The band’s second single, “You’re a Lady Now”, was released in July 1977, which was followed a month later by their self-titled debut album, The Angels – also produced and recorded by Vanda & Young at Albert Studios, Sydney. It included a re-recorded version of “Am I Ever Gonna See…
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In a July 1977 Rolling Stone cover story, the sisters cited this advertisement as a key reason for their decision to leave Mushroom Records.
Love Gun (June 30, 1977).
Unlike contemporary rock drummers such as Ginger Baker and John Bonham , Moon hated drum solos and refused to play them in concert. At a Madison Square Garden show during The Who’s 1974 tour , Townshend and Entwistle decided to spontaneously stop playing during ” Waspman ” to listen to…
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On 3 June, a concert at Tampa Stadium was cut short because of a severe thunderstorm, despite tickets indicating “Rain or Shine”. A riot broke out, resulting in arrests and injuries.
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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They ended the tour with two concerts at Earls Court , London, in June, which commemorated the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II , and at the cost of £50,000 the band used a lighting rig in the shape of a crown for the first time.
Buzzcocks manager Richard Boon and frontman Pete Shelley have both been credited with suggesting the band name “Stiff Kittens”, but the band settled on “Warsaw” shortly before their first gig, a reference to David Bowie ‘s song ” Warszawa “. Warsaw debuted on 29 May 1977 at the Electric Circus,…
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Strontium 90 performed at a Gong reunion concert in Paris on 28 May 1977
Square was replaced by Mark Ryan , and this line-up began to play regular gigs starting with the Institute of Contemporary Arts cafe on 10 May 1977 and taking in support slots around London. In early June, Flanagan was replaced with Dave “Barbe” Barbarossa , and this line-up recorded the…
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