“Suspect Device” was released in February 1978. A copy of the single was sent to John Peel . He played it repeatedly leading to a distribution deal through Rough Trade Records . The single was released on the band’s own Rigid Digits label, re-released a month later with the support…
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The bleached-blond hair that became a band trademark happened by accident. In February 1978, the band, desperate for money, were asked to do a commercial for Wrigley’s Spearmint chewing gum (directed by Tony Scott ) on the condition they dye their hair blond in order to play a punk band…
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In February 1978, the Clash released the single ” Clash City Rockers “; and played the song live, along with ” Tommy Gun “, on BBC television’s youth show Something Else .
Adam and the Ants made their radio debut on John Peel ‘s BBC Radio 1 show when they recorded a session on 23 January 1978 that included the songs ” Deutscher Girls “, “It Doesn’t Matter”, “Puerto Rican” and “Lou” – the latter of which featured the group’s manager Jordan…
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The band’s follow-up single, “Safety in Numbers”, was released on 28 October but did not chart . A fourth single, “No Time to Be 21”, issued on CBS subsidiary Bright Records on 20 January 1978, scraped into the UK Top 40.
Their initial EMI release came on 20 January 1978, the EP Love and a Molotov Cocktail , which was a release of two of the tracks from Bunch of Five ; “Love and a Molotov Cocktail”, “Can I Crash Here?”, and a new track “Civilisation”. “Love and a Molotov Cocktail”…
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Live footage of SLF performing “Suspect Device” at Belfast’s Pound Club on 17 January 1978 – the first time the group played the song live – appeared as part of an Ulster TV Revue programme ‘It Makes You Want to Spit’ about punk in Belfast. The programme was broadcast on…
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Crass’ first release was The Feeding of the 5000 (an 18-track, 12″ 45 rpm EP on the Small Wonder label) in 1978. Workers at an Irish record-pressing plant refused to process it because of the offensive and blasphemous content of the song “Asylum”, and the record was released without it.…
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The album received critical acclaim in the music press. Paul Morley , in a contemporary review for NME , stated that “Inflammable Material is the classic punk rock record. A crushing contemporary commentary, brutally inspired by blatant bitter rebellion and frustration”. Morley would go on to state that “Stiff Little…
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In January 1978, Budgie (previously in the Spitfire Boys and later a member of the Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees ) replaced Allen on drums. In early June, Johnson was replaced with ex-Deaf School member Steve Lindsey, who was in turn replaced in July by Dave Balfe (previously in…
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