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…at least, that’s a theory I’m working on.

- Australia has Midnight Oil

- Ireland has the Frames

- New Zealand has Crowded House

- Germany has Die Toten Hosen (or Scorpions?)

I’m thinking of bands that may be known abroad or even popular, but they are spectacular back home because they sing about their country, and have a sound that many other bands of that country would tap into.

Help me with any others? Does Noir Desir belong in this? Stone Roses? Runrig?

EDIT: To add people’s suggestions…

USA - REM, Grateful Dead

UK - Stone Roses, Blur

Australia - Cold Chisel, Men at Work

Norway - A-Ha

Croatia - Crvena Jabuka