5. The Three O'Clock: With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend
Lead singer and bassist Michael Quercio is credited with coining the phrase
"paisley underground", and his band, The Three O'Clock is another band that
could be considered the most representative of the genre. Formed as The
Salvation Army in 1980, the band was forced to relinquish their name after
their debut EP in 1982. Baroque Hoedown, their first EP under their new
name, was where their sound meshed, and arguably stands as the best
distillation of their sound, which resembled Syd Barrett fronting a garage
band. The band would eventually chart one album, Arrive Without Traveling at
#125 in 1985, but never developed beyond a cult item. They disbanded in
1988.
