with Barnes and Walker on the lead single, “Goodbye (Astrid, Goodbye)” (September 1978)
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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Despite having problems with manager Paul Ahern, being caught in the middle of a fight between Ahern and his business partner Charles McKenzie, and doing most of the recording work alone, Scholz completed the second Boston album two years after the debut album’s release. The second album, Don’t Look Back…
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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
In June, Genesis headlined the year’s Knebworth Festival , their only UK show that year.
The Saints released their second album, Eternally Yours , in May 1978 on EMI/Harvest with Bailey and Kuepper producing. The album showed the band moving towards a more R&B style of rock, including a brass section on songs like ” Know Your Product ” which had been released as a…
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In May 1978, ” Khe Sanh ” was released as their debut single but it was declared too offensive for commercial radio due to the sexual implication of the lyrics, e.g. “Their legs were often open/But their minds were always closed.” However, it was played regularly on Sydney youth radio…
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In May, the Who filmed another performance at Shepperton Sound Studios for The Kids Are Alright .
The first Kiss compilation album, Double Platinum , was issued on April 2, 1978. This double album included many remixed versions of the band’s hits, as well as “Strutter ’78”, a re-recorded version of a song from the group’s first album. At Bogart’s request, this version of the song featured…
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Cold Chisel was released in April