison
American musician
25
The Greg Kihn Band
The Greg Kihn Band
American band
26
Sham 69
Sham 69
British Punk/Oi! band
27
U.K. Subs
U.K. Subs
English punk band
28
Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor
American musician
29
The Cult
The Cult
British rock band
30
Greg Kihn
Greg Kihn
American musician and writer
31
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
American musical group
32
Pure Rubbish
Pure Rubbish
33
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
American rock band
34
Rollins Band
Rollins Band
American punk rock band
35
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls
American punk rock band
36
Germs
Germs
American punk rock band
37
Squeeze
Squeeze
British New Wave band
38
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
American alternative dance band
39
Don Lennon
Don Lennon
American musician
40
Magazine
Magazine
English post-punk band
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DYS
DYS
band
Intro
American rock group
Record Labels
Members, past and present

The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks with drummer David Robinson (later of The Cars) and keyboardist Jerry Harrison (later of Talking Heads). The sound of the band owed a great deal to the influence of the Velvet Underground, and is now sometimes classified as "proto-punk". It pointed the way towards much of the punk rock, new wave, alternative and indie rock music of later decades. Their only album, the eponymous The Modern Lovers, contained idiosyncratic songs about dating awkwardness, growing up in Massachusetts, love of life, and the USA.

Later, between 1976 and 1988, Richman used the name Modern Lovers for a variety of backing bands, always billed as "Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers". These bands were quieter and featured more low-key, often near-childlike songs as Richman drew on folk-rock and other genres. Of Richman's original bandmates, only Robinson was part of any of the other Modern Lovers incarnations.