Esoterica Exotica Underneathica 1980 was my Year Zero. I was a Midwest high school freshman (class of 1984). AC/DC and REO seemed inescapable. It was driving me up The Wall. I had to go in through the out door, and seek out scary monsters and super creeps. It was a year of impressive debuts, by the Cramps, X, Pylon, Feelies, Wipers, Pretenders, Young Marble Giants, Killing Joke... It was also a time of reinvention: Off the Wall , Remain in Light , and Doc at the Radar Station . There were endings, too. In 1980, video killed the radio star. Chapman shot Lennon. Ian Curtis cancelled his US tour, and Darby Crash didnt make it to his big screen premiere. I started trading tapes and sending away for strange records. Made a fanzine and got some high weirdness by mail. I was underage but got into a few clubs where I caught glimpses of hidden places and forbidden rites. Barefoot on the Accelerator is a soun...