Following the 1976 US No. 12 ballad hit ” I Never Cry “; two studio albums, Alice Cooper Goes to Hell and Lace and Whiskey ; and the 1977 US No. 9 ballad hit ” You and Me “, it became clear during his 1977 US tour that Cooper was…
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In 1976, the band moved to England, where they obtained a UK and US contract with Chrysalis Records .
The band was formed in 1976 by T. V. Smith (Tim Smith) and Gaye Advert (Gaye Black). Smith was from the town of Okehampton in mid-Devon, and Advert was from Bideford , a small coastal town in North Devon . After relocating to London , the two young punks recruited…
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Vincent Crane went on to put together the music for a number of plays and musicals in England between 1976 and 1977, including two of Peter Green ‘s radio broadcasts. Crane teamed up with Arthur Brown again to play on his album Chisholm In My Bosom , and in 1979…
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After London SS broke up in early 1976, Rhodes continued as Jones’ manager.
The Clash promoted a left-wing message in their songs and interviews and sang about social problems, such as career opportunities, unemployment and the need for a backlash against racism and oppression. Joe Strummer said in 1976: “We’re anti-fascist, we’re anti-violence, we’re anti-racist and we’re pro-creative”. Strummer also said: “I don’t…
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A confrontation between Black youth and police at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival was important in the development of the Clash’s political stance and inspired Joe Strummer to write ” White Riot “. Images of the riots were used as The Clash’s stage backdrop and as the back cover of…
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In 1976, Larry Mullen Jr. , then a 14-year-old pupil of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland, posted a note on the school’s notice board in search of musicians for a new band. For the first practice, which was held on 25 September in Mullen’s kitchen, Mullen played drums…
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Before forming Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant (Stuart Leslie Goddard) played bass in pub rock group Bazooka Joe , who are now mostly known for headlining the show at which the Sex Pistols played their first gig on 6 November 1975 at Central Saint Martins College of Art and…
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Accompanying the album and stage show was the television special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare , starring Cooper and Vincent Price , which aired on US prime-time TV in April 1975. The Nightmare (which was later released on home video in 1983 and gained a Grammy Award nomination for Best Long…
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