Sniff - Lock Up The Children (early-1980s) - Groundbreaking New Wave band.
V.L.G. (Very Large Genitals (mid-1980s) - Semi-popular hair band with better hair than songs.
Basket Of Hands (mid-1980s) - Garage band (killer version of
'Sweet Home Alabama').
The White Cliffs Of Dover (1980s)- English do-wap band.
ibrau (1980s) - Unremarkable German techno-rock band.
Lick Stamps (1983) - Band put together by their manager,
Satan. Their first album
'Singing Pentagrams' hit the charts in Scandanavia. There was no second album.
Deviated Septum (1984-1986) - Anti-hair metal band (in fact, they were bald) with several Top 100 hits on the
Billboard Metal charts.
Rocking Chairs (1985-1986) - Formed in an old folks home with its youngest member 73-years-old, this Top 40 band scored with its 'Live At Wonderland' concert. [Because the temperature was so cold in the concert venue, most of the band caught pneumonia and died weeks later.]
Grateful Dead Concert (1986) - Live recording at
Red Rocks, Colorado, by a
Manka Bros. Records employee.
Busboys At The Bluebird (1987) - Compilation country album performed by the actual
Busboys and
Dishwashers at the famous
Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.
Pinto (1988) - Soundtrack from the
Manka Highbrow film
'La Pollo Flautist' featuring
Pinto, the ORIGINAL flute playing chicken.
More Pinto (1989) - Songs inspired by the
Manka Highbrow motion picture
'Pinto: El Pollo Tocando Flauta.'
Pinto: Your Songs (1989) - Love songs and standards played by
Pinto, the ORIGINAL flute playing chicken.