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The Other Kids were an alternative pop band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1985 by Steve Watson (lead vocals, guitars), Allyn Watson (bass, vocals), and Chris Fink (drums, vocals). The Other Kids played together until 1992. The band's sound was a melodic mixture of power chords and jangling rock influenced by classic bands like The Who, The Kinks, and The Byrds.

The Other Kids released three albums—Living In The Mirror (1985), Happy Home (1986) and Grin (1990)--on Boat Records, an independent label owned by the Madison band, Spooner. Most of The Other Kids' work was produced by Butch Vig, then the drummer for Spooner and owner of Smart Studios. In 1997, five years after the band’s demise, masters of the bands original analog tapes were mastered and released as a double-disk anthology called Neverland. UK magazine Bucketfull Of Brains called Neverland “An almost flawless collection (25 tracks and no filler), obscure, outstanding and excellent.” The Big Takeover called the album, “a feast of crunchy tunes with superb harmonies, most of them on level with the best work of better known power-pop bands such as the Raspberries, Shoes, and the dB's.”

Since Neverland, The Other Kids' songs have been reissued various times, including a Japanese "best of" CD in 2005. In 2007, Chicago's Smog Veil Records began distributing The Other Kids' work on iTunes and other download services.