The band swiftly became regulars at the club, playing there seventy-four times by the end of the year. After garnering considerable attention for their performances—which averaged about seventeen minutes from beginning to end—the group was signed to a recording contract in late 1975 by Seymour Stein of Sire Records .…
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Mick Jones played guitar in protopunk band London SS and rehearsed for much of 1975, but never played a live show and recorded only one demo. London SS were managed by Bernard Rhodes , an associate of impresario Malcolm McLaren and a friend of the members of the Sex Pistols…
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In early 1975, the rock producer Kim Fowley had an idea for assembling an all-female band at a time when, according to guitarist Joan Jett , “There were no young girls at all playing guitar or any sort of instruments.”
The Ramones made their CBGB debut on August 16, 1974.
The Ramones played before an audience for the first time on March 30, 1974, at Performance Studios.
The band renamed themselves the Saints in 1974, inspired by Leslie Charteris ‘s character The Saint . They played covers of Del Shannon , Connie Francis and Ike and Tina Turner – “exploding them almost beyond recognition with energy”. Jeffrey Wegener joined on drums and Hay switched to bass guitar.…
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The Ramones began taking shape in early 1974 when Cummings and Colvin invited Hyman to join them in a band. Colvin wanted to play guitar and sing, Cummings would also play guitar and Hyman would play drums. The lineup was to be completed with their friend Richie Stern on bass.…
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Before the Clash’s founding, the band’s future members were active in different parts of the London music scene. Joe Strummer , whose real name was John Graham Mellor, sang and played rhythm guitar in the pub rock band The 101ers , which he had formed in 1974 with Álvaro Peña-Rojas…
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The Saints’ original members were Brisbane schoolmates Bailey, Kuepper and Hay. They had formed Kid Galahad and the Eternals in 1973 with Belfast-raised Bailey on vocals, Brisbane-born Hay on piano and German-born Kuepper on guitar. Their musical inspirations came from 1950s rock ‘n’ roll musicians such as Little Richard and…
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Lux Interior (born Erick Lee Purkhiser) and Poison Ivy (born Kristy Marlana Wallace) met in Sacramento, California , in 1972. In light of their common artistic interests and shared devotion to record collecting, they decided to form the Cramps. Lux took his stage name from a car ad, and Ivy…
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