The Police made their first television appearance in October 1978, on BBC2 ‘s The Old Grey Whistle Test to promote the release of Outlandos d’Amour .
The band’s second album, Separates , was produced by Martin Rushent . One reviewer lists it as one of the best punk albums of all time. In the United States, a slightly altered version of Separates , re-titled High Energy Plan , became the band’s first American release. In October…
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On 20 September 1978, Joy Division made their television debut performing ” Shadowplay ” on So It Goes , with an introduction by Wilson. In October, Joy Division contributed two tracks recorded with producer Martin Hannett to the compilation double-7″ EP A Factory Sample , the first release by Tony…
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In May 1982, Johnny Marr and his friend Steve Pomfret went to the home of Steven Morrissey in Stretford to invite him to form a band. Marr and Morrissey had met at a Patti Smith gig at Manchester’s Apollo Theatre on 31 August 1978, when Marr was 14 and Morrissey…
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Along with the Sex Pistols and The Damned , the Automatics regularly played the Marquee Club in London and toured clubs around the U.K. and Europe. Their hit song “When the Tanks Roll Over Poland Again”, (released on Island Records in 1978) was number one on the punk/new wave charts.…
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In June, the band released ” (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais ” as a single, which peaked at number 32 in the UK Singles chart; it quickly became a favourite with Clash fans and was voted single of the year in the 1978 NME Readers’ Poll.
Joy Division made their recorded debut in June 1978 when the band self-released An Ideal for Living , and two weeks later their track “At a Later Date” was featured on the compilation album Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus (which had been recorded live in October 1977). In…
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In June 1978 they entered the Alberts Studio in Sydney with producer Keith Walker, from local radio station 2JJ , to record their debut eponymous album, Midnight Oil
On 15 May 1978, the afternoon after Jordan’s final gig with Adam and the Ants, Bivouac also left the band and soon after was replaced by Matthew Ashman . This line-up continued to demo new material, and on 10 July 1978, they recorded a second Peel Session that featured the…
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Upon returning to England, Lydon searched for musicians but it was difficult. He stated in the press: “I’m thinking about going up north for someone. They’ve got bands up there who are trying to be different”. He approached Jah Wobble ( né John Wardle) about forming a band together. The…
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