I've just rediscovered The Chesterfields http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbu1iVoLVoE great indie pop that should have gone places.

The Brilliant Corners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4FaAipULzg - not the best sound on this, but it's a fantastic jangly guitar sound, with superb song titles... like 'Why Do You Have To Go Out With Him When You Could Go Out With Me'

The Darling Buds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyZMhaaPEUc - this bunch set up their band with a grant from The Princes Trust! Great tunes and a foxy singer to boot. Joyous stuff!

Pop Will Eat Itself... they were contenders to be honest. Indie royalty where I came from. But they only got big after they got crap. Def Con One was their zenith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Wm4qXC_j4