The song peaked at No. 31 in Canada and No. 32 in the US, spurring a UK re-release of it in April.
In April 1979, Collins returned to the UK after his attempt to save his marriage failed. With time to spare before working on a new Genesis album, Collins rejoined Brand X for the album Product , played the drums on former bandmate Peter Gabriel’s third album and started writing his…
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Joy Division’s debut album, Unknown Pleasures , was recorded at Strawberry Studios , Stockport , in April 1979. Producer Martin Hannett significantly altered their live sound, a fact that greatly displeased the band at the time; however, in 2006, Hook said that in retrospect Hannett had done a good job…
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The band officially went by the Damned again, playing their first gig under that name in April 1979 and signing a recording contract with Chiswick Records . They returned to the studio and released the charting singles ” Love Song ” and ” Smash It Up “, followed by 1979’s…
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Matlock and New went on to tour with Iggy Pop , while Egan and Ure formed a band called The Misfits (not the American horror punk band Misfits ) and, after short spells with Skids and Thin Lizzy , respectively, reunited in Visage . In April 1979, Ure joined Ultravox…
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The single’s success led to Bronze extending their contract, and put the band back into the studio to record an album, this time with producer Jimmy Miller at Roundhouse Studios . A hint of what the band had recorded for the album came on 9 March 1979 when the band…
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The band took their name from their home town of Leyton , an area of East London, punning upon the name of the Bedfordshire town Leighton Buzzard . They were initially a pub rock band, but soon adapted to punk rock / new wave . Their debut single, “19 and…
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In February 1979, SLF released their first album on the Rough Trade label, Inflammable Material . The band had signed a contract with Island Records , but it fell through, leaving the group to release the album on Rough Trade, their existing label. Despite the album’s independent release, it reached…
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Jameson Raid released their first single , the “Seven Days of Splendour” EP in February 1979. “The combination of influences which had given birth to the band’s overall sound was quite difficult to pin down, as there were elements of 70’s rock/pop (particularly David Bowie and Mott The Hoople ),…
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In February 1979, “Roxanne” was issued as a single in North America, where it was played on radio despite the subject matter.