The Rentals

Jeff and Jane Hudson were two of the three original Rentals, Pseudo Carol was the third member. The Rentals formed in the fall of 1977 in Boston, and released their first single 'Gertrude Stein'b/w 'Low Rent' which were produced by Oedipus (former program director at WBCN, Boston). The Rentals opened for The Clash at the Harvard Sq. Theater on Feb. 16, 1979 (on the same bill with Bo Diddley). After moving to New York, they signed to Beggars'Banquet Records at Max's Kansas City in 1979 at four in the morning in their dressing room. They released the cult single, 'I Got A Crush On You', that charted in NME London 1980. The Rentals broke up in 1980. [SOURCE: JEFF AND JANE]