The original line-up of the band was assembled in late 1976 by John Krivine and Steph Raynor, the owners of Acme Attractions , a fashion boutique shop in King’s Road in Chelsea, London , comprising vocalist Gene October , guitarist William Broad (later and better known as Billy Idol ),…
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The band played their first concert at the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington, London on 15 October 1976. Among the crowd were Mick Jones , Billy Idol , Tony James and Gene October . After a few concerts, The Boys signed to NEMS in January 1977, and at that…
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The Vibrators recorded sessions for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 in October 1976, June 1977, and February 1978. They were one of the pioneering punk bands that played at London’s Roxy Club . They headlined in January 1977, supported by the Drones , and in February they played twice…
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Wire began as a five-piece band in October 1976. In its early period, guitarist George Gill served as the group’s principal songwriter. Following a leg injury that left him unable to perform, Gill departed the band in February 1977. After his departure, the remaining members discontinued most of the material…
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The Slits formed in October 1976 when Ari Up went to a Patti Smith gig at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. After having an argument with her mother, Ari was approached by Palmolive and Kate Korus with the offer to form a band. The next day they had their first…
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Additional recording and production work was done at Trident Studios that October.
On 25 September 1976, the American drummer Stewart Copeland was on tour as a member of the British progressive rock band Curved Air . In Newcastle upon Tyne , via the music journalist Phil Sutcliffe, Copeland met the singer-bassist Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting , who at the time was playing…
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On 21 September 1976, the Clash performed publicly for the first time without Levene at the 100 Club Punk Special , sharing the bill with the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Subway Sect .
Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin met at a Roxy Music concert in September 1975, at a time when glam rock had faded and there was nothing new coming through with which they could identify. From February 1976, Siouxsie, Severin and some friends began to follow an unsigned band, the Sex…
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Queen played a landmark gig on 18 September 1976, a free concert in Hyde Park , London, organised by the entrepreneur Richard Branson . It set an attendance record at the park, with 150,000 people confirmed in the audience. Queen were late arriving onstage and ran out of time to…
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