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Band Years

active

Band members Town Famous albums Recording label &

producer

Musical

characteristic

Influenced by Influenced who Interesting facts

The Clash 1976-

86

Joe Strummer lead vocals &

rhythm guitar

Mike Jones lead guitar &

vocals

Paul Simonon bass guitar &

vocalsNicky Headon drums (to

1982)

London

London Calling CBS Punk

Reggae

Ska

Dub

Funk

RockabillyPoliticized

Lyrics

Musical

experimentatio

n

The Sex Pistols Debut gig in Sheffield

supporting the Sex Pistols

Both bands then went to see

the Ramones the following

evening

The Stranglers 1974 - Jean Burnel

Jet Black

Dave Greenfield

Baz Worne

Hugh Cornwall

Hans Wormling

John Ellis

Paul Roberts

Gu

ilford

No More Heroes

Black 4 White

Rattus Norvegicus

United Artists

EMI

Epic

Castle

communications

New wave

Punk

Innovative

keyboard

Post punk

Reggae

Dub

Pre-Punk Psychedelic

Rock

? Record label were sceptical

about whether the song

Golden Brown would

succeed.

Were called the Guildford

Stranglers and also

Wanderlust

They did the support act forthe Ramones Tour

The Ramones 1974 -

96

All adopted a pseudonym

name ending with ramone

Dee Dee Ramone, bass&vox

Johnny Ramone, Guitar

Joey Ramone, lead vox

Tommy Ramone, drums

NY

City-Queens

Ramones

Leave Home

Rocket to Russia

Sire

Craig Leon

1980 Phil

Spector

Chrysalis

Punk

Pop-Punk

Very short

songs

195060s popmusic

The Beach Boys The Kinks The Shangri-Las The Beetles

Dead Kennedys Social Distortion Bad Religion The Descendants The Clash Sex Pistols

Were a big touring band 22

years on tour

Performing before The Clash

Art work on LP sleeves was

very important the visual

look of the band also black

leather jackets, long black

hair, tee-shirts, sneakers,

SHORT SONGS

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Undertones

Buzzcocks 1976

1981

2002 -

Pete Shelley, guitar

Howard Devoto, vox

Garth Davies, Bass

Mick Singleton, drums

John Maher, drums

Bolton

Spiral Scratch (EP)

Another Music in a

Different Kitchen

A Different Kind of

Tension

Love Bites

New Hormones

(this was their

own label making

them the first

punk band to

record on an

independentlabel)

United Artists

EMI

Martin Hannett

produced the 1st

EP

Punk

Catchy pop

melodies

with punk

guitar energy

Tight rhythmsection

Fast tempo

Non political

lyrics

Sex Pistols Shelley

wanted to replicate the

Sex Pistols impact on

Manchester

The Stooges

Radiohead

The Smiths

TV programme mixture of

Never Mind the Bollocks and

Buzzcocks name

Martin Hannett was the

producer/owner for factory

Record label massive in1980-90

The Jam

The Sex Pistols

Blondie 1974

1982

1997 -

Debbie Harry vox

Chris Stein - guitar

Clem Burke - drums

Gary Valentine - bass

Jimmi Destri - keys

NYcity

Blondie 1976

Parallel Lines 78

Plastic Letters 78

Eat to the beat

Chrysalis

Epic

EMI

Parallel Line

Mike Chapman

New Wave

Punk

Disco/BeeGe

es/KraftWerk

(heart of

glass)

BeeGees/KraftWerk

(heart of glass)

The lead vocalist Debbie

Harry has always received

acclaim and is the face of the

band other band members

have been frustrated with

this.

The break in 1982 was due tomoney being owed and a drug

problem Harry declared a

personal breakdown of sorts

Magazine

Ian Dury & the

Blockheads

Siouxsie and the

Banshees