Jim I have heard the Pouges and I do like them, but the have a bit of a dark streak to the music, it's like they have the bright and cheery outlook on life of someone adicted to heroine. One of the things that I love about GBS is the optimistic and upbeat feeling I get even when they are singing, somtimes about some grim situations as in the song The Old Black Rum. (" The Old Black Rum's Got A Hold On Me Like A Dog Wrapped Round My Leg!")