![]() ![]() ![]() He’d been part of Big In Japan, whose debut (and only) single has been the first release on the Liverpool-based Zoo Records. Its b-side, which could also be found on the album, is probably the better known song:-īill Drummond has been around a long time. This was the third single to be lifted from the Road To Ruin album, but if failed to trouble the charts. There was an album, True Love Stories, which was produced by Martin Hannett, from which this single was lifted without much fanfare in January 1979. The eponymous debut single had gone Top 5 in August 1978, but ultimately proved to be a one-hit wonder for the first alter-ego of Graham Fellows. One of the earliest bands to translate the energy and anger of punk into a more accessible New Wave style, they were an obvious choice for Virgin. Fingerprintz were perfectly described by Martin Strong:. I think it would be fair to say that Sonic Youth were influenced by them.ĭebut single, on Virgin Records, of a London-based band whose singer Jimmie O’Neill was from the Glasgow area. This was their debut single, released in the UK on a then newly-formed label, Cherry Red Records ( Bored has the catalogue number Cherry 3). The vocalist was Niagara, (real name Lynn Rovner), a former model and visual artist, while the musicians included, among others, Mike Davis (ex- MC5) and Ron Asheton (ex- Stooges). Those lucky enough to have a Small Wonder pressing could get £150 upwards if they wanted to sell it.ĭestroy All Monsters came to be in Detroit in the mid-late 70s. The band’s debut was released on 22 December 1978 on Small Wonder Records, and later in 1979 was given a re-release on Fiction Records. ![]() Strong (Canongate Books Ltd, 2003 edition) – and find some 45s which didn’t sell in great numbers. So, the plan is to consult one of my reference books – in this case the mighty tome that is The Great Indie Discography by Martin C. While lying on a beach in Barbados last month, it hit me that quite a few tremendous, or at the very least, interesting, singles from 1979 wouldn’t have made the charts and would therefore be missing from this series. ![]()
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