The Foreign Objects were far from the most popular local band of their era (1979-1981). Theirs were the days when Hamp tubbies were still grumbling about the demise of Fat, Clean Living, and the Valley's other connections to the duppier sounds of the early '70s. The popular sonic style at Rahar's was new wave, whether coughed up by the blubby electronics of the Scientific Americans or the dullard pop of the Elevators. The Foreign Objects were a band apart from both these camps.