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Podcast: Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers
Episode: Only Three Lads: Pearl E. Gates / Pearl Harbor & The Explosions - Top 5 New Wave Artists
Description: This week, Pearl E. Gates (aka Pearl Harbour) from Bay Area new wave faves Pearl Harbor & The Explosions gives us a glimpse of some of the artists of the era who had the biggest impact on her.
Along the way, Pearl shares her fascinating story: a military brat growing up in Germany who makes her way to San Francisco with a plane ticket and $75, joins The Tubes as a backup singer and dancer, which led to joining Leila and the Snakes before spinning off to form Pearl Harbor & The Explosions. After the moderate success...