In a short period of time, the Cramps changed drummers twice; Miriam Linna (later of Nervus Rex , the Zantees, and the A-Bones and co-owner of Norton Records ) replaced Pam Balam, and Nick Knox (formerly with the Electric Eels ) replaced Linna in September 1977. In the late 1970s,…
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That same month, CBS released ” Remote Control ” as The Clash ‘s second single, defying the wishes of the band, who saw it as one of the album’s weakest tracks. Headon’s first recording with the band was the single ” Complete Control “, which addresses the band’s anger at…
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On 19 August 1977, the band released the first of their two UK Top 40 hit singles on Anchor Records . Lyrically, “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes” was a controversial song based on the wishes of Gary Gilmore , an American murderer, that his eyes be donated to medical science after his…
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The Police’s power trio line-up of Copeland, Sting, and Summers performed for the first time on 18 August 1977 at Rebecca’s club in Birmingham in the West Midlands. This line-up endured for the rest of the band’s history. Few punk bands were three pieces, while contemporary bands pursuing progressive rock,…
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an aborted recording session with ex- Velvet Underground member John Cale as producer on 10 August
and on 5 August at the Mont de Marsan Punk Festival.
They performed live twice: on 25 July 1977 at the Music Machine in London
and played at a London club (under the name of “the Elevators”) in July.
Chelsea’s first single, “Right to Work”, was released in June 1977 by Step-Forward Records . Recorded by the October/Fortune/Daze/Stevenson line-up of the band, it was their most popular song, and also appeared on the soundtrack album (issued in 1978 by Polydor ) to the 1977 Derek Jarman film Jubilee (which…
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Strontium 90 performed at a Gong reunion concert in Paris on 28 May 1977