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Once hailed as the true future of psychedelic music, PLASTICLAND released several great albums of acid-drenched, neo-psychedelic, mod rock. Formed in 1980 and based in Milwaukee, Plasticland were armed with a Mellotron, fuzzboxes and a mission, delivering the `80s U.S. underground a much-needed shot of Small Faces, Who, Pretty Things and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, all topped off with pop smarts and delivered with style. Not just another retro outfit, when the definitive history of psychedelic rock'n'roll is written, you can bet Plasticland will be up there alongside the pioneers of the genre because they had the vision, daring, humour and imagination to take their music forward. Ryko.