debut live performance at Teviot Row House

Having spent several months practising, the group’s debut live performance was at Teviot Row House , the students’ union building of the University of Edinburgh , on 5 November 1976, playing a set composed entirely of cover versions of 1950s and 1960s classics. The set included ” I Like It ” and ” Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite “, which would both appear on the band’s debut album, and concluded with ” I Wanna Be Your Man “, which later became the B-side of their debut single. The band were an instant hit and began to grow rapidly in popularity as they gigged constantly: Callis estimated that the Rezillos played around 200 gigs in 1977. Bootleg recordings exist of this stage of the band’s history.