>> Hm, what are some of the other hardcore obscurities of that era, ones
>> that don't make me want to plunge a fork into my eyeball...
>

For me, there are several on a Columbia Legacy CD I found in a cutout bin 
years ago called "The Best of 415 Records."

These include:

Red Rockers "China"
Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble" and "Never Say Never"
Translator "Everywhere That I'm Not"
and Wire Train "Chamber of Hellos."

Not sure if these charted or not because I was never into radio much and I'm 
apparently too dumb to find old charts on the web as I've spent the last 
half hour trying to determine if these ever spent time on the radio. I seem 
to remember hearing these on MTV or at parties.

Scott