the Windbreakers
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Windbreakers
| origin = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
| years_active = 1981–2000s
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The Windbreakers were an American power pop group from Jackson, Mississippi, led by singer-guitarists Tim Lee and Bobby Sutliff.{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= The Windbreakers – Artist Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date= 15 August 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-windbreakers-mn0000578218/biography}} The band released their first EP in 1982, and were best known for an acclaimed 1985 album, Terminal.Scott Miller -Music: What Happened? 2010 0615381960 – Page 130 "The jangly eccentricity of Bobby Sutliff was always a bit of a strange match for Tim Lee's high-energy indie garage rock, " After three more albums, Lee and Sutliff began solo careers.{{cite journal|first1= Scott |last1= Schinder |first2= Ira |last2= Robbins |url= http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=windbreakers |title= Windbreakers |journal= Trouser Press |access-date= 15 August 2014}} Tim Lee released All That Stuff in 1997 and, with his wife, Susan Bauer Lee, formed the duo Bark in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/tim-lee-all-that-stuff/|title=Tim Lee - All That Stuff|website=No Depression|access-date=9 December 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://bark-loud.com/bio/|title=Bio • BARK|website=Bark-loud.com|access-date=9 December 2022}} Another solo album from Lee, Under the House, was released in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/under-the-house-mw0000022485|title=Tim Lee - Under the House Album Reviews, Songs & More|website=AllMusic|access-date=9 December 2022}}
Discography
- Meet the Windbreakers EP (Big Monkey) 1982
- Any Monkey With a Typewriter EP (Big Monkey) 1983
- Disciples of Agriculture (Fr. Closer) 1985
- Terminal (Homestead) 1985
- Run (DB) 1986
- A Different Sort... (DB) 1987
- At Home with Bobby and Tim (DB) 1989
- Electric Landlady (DB) 1991
- Time Machine (1982–2002){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-windbreakers-mn0000578218/discography/all|title=The Windbreakers Albums and Discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=9 December 2022}}
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Category:American power pop groups
Category:Rock music groups from Mississippi
Category:1981 establishments in Mississippi
Category:Musical groups established in 1981
Category:Homestead Records artists
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