Phonogram/ Mercury Records ‘ West Coast director of A&R , Denny Rosencrantz, agreed to sign the Runaways on December 12, 1975. The band recorded their debut album The Runaways in January 1976 and released it in March through Mercury. The album debuted at number 188 on the Cash Box top…
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After London SS broke up in early 1976, Rhodes continued as Jones’ manager.
Ranno stated he owned two unreleased live shows and allowed Metal Blade to compile them as Live in Action , which contained cuts from a 1976 Cleveland show and a 1978 radio promotional show in Louisville, Kentucky . The release of Live in Action was a precursor to the 1990…
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In 1976, the band’s name was shortened to Rainbow,
Vincent Crane went on to put together the music for a number of plays and musicals in England between 1976 and 1977, including two of Peter Green ‘s radio broadcasts. Crane teamed up with Arthur Brown again to play on his album Chisholm In My Bosom , and in 1979…
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The Clash promoted a left-wing message in their songs and interviews and sang about social problems, such as career opportunities, unemployment and the need for a backlash against racism and oppression. Joe Strummer said in 1976: “We’re anti-fascist, we’re anti-violence, we’re anti-racist and we’re pro-creative”. Strummer also said: “I don’t…
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In 1976, the Angels signed a recording deal with the Albert Productions label, upon the recommendation of Bon Scott and Malcolm Young (from AC/DC). The group dropped “Keystone” from their name to become the Angels and relocated to Sydney with the line-up of Neeson on lead vocals and bass guitar,…
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The Stones needed a new guitarist, and the recording sessions in Munich for the next album, Black and Blue (1976; No. 2 in the UK, No. 1 in the US), were effectively used as auditions. Guitarists as stylistically disparate as Peter Frampton and Jeff Beck were auditioned, as well as…
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With none of the original members left, Babe Ruth released their fifth album, Kid’s Stuff , in 1976. Marsden later joined Paice Ashton Lord and Spevock reappeared in Piblokto .
A confrontation between Black youth and police at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival was important in the development of the Clash’s political stance and inspired Joe Strummer to write ” White Riot “. Images of the riots were used as The Clash’s stage backdrop and as the back cover of…
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