Robin Lane and The Chartbusters-I Don't Wanna Know-clipe original - Robin Lane and The Chartbusters-I Don't Wanna Know-clipe original

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Robin Lane & The Chartbusters were a Boston-based new wave band formed in 1978, fronted by Robin Lane (born 1947, Los Angeles), whose father was Ken Lane, pianist and songwriter for Dean Martin. Lane had previously sung backing vocals on Neil Young's 1969 album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and was briefly married to future Police guitarist Andy Summers. After relocating to Cambridge, Massachusetts in the late…

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A foundational artifact of the Boston new wave scene, 'I Don't Wanna Know' blends punk energy with melodic power pop. The band's hybridization of Modern Lovers garage rock, Laurel Canyon folk-rock, and East Coast punk made them a critical bridge between 1970s underground rock and early-1980s…