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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The truth is that the band merely utilized the trappings of 1970s British punk : the bleached blond short hair, Sting in his jumpsuits or army jackets, Copeland and his near maniacal drumming style. In fact, they were criticized by other punk bands for not being authentic and lacking “street…
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Stiff Little Fingers, especially the frontman and main songwriter Jake Burns, were heavily influenced by The Clash and Elvis Costello . According to Burns, “what [ The Clash ] did more than anything else was give me the confidence, through its lyrical subject matter, to realise it was OK to…
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The Inflammable Material album was heavily influenced by the band’s experience of growing up in Belfast during the Troubles. However, of the 13 tracks, only 6 were directly about Northern Ireland and the political situation – “Suspect Device”, “State of Emergency”, “Wasted Life”, “No More Of That”, “Barbed Wire Love”,…
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In regards to their legacy, critic and author Dave Thompson argued that “nobody would make music like the Adverts and nobody ever has. In terms of lyric, delivery, commitment and courage, they were, and they remain, the finest British group of the late 1970s”.
Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed Radio Birdman in the mid-1970s (around 1974) in Sydney, Australia , having recently left their former projects, TV Jones and the Rats. They recruited classical keyboard player Philip “Pip” Hoyle, drummer Ron Keeley, and bassist Carl Roke. The band took their name from a…
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Inspired by Jimi Hendrix , Sage soon picked up the guitar. In 1969, at age 17, he played on an eponymous album by professional wrestler Beauregarde .
John Cummings and Thomas Erdelyi had both been in a high-school garage band from 1965 to 1967 known as the Tangerine Puppets.
Main vocalist Matty ‘Blagg’ Roberts (b. 1964) had been affiliated with the far right British Movement when still at school, but then became a socialist and anti-fascist after reading books on the Black Panthers and George Orwell’s 1984 whilst in prison.
Under Michael McMartin ‘s management, Trafalgar Studios signed the band and financed the recordings. Radios Appear was critically acclaimed, earning 5 stars in the Australian edition of Rolling Stone . The album was influenced by Detroit bands of the late 1960s, such as MC5 and the Stooges . The album’s…
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