A Boston band that grafted "new wave" sheen on a generic-rawk base. Early homebrew recordings got them airplay on WBCN, and a contract with Elektra, and "Just What I Needed" was just that, amidst the utter crap US radio was playing in 1978. They pushed the envelope as much as possible within the narrow confines of commerciality (Panorama may be the best example, and probably flopped compared to their other LPs). Ric Ocasek provided the artsiness, Greg Hawkes the synthesizer frosting.