Over the next two years, the band toured extensively across the Midwest and recorded what would become their debut album International Pop Overthrow . The album was a compilation of various demos recorded between roughly 1988 and 1991 and produced by Jeff Murphy from the Chicago-area power pop band Shoes , and recorded at Short Order Recorder, their studio in Zion, Illinois. The album was released nationally in early 1991 and sold over 300,000 copies for Mercury Records . Their debut video for the single “Diane” appeared on MTV ‘s 120 Minutes in late December 1990. International Pop Overthrow had extensive national exposure with ” Valerie Loves Me ” and “Diane” and music critic Jae-Ha Kim declared “Simple Minds upstaged by Material Issue”.
released their debut album International Pop Overthrow
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