{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Windbreakers | origin = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | years_active = 1981–2000s | label = {{flatlist| * Homestead * Closer Records * DB * Paisley Pop }} }}
'''The Windbreakers''' were an American power pop group from Jackson, Mississippi, led by singer-guitarists Tim Lee and Bobby Sutliff.<ref name="AM">{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= The Windbreakers – Artist Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date= 15 August 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-windbreakers-mn0000578218/biography}}</ref> The band released their first EP in 1982,<ref name="AM"/> and were best known for an acclaimed 1985 album, ''Terminal''.<ref>Scott Miller -Music: What Happened? 2010 0615381960 – Page 130 "The jangly eccentricity of Bobby Sutliff was always a bit of a strange match for Tim Lee's high-energy indie garage rock, "</ref> After three more albums, Lee and Sutliff began solo careers.<ref name="AM"/><ref>{{cite journal|first1= Scott |last1= Schinder |first2= Ira |last2= Robbins |url= http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=windbreakers |title= Windbreakers |journal= Trouser Press |access-date= 15 August 2014}}</ref> Tim Lee released ''All That Stuff'' in 1997 and, with his wife, Susan Bauer Lee, formed the duo Bark in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/tim-lee-all-that-stuff/|title=Tim Lee - All That Stuff|website=No Depression|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bark-loud.com/bio/|title=Bio • BARK|website=Bark-loud.com|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> Another solo album from Lee, ''Under the House'', was released in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/under-the-house-mw0000022485|title=Tim Lee - Under the House Album Reviews, Songs & More|website=AllMusic|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> ==Discography== *''Meet the Windbreakers'' EP (Big Monkey) 1982 *''Any Monkey With a Typewriter'' EP (Big Monkey) 1983 *''Disciples of Agriculture'' (Fr. Closer) 1985 *''Terminal'' (Homestead) 1985 *''Run'' (DB) 1986 *''A Different Sort...'' (DB) 1987 *''At Home with Bobby and Tim'' (DB) 1989 *''Electric Landlady'' (DB) 1991 *''Time Machine (1982–2002)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-windbreakers-mn0000578218/discography/all|title=The Windbreakers Albums and Discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
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