I remember the shock of visiting Germany in the early 1980's and hearing BAP - the Kristalnacht album.

Over in England - all the bands were synth based Thompson Twins, Eurthymics, Depeche Mode......

And here was a band having enormous success with guitar based folk rock, and moreover not straining to sound 'olde fashioned traditional' like Steeleye and Fairport.

I was chartreuse with envy - we had nothing remotely as good.