Formed during punk’s 1977 dawn, London’s ironically named Psychedelic Furs strained Bowiesque glam and Velvet Underground grit through a near-hallucinogenic take on the Sex Pistols’ crash-and-burn, still letting Byrdsian jangle shine through. Their self-titled 1980 debut LP was loaded: guitars like shrapnel, saxophone like a haunted cabaret, and Richard Butler snotting out negative poetry through a tubercular Johnny Rotten rasp. Thanks to the inclusion of the original version of “Pretty in Pink,” 1981’s Talk Talk Talk broke them through in America. Original Furs Butler and bassist brother Tim remain in the lineup storming ACL Live next Tuesday. Eighties proto-dreampoppers the Chameleons open. – Tim Stegall