The Cockney Rejects were formed by the brothers Mick and Jeff Geggus in 1978. Vince Riordan joined the band the following year.
Their performance at Hernando’s Hideaway in Perth in January 1978 was recorded: it was issued on the live album, Culture Shock , in 2014. By mid-1978 the Victims had disbanded, they briefly reunited in early 1979 to provide a farewell gig. Baker was a founder of The Scientists (1978–81). Flick…
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Tommy, tired of touring, left the band in early 1978.
The band formed in 1978 with a lineup of Ian “Buck” Murdock (vocals), Marcus “Dukie” Duke (guitar), Greg Fenton (bass) and Glenn Kingsmore (drums). (Fenton was soon replaced by Jeff Gilmore.)
By the end of 1978, SLF’s growing popularity was reflected in “Suspect Device” reaching No. 4 and “Alternative Ulster” being voted No. 11 in the annual Festive Fifty broadcast on the John Peel show.
The members of Hüsker Dü first met in the fall of 1978. At the time, Mould was a freshman at Macalester College in Saint Paul and frequented nearby Cheapo Records, a Saint Paul record store where Hart was a sales clerk. Hart and Norton had originally met while applying for…
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Following the Sex Pistols’ break-up in 1978, photographer Dennis Morris suggested that Lydon travel to Jamaica with him and Virgin Records head Richard Branson , where Branson would be scouting for emerging reggae musicians. Branson also flew American new wave band Devo to Jamaica, aiming to install Lydon as lead…
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In the second half of 1978, SLF toured as the support band to the Tom Robinson Band .
Their second album, Chairs Missing (1978), showed a substantial elaboration of the stark minimalism of Pink Flag , with longer, more atmospheric songs and synthesizer parts added by producer Mike Thorne . ” Outdoor Miner ” was a minor hit, peaking at number 51 in the UK singles chart. The…
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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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