The unsung innovators of post-punk.
Furthermore, the most tragically underrated band of all time.
...but I will never forget them.
Prime Candidate For Burnout, Blenderhead's debut album on Tooth & Nail Records, set the postpunk bar so high that everyone pretended it didn't exist so's they wouldn't have to try so hard to measure up to such exospherically lofty standards.
The (sometimes quick) process whereby an interesting idea, song, or object becomes so trite and smarmy that you are ashamed you ever thought it was cool to begin with.