Part of the Paisley Underground scene that grew out of Los Angeles in the early
1980s, The Dream Syndicate sought to revamp the sound of '60s West Coast
psychedelic garage bands with the ragged, spiky energy of punk rock. Led by
front man Steve Wynn, they were at first deemed too noisy and ferocious for the
progressive, hippy crowd, but too sprawling and spaced-out for the punk
nihilists. Yet they gradually became important figures thanks to the albums 'The
Days of Wine and Roses', 'Medicine Show' and 'Ghost Stories'.
Often described as a mix between the Velvet Underground and...