Facts: - years active: 1978 -- 1980 - caption: clockwise rick morris , matthew sweet , don holmquist , david from snider left : band members sara kovanda , - origin: lincoln , nebraska , usa - genre: pop , new wave , cover band - background: group_or_band - image: the_specs _ -lrb- band -rrb- . jpg - associated acts: the click hymn to joy for against Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the specs .
the specs was a new wave cover band from lincoln , nebraska , featuring a teenage matthew sweet , that played together from 1978 -- 1980 .