[kj] Crue/Joke.Brothers in arms tour

[iPat]

By the end of 1975, the Ramones secured a recording contract with
Sire; discounting Patti Smith, they were the first New York punk band
to sign a contract. Early in 1976, the Ramones recorded their debut
album for just over 6,000 dollars.

Slaughter & The Dogs - Formed in the mid 1970s against the bleak
backdrop of Wythenshawe on the outskirts of Manchester, Slaughter and
the Dogs found themselves quickly to be at the forefront of the punk
revolution that exploded onto the music scene in 1976.

Formed in Manchester in 1975, the Buzzcocks were one of the most
influential bands to emerge in the initial wave of punk rock.

The Vibrators didn't share this background. In fact, original bassist
Pat Collier and guitar player John Ellis had been in bands since 1971
when they were founding members of a band called Bazooka Joe. Bazooka
Joe suffered from a high rate of personnel turnover, with most of the
members being art school types (Adam Ant even played with them for a
short stretch). Their material was reported to be mostly humorous
stuff in the vein of, say, Madness. Later, they were to be the first
band that the Sex Pistols opened for, although it's not clear whether
Collier and Ellis were still in the group at that point.

February of 1976 saw the first edition of the Vibrators start playing
the London pub scene where they began to develop and r'n'b flavored
sound such as that favored by other pub bands of the day. The turning
point for them came when Chris Spedding hooked up with them late in
the summer of 1976.

> > Speaking of the creators of Punk Rock, has anyone seen "End of the 
> > Century - The Story of The Ramones"???

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