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On this date in 1979, The Greedies released their debut single, " A Merry Jingle ". It was backed by " A Merry Jangle ". The band consisted of Steve Jones and Paul Cook, ex-Sex Pistols, and three members of Thin Lizzy; Phil Lynott, Brian Downey and Scott Gorham. It was their only release. ...
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The Sex Pistols
On this date in 1977, Plastic Bertrand released his second single, " Ca Plane Pour Moi ". It was backed by " Pogo Pogo ". Both tracks appeared on his debut album, An 1 . The single reached the #8 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The melody was strangely similar (or almost identical) to that of " ...
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Jet
On this date in 1977, Crime released their second single, " Frustration ". It was backed by " Murder By Guitar ". The San Francisco punk band released three singles before disbanding in 1981. Their first single, " Hot Wire My Heart ", released in 1976, is widely credited as being California's ...
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On this date in 1976, those who had not yet heard of The Sex Pistols got a crash course. Britain's Today show, hosted by Bill Grundy, was scheduled to interview the band Queen but they had to cancel at the last moment. EMI sent Sex Pistols instead. It got them lots of exposure since the BBC only ...
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The Sex Pistols
Bill Clinton
I hope you're wearing your asbestos underwear. Underwriters Laboratories Turkey Fryer Demonstration The P5 is thankful for all of the artists that made all of this great music. The P5 is thankful for all of the bloggers out there who share all of this great music. The P5 is thankful for all ...
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On this date in 1980, Modern English released their third single, " Gathering Dust ". It was backed by " Tranquility Of A Summer Moment (Vice Versa) ". Neither track appeared on an album, though the A side was the lead track on a 1983 five song EP called Gathering Dust , and both tracks were ...
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On this date in 1980, The Weirdos released their second EP, Action Design . It was a four track EP that included " The Hideout ", " I Feel ", " Break on Through " and " Helium Bar ". The Los Angeles punk band disbanded in 1981 before they released an album. They have occasionally reunited to ...
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The Action
Break
Helium
On this date in 1980, Mass released their debut single, " You And I ". It was backed by " Cabbage ". Neither track appeared on an album though both were added as bonuses to their debut, Labour Of Love , when it was re-released on CD. The London post punk was formed by Gary Asquith, Mick Allen, ...
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On this date in 1980, Suburban Lawns released their second single, " Janitor ". It was backed by " Protection ". Both tracks appeared on their self-titled debut album. The Long Beach, California new wave band disbanded in 1985 with one album, one EP and a couple of singles to their credit. The ...
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On this date in 1979, Cherry Red Records released a compilation of U.K. punk and post punk bands. Among those featured were U.K. Subs, The Outcasts, Leyton Buzzards, Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle. The album was called Labels Unlimited . Blogload: Labels Unlimited - compilation - ...
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Cherry Red Records
The Subs
Voltaire
On this date in 1980, Josef K released their third single, " It's Kinda Funny ". It was backed by " Final Request ". The A side appeared on their debut album, The Only Fun In Town . The B side was a non-LP track. The A side reached the #12 spot on the U.K. indie singles chart. The Only Fun In ...
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Josef K
On this date in 1979, Cult Hero released their only single, " I'm A Cult Hero ". It was backed by " I Dig You ". There was no album to follow. Actually, there was no band. Cult Hero was The Cure, some friends and postman Frank Bell on vocals. He used to wear a tee shirt saying "I'm A Cult Hero" ...
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Cult Hero
The Cure
On this date in 1979, The Pretenders released their third single, " Brass In Pocket ". It was backed by " Nervous But Shy " and an instrumental called " Swinging London ". Only the A side appeared on their self-titled debut album. The other two tracks were non-LP tracks. The single reached the ...
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The Pretenders
Chrissie Hynde
On this date in 1977, Wire released their debut single, " Mannequin ". It was backed by " Feeling Called Love " and " 12XU ". All three tracks appeared on their debut album, Pink Flag . The London punk/post-punk band went on hiatus in 1980 and the band members worked on other projects. They ...
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On this date in 1977, Big In Japan and The Chuddy Nuddies released a combined 7 inch record called Brutality, Religion And A Dance Beat. Big In Japan's contribution was " Big In Japan ". The Chuddy Nuddies' contribution was " Do The Chad ". This was the first release by Big In Japan but ...
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Japan
I found this great piece of history. The site contains a lot of pix and vids but no music downloads (hint: just come back to The P5 and search for them). Read This: 1980s L.A. Punk Rock - www.tvparty.com : "TVparty presents found articles circa 1980-85 written by Billy Eye and Judy Zee from ...
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On this date in 1982, The Lords Of The New Church released their third single, " Russian Roulette ". The B side was " Young Don't Cry ". The A side appeared on their self-titled debut album. The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The ...
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The Barracudas
On this date in 1982, The Human League released their eleventh single, " Mirror Man ". It was backed by " You Remind Me Of Gold ". Both tracks appeared on their third EP, Fascination! (which was really a six-track mini-album). The single reached the #2 spot on the U.K. singles chart and the #30 ...
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On this date in 1981, The Wipers released their second album, Youth Of America . It was a six song album with " Taking Too Long ", " Can This Be ", " Pushing the Extreme ", " When Its Over ", " No Fair " and " Youth of America " as the tracks, none of which were offered up as singles. The album ...
