Magazine’s second album, Secondhand Daylight , was released in 1979, reaching the UK top 40. The album featured a greater use of synthesisers. That same year, McGeoch, Adamson and Formula joined electronic project Visage , recording and releasing the single ” Tar “.
The Apostles were formed in the Islington area of London in 1979 by William ‘Bill’ Corbett (vocals), Julian Portinari (bass), Dan McIntyre (drums) and Pete Bynghall (guitar). This line-up of the group did not play any concerts, and only appeared in a small number of fanzines (including Paroxysm Fear and…
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Lost Cherrees were formed in Sutton in 1979 by drummer Steve Battershill, guitarist Dave Greaves, and singer Siân Jeffreys. They recorded six tracks and released them on cassette as The Worst Demo Ever Recorded , which was split with the band Warning. In 1981, Greaves left the band and was…
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The group spent early 1979 sharing the bills with such acts as The Psychedelic Furs , the Pretenders , and Black Slate . It was around this time that Pete King, who later joined After the Fire , left the band and was replaced on drums by Graham Deakin .…
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In mid-1979, Stiff Little Fingers signed their Rigid Digits label to Chrysalis Records , and in 1980 released their second album, Nobody’s Heroes .
There were a number of well-publicised arguments; The Undertones accused Stiff Little Fingers of sensationalising the Northern Ireland conflict, while they retorted that The Undertones ignored it. Michael Bradley, The Undertones bassist, tells of a confrontation in 1979 between The Undertones’ John O’Neill and SLF’s Jake Burns: “He launched into…
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The band shortened their name to The Buzzards for the 1979 single “We Make a Noise” and the album Jellied Eels to Record Deals , before reverting to The Leyton Buzzards for their final single, “Can’t Get used to Losing You”.
The Boys released a second album on NEMS, titled Alternative Chartbusters , and toured in support of it with the Ramones . The Boys then signed with Safari in 1979, and two albums and five singles followed before the band broke up in the summer of 1981. Each Christmas, the…
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That year, “Can’t Stand Losing You” was also re-released in the UK, peaking at No. 2.
Several 1979 performances were featured in the 1980 film, D.O.A. . A few months after the breakup, the band had to reunite to record a live album and thus fulfill their contractual obligations. To exact revenge on the label, Bators purposely sang off-mic and the resulting recording was unusable. When…
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