The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf (live 1980)
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Johnny Marr of The Smiths turns 44 today!
The Smiths, left to right:
Andy Rourke, Johnny Marr, Morrissey and Mike Joyce
The Smiths...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (1985)
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On this date in 1984, Big Country had the #1 album in the U.K., Steel Town. It was their second full-length album.
Big Country - East Of Eden (from Steel Town)
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The Specials - Ghost Town (1981)
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Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow turns 42 today!
Bow Wow Wow, left to right:
Leigh Gorman, Matthew Ashman, Annabella Lwin and David Barbarossa
Bow Wow Wow...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official Bow Wow Wow website: bowwowwow.org
Bow Wow Wow - Baby, Oh No (1982)
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On this date in 1981, The Misfits released their fourth actual single (and seventh release overall), "Halloween". It was backed by "Halloween II". Neither track appeared on a regular album until "Halloween" appeared on the 1985 compilation, Legacy Of Brutality. The Misfits were a horror punk band who gained their following at CBGB's.
The Misfits - Halloween (live 1981)
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On this date in 1981, The Pretenders released their eleventh single, "I Go To Sleep". It was backed by a live version of "The English Roses". The 12 inch version had an extra track, a live version of "Louie Louie". The A side appeared on their second album, Pretenders II, as did the studio versions of the other tracks. The single reached the #7 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep (on Countdown 1982)
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On this date in 1981, The Human League had the #1 album in the U.K., Dare! It was their third album.
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd )from Dare!)
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The Misfits - Horror Business (live - probably 1980)
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Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 turns 46 today!
U2, left to right: Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr, Bono and The Edge
U2...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official U2 website: u2.com
U2 - I Will Follow (1980)
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On this date in 1980, Pylon released their debut album, Gyrate. There were no singles released from the album. The new wave band hailed from Athens, Georgia, the same place that spawned The B-52's and R.E.M. They disbanded in 1983.
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On this date in 1980, Tenpole Tudor released their debut album, Eddie, Old Bob, Dick And Gary. It contained the singles, "Swords Of A Thousand Men" (#6 U.K.), "Three Bells In A Row" and "Wunderbar" (#16 U.K.). The album reached the #44 spot on the U.K. albums chart. The English punk/post-punk band was fronted by Eddie Tenpole who filled in for Johnny Rotten when he left The Sex Pistols.
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Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (1979)
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On this date in 1979, The Ruts released their fourth single, "Jah War". It was backed by "I Ain't Sofisticated". The A side appeared on their debut album, The Crack. The B side did not but it was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The English reggae-influenced punk band was fronted by Malcolm Owen who died of a heroin overdose in 1980 and later became Ruts DC.
The Ruts - Jah War and Babylon's Burning (on TV 1980)
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On this date in 1978, Joe Jackson released his debut single, "Is She Really Going Out With Him?". It was backed by "You Got The Fever". The A side appeared on his debut album, Look Sharp! The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The single reached the #13 spot on the U.K. singles chart and the #21 spot on the U.S. singles chart.
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him? (live - date unknown)
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On this date in 1982, The Monochrome Set released their tenth single, "Cast A Long Shadow". It was backed by "The Bridge". Neither track appeared on a regular album. The U.K. post-punk band broke up in 1985.
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On this date in 1982, Squeeze released their sixth album, 45's And Under. It was a compilation of a majority of their earlier singles. The album reached the #3 spot on the U.K. albums chart and #47 on the U.S. albums chart.
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On this date in 1982, Lene Lovich released her tenth single, "It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)". It was backed by "Blue". The A side appeared on her third full-length album, No-Man's Land. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #68 spot on the U.K. singles chart. Lene Lovich was born in Detroit, Michigan but relocated to London, England with her family when she was young.
Lene Lovich - It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)
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On this date in 1982, Dead Kennedys released their seventh single,
"Halloween". It was backed by "Saturday Night Holocaust". The A side appeared on their third album, Plastic Surgery Disasters. The B side was a non-LP track. The San Francisco hardcore punk band got this single out just in time for the holiday.
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On this date in 1981, John Foxx released his seventh solo single, "Dancing Like A Gun". The B side was "Swimmer II". The 12 inch version had a bonus track, "Swimmer I". The A side appeared on his second album, The Garden. The other two tracks were not on the album initially, but were added as bonus tracks when the album was re-released on CD. John Foxx had been the lead singer of Ultravox before leaving after their third album.
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On this date in 1981, The Blasters released their self-titled second album. It included the singles, "I'm Shakin'" and "So Long Baby Goodbye". The Los Angeles rockabilly band was founded by brothers Phil and Dave Alvin.
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On this date in 1981, Fun Boy Three released their second single, "The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum". It was backed by "Faith, Hope And Charity". Both tracks appeared on their self-titled debut album. The single reached the #20 spot on the U.K. singles chart. Fun Boy Three formed when Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding left The Specials to form this band.
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On this date in 1981, OMD released their third album, Architecture And Morality. It contained the singles, "Souvenir" (#3 U.K.), "Joan Of Arc" (#5 U.K.), "Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)" (#4 U.K.), "The New Stone Age" and "She's Leaving". The English new wave band reached the #3 spot on the U.K. albums chart with this release.
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On this date in 1980, Martha and the Muffins released their seventh single, "Was Ezo". It was backed by "Trance And Dance". Both tracks appeared on their second album, Trance And Dance. The Toronto, Canada new wave band changed their name to M+M in 1983.
Not Trance And Dance but...
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On this date in 1980, Dislocation Dance released their first EP, Perfectly In Control. It contained the songs, "It's So Difficult", "Familiar View" and "Birthday Outlook-Perfectly In Control". None of the songs appeared on an album or were released as singles. The post-punk band from Manchester, England recorded on The Buzzcocks' New Hormone label.
On this date in 1979, Adam and the Antz released their debut album, Dirk Wears White Sox. That's right. They spelled Antz with a "z" for this album. It conatined the single, "Cartrouble". The album reached the #16 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1979, Dangerous Girls released their debut EP, Taaga. The EP contained "Safety In Numbers", "Jump Up And Down", "Down On The File" and "Sex". It did not include their only other prior release, the single "Dangerous Girls". Despite their name, they were not a girl band. The U.K. punk/power pop band lasted four 7-inch records before calling it a day in 1981 without an album.
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On this date in 1978, Sham 69 released their second album, That's Life. It included the singles, "Hurry Up Harry" (#10 U.K.) and "Angels With Dirty Faces" (#19 U.K.). The album reached the #27 spot on the U.K. albums chart. Sham 69 was a Hersham, U.K. punk band.
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On this date in 1978, Protex released their debut single, "Don't Ring Me Up". It was backed by "(Just Want) Your Attention" and "Listening In". All three tracks appeared on their only album, Strange Obsessions. Protex was an Belfast, Ireland punk band that released four singles and an album before disbanding in 1981.
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On this date in 1982, The Higsons released their third single, "Tear The Whole Thing Down". It was backed by "Ylang Ylang". Neither track appeared on an album. The Higsons were a Norwich, England post-punk band.
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On this date in 1982, Visage released their tenth single, "Pleasure Boys". The B side was "The Anvil". The A side did not appear on an album. The B side was a remixed version of a track that appeared on their second album, The Anvil. The single reached the #44 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The initial incarnation of the synth post-punk/new wave band included Midge Ure (formerly of The Rich Kids and soon to be frontman for Ultravox).
Visage - Pleasure Boys (live - 1982)
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Stephen Luscombe of Blancmange turns 53 today.
Blancmange, left to right: Stephen Luscombe and Neil Arthur
Blancmange...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pretty good fansite: affleckonline.co.uk/blancmange
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling (1982)
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On this date in 1981, Ultravox released their thirteenth single, "The Voice". It was backed by "Paths & Angles". The A side appeared on their fifth album, Rage In Eden. The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The single reached the #16 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Ultravox - The Voice
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On this date in 1981, Soft Cell released their fourth single, "Bedsitter". It was backed by "Facility Girls". The A side appeared on their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The single reached the #4 spot on the U.K. singles chart. Soft Cell was an English new wave duo consisting of Marc Almond and David Ball.
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
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On this date in 1981, The dB's released their third 7 inch record, a four song EP. It included "Amplifier", "Ask For Jill", "Ups And Downs" and "We Were Happy Then". All four songs appeared on their second album, Repercussion. The dB's were a power pop band formed in a New York City though all their members came from North Carolina.
The dB's - Amplifier
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On this date in 1981, The Adicts released their first album, Songs Of Praise. No singles were released from the album. The Adicts were a punk band from Ipswich, England.
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On this date in 1981, The Comsat Angels released their fifth single, "Do The Empty House". It was backed by "Now I Know". For a limited time, "Red Planet Revisited" was included as an extra track. "Now I Know" appeared on their third album, Fiction. The other two tracks did not appear on an album originally but were added to their second album, Sleep No More, when it was re-released on CD. "Now I Know" was n. The Sheffield, England post-punk/new wave band changed their name to the C.S. Angels later on due to some pressure from Comsat, the satellite company.
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On this date in 1980, Essential Logic released their third single,
"Eugene". It was backed by "Tame The Neighbours". Neither track appeared on a regular album. Essential Logic was a British post-punk band formed by Lora Logic, formerly of X-Ray Spex that disbanded later in the year.
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On this date in 1980, John Foxx released his fourth solo single, "Miles Away". It was backed by "A Long Time". Both tracks appeared on his second solo album, Burning Car. John Foxx had been the lead singer for Ultravox on their first three albums.
Not Miles Away but...
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On this date in 1979, The Buzzards released their one and only album, Jellied Eels To Record Deals. It was a compilation album of their previous singles, both A and B sides, and some Peel session recordings. They had been known as The Leyton Buzzards during the singles releases. They released one more single in 1980 before disbanding. They were a punk/power pop band from London.
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On this date in 1982, INXS released their third album, Shabooh Shoobah. It contained the singles, "Don't Change" (#13 U.S.), "The One Thing" (#22 U.S.), "To Look At You" and "Black And White". The album, itself, reached the #46 spot on the U.S. albums chart but did not chart in the U.K.
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On this date in 1981, ABC released their debut single, "Tears Are Not Enough". It was backed by "Alphabet Soup". The A side was on their debut album, The Lexicon Of Love. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #19 spot on the U.K. singles chart. ABC was a new wave band from Sheffield, England.
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Stephen Morris of New Order and Joy Division turns 50 today!
New Order, clockwise from top:
Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Bernard Sumner
New Order...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official New Order website: neworder.cc
Joy Division... courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joy Division history... courtesy of their website, joydivision.homestead.com
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (1979)
New Order - Blue Monday (1983)
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On this date in 1977, The Sex Pistols released their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. It contained the singles, "Anarchy In The U.K." (#38 U.K.), "God Save The Queen" (#2 U.K.), "Pretty Vacant" (#6 U.K.) and "Holidays In The Sun" (#8 U.K.). Miraculously, in spite of a ban that kept it from many record shops and kept some of their songs off the radio, the album managed to reach the #1 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1976, Eddie and the Hot Rods released their third single, "Teenage Depression". It was backed by "Shake". Both sides appeared on their debut album, Teenage Depression. The single reached the #35 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The Essex, U.K. power pop band formed in 1975.
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On this date in 1981, Dexys Midnight Runners released their seventh single, "Liars A To E". It was backed by "And Yes We Must Remain the Wildhearted Outsiders". The A side appeared on their second album, Too-Rye-Ay. The B side was a non-LP track. The Birmingham soul-influenced new wave band formed in 1978.
Dexys Midnight Runners - Liars A To E (live 1981)
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On this date in 1981, Tears For Fears released their debut single, "Suffer The Children". The B side was "Wind". The A side appeared on their 1983 debut album, The Hurting. The B side was a non-LP track. Tears For Fears formed in Bath, England in 1981 when their previous band, Graduate, disbanded.
Tears For Fears - Suffer The Children
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Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran turns 49 today!
Duran Duran, left to right:
Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes
Duran Duran...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They have an official website too: duranduran.com
Duran Duran - Planet Earth (1981)
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On this date in 1978, Blondie released their seventh single, "Hanging On The Telephone". It was backed by "Will Anything Happen". Both tracks appeared on their third album, Parallel Lines. The single reached the #5 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
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On this date in 1978, X-Ray Spex released their fourth single, "Germ Free Adolescents". It was backed by "Age". The A side appeared on their only album, Germ Free Adolescents. The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The single reached the #18 spot on the U.K. singles chart. X-Ray Spex was a British punk band fronted by female lead singer Poly Styrene. They broke up in 1979.
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On this date in 1977, The Adverts released their fourth single, "Safety In Numbers". It was backed by "We Who Wait". The A side appeared on their debut album, Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts. The B dside did not but it was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The Adverts were one of the original U.K. punk bands. The broke up in 1980.
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On this date in 1982, GBH released their first pure single, "Give Me Fire". It was backed by "Man-Trap". Neither track appeared on a regular album. GBH was also known as Charged GBH and stood for Grievous Bodily Harm, a crime that their bass player, Sean McCarthy, was on trial for at the time. They are considered one of the founders of UK hardcore punk.
G.B.H. - Give Me Fire
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On this date in 1981, 999 released their thirteenth single, "Indian Reservation". It was backed by "So Greedy" and "Taboo". Both "So Greedy" and "Taboo" appeared on their fifth studio album, Concrete, but the single versions were re-mixed. "Indian Reservation" did not appear on an album. It was about this time that the London punk band disbanded, only to resurface a few years later.
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On this date in 1981, Classix Nouveaux released their sixth single, "Never Again (The Days Time Erased)". It was backed by "627", an instrumental. The A side appeared on their second album, La Verite. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #44 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The British new wave band formed after Jak Airport and BP Hurding departed from X-Ray Spex and formed the band.
Classix Nouveaux - Never Again (The Days Time Erased)
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