For the recording of their debut album Milo Goes to College in June 1982, the band worked at Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach, California , with Spot , who had also engineered and produced the Fat EP . While still short and fast, the songs on Milo Goes to…
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The band released its second single, “17 Years of Hell”, on 27 May 1982, peaking at No. 2 on the Indie Chart. This was followed by their self-titled debut LP, released in February 1983. It hit No. 5 in the Indie Chart and No. 1 in the Punk Chart, amid…
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Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (then-called US D.R.I. ) was formed in Houston in May 1982 by former members of the hardcore punk band Suburbanites. The original line-up consisted of Spike Cassidy on guitar, Kurt Brecht on lead vocals, Eric Brecht on drums and Dennis Johnson on bass, which was basically the…
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which Glyn Johns produced and was released in May 1982.
After the release of Combat Rock , the Clash began to disintegrate. In May 1982, Headon was asked to leave the band because his addiction caused reliability problems. Chimes was brought back to drum for the next few months. The band opened for the Who on a leg of their…
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More of the band’s early material was re-released in the first half of 1982. Polydor reissued the two songs for the Jubilee in February as a seven-inch (18 cm) single with “Deutscher Girls” as the A-side; this single reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, giving the original Ants…
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The band recorded their next album at the rural Jacobs Studio in Farnham , Surrey , in southern England. Endangered Species was released 19 March 1982 on the band’s new label, NEMS, which also folded shortly after the release of the album. Harper and Garratt both consider this album to…
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Chron Gen initially comprised former members of The Condemned and Optional Xtras. Band members included Glynn (Baxter) Barber (vocals/guitarist), Jon ‘JJ’ Johnson (drummer), Adam Warwicker (bass guitar), and Jon Thurlow (rhythm guitar), with Pete Dimmock replacing Warwicker after the band recorded their first demo. The band released their debut EP…
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Controversy erupted around the band after they were featured in a 1982 BBC Arena documentary, during which Henderson alleged that the police were tougher on White skinheads than they were on Black rioters, said that “there will never be racial harmony” and blamed the Asians for the 1981 Southall riot…
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In late 1982, the group toured Australia with Bailey, Hall and Shedden joined by Chris Burnham on guitar (ex- Supernaut ) and Laurie Cuffe on guitar. In 1983, Bailey released his first solo album, Casablanca , on New Rose. In 1984, Bailey was based in Sydney, and the Saints’ album,…
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