The BusBoys

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Group Members: Victor Johnson, Brian O'Neal, Kevin O'Neal, Steve Felix

Biography: The BusBoys were a Los Angeles-based rock & roll band made up of five African-Americans and a Hispanic who played satirically upon their ethnic origins in songs with titles like "There Goes the Neighborhood." They were formed in the late '70s with a lineup of brothers Brian O'Neal (keyboards, vocals) ...Read full biography

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Minimum Wage Rock & Roll

Released: 1980

Label: Rattlesnake Venom Records

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In the 1950s, rock & roll started out as black music, but you wouldn't have guessed that to pick up Rolling Stone or Creem in the early '80s -- by that time, rock was almost exclusively the province of ...Read full review

American Worker

Released: 1982

Label: Arista

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In 1980, the BusBoys sent shock waves through the music world with their song "KKK," which found members of a mostly African-American band singing that they wanted to "join the Ku Klux Klan and play in ...Read full review

More The BusBoys albums: Main Albums (5), Singles & EPs (1)

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