The Police’s power trio line-up of Copeland, Sting, and Summers performed for the first time on 18 August 1977 at Rebecca’s club in Birmingham in the West Midlands. This line-up endured for the rest of the band’s history. Few punk bands were three pieces, while contemporary bands pursuing progressive rock,…
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The band made their debut on 16 August 1977 at Whale Beach , 40 km (25 mi) north of Sydney.
an aborted recording session with ex- Velvet Underground member John Cale as producer on 10 August
and on 5 August at the Mont de Marsan Punk Festival.
The album was released in August 1977.
They performed live twice: on 25 July 1977 at the Music Machine in London
and played at a London club (under the name of “the Elevators”) in July.
Buzzcocks manager Richard Boon and frontman Pete Shelley have both been credited with suggesting the band name “Stiff Kittens”, but the band settled on “Warsaw” shortly before their first gig, a reference to David Bowie ‘s song ” Warszawa “. Warsaw debuted on 29 May 1977 at the Electric Circus,…
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Strontium 90 performed at a Gong reunion concert in Paris on 28 May 1977
Square was replaced by Mark Ryan , and this line-up began to play regular gigs starting with the Institute of Contemporary Arts cafe on 10 May 1977 and taking in support slots around London. In early June, Flanagan was replaced with Dave “Barbe” Barbarossa , and this line-up recorded the…
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