The musicians Jürgen Dobroszcsyk, Raymond Ebert, Gerrit Meijer, and Knut Schaller met on February 25, 1977, at a concert of The Vibrators at Berlin’s Kant-Kino. They started a band together on March 10, 1977. In 1977, PVC quickly became popular in Berlin; on August 20, 1977, they were included on…
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Their next two albums, Leave Home and Rocket to Russia , were both released in 1977
Chrome said of the tour “(w)ith the 40th anniversary of the Dead Boys on the horizon and a solid band that could interpret and deliver the performance and sound needed to maintain the authenticity of the Dead Boys, I reached out to Johnny Blitz about an anniversary tour and he…
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The band also drew on influences from reggae to jazz to progressive and pub rock . While maintaining the main band, Police members continued to moonlight within the art rock scene. In late 1977 and early 1978, Sting and Summers recorded and performed as part of an ensemble led by…
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The band formed in early 1977, with a line-up of Blair Hamilton ( vocals ), Colin “Getty” Getgood ( lead guitar ) and the three Cowan brothers Greg ( bass ), Colin (drums) and Martin (rhythm guitar). According to Greg Cowan, their name derived from the fact that they were…
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Sage founded Wipers in Portland in 1977 along with drummer Henry and bassist Koupal, originally just as a recording project. The plan was to record 15 albums in 10 years without touring or promotion. Sage thought that the mystique built from the lack of playing traditional rock ‘n’ roll would…
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On 14 December 1976, Sting moved to London, and on the day of his arrival, sought out Copeland for a jam session .
he was briefly replaced by Rob Harper as the Clash toured in support of the Sex Pistols during December’s Anarchy Tour.
After three support gigs playing cover versions of other bands’ songs, Idol and James departed in November 1976, taking Towe with them, to form Generation X .
Chimes left in late November