Underrated: East Bay Ray of the Dead Kennedys. Seriously classed up the punk rock context by combining a whole slew of different styles (surf, pop, swing, rockabilly, etc.) and above-competent execution. The antithesis to both Greg Ginn's primal "jazz" brutalism and the anonymous power chords of just about all punk to come thereafter.
I love it! Selling Avon products to men in bowling alleys. Also, the squawk of your bird in the background ads an interesting texture. edit: oops. Completely replied to the wrong comment ;-) That must have seemed an odd response, huh? edit 2: I haven't listened to the Dead Kennedys since I was a kid but I really liked them when I was in 8th grade. That's back when I owned my first pair of combat boots and had a God Save the Queen t-shirt I wore 5 days a week. He's definitely a bad ass guitarist and took a genre in some new directions.
You just about gave me an aneurysm :) didn't help that I'm no longer at my desk, so I rcvd the comment via email. Google helped me to put 2+2 together, though, (queried "east bay ray selling avon to men in bowling alleys") will have to check out the book!