In September of 1982, The Beat (or The English Beat as they were known in the U.S.) released their third and final album, Special Beat Service. It contained the singles, "Jeanette" (#45 U.K.), "Save It For Later" (#47 U.K.) and "I Confess" (#54 U.K.). The album reached the #21 spot on the U.K. albums chart. When the English ska band broke up in 1983, Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling formed General Public. David Steele and Andy Cox formed Fine Young Cannibals.
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On this date in 1981, Tom Tom Club released their self-titled debut album. It included the singles, "Wordy Rappinghood" (#7 U.K.) and "Genius Of Love" (#31 U.S., #65 U.K.). The band was formed as a side project by Talking Heads' members Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz.
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On this date in 1981, The Exploited released their fourth single, "Dead Cities". It was backed by "Hitler's In The Charts Again" and "Class War". None of the tracks appeared on a regular studio album. The single reached the #4 spot on the U.K. indie singles chart and the #31 spot on the overall U.K. singles chart. The Exploited were a second wave punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Exploited - Dead Cities (on Top Of The Pops 1981)
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On this date in 1981, Virgin Prunes released their third single. They called the package, A New Form Of Beauty 1. First, the contents. It was a seven inch single that included three tracks, "Sandpaper Lullaby", "Sleep" and "Fantasy Dreams". The "A New Form Of Beauty" series was designed to be a series of releases, numbered accordingly. An album, A New Form Of Beauty Parts 1-4, was released as a double album which included all three of the songs on the first part. The Irish goth band hailed from Dublin, Ireland.
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On this date in 1980, Cockney Rejects released their second album, Greatest Hits Volume II. It was a followup up to their debut, Greatest Hits Volume I and a precursor to their next album, Greatest Hits Volume III. Of course, none were actually greatest hits albums, just wishful thinking, perhaps. It contained the single, "We Can Do Anything". The band was one of England's Oi! bands.
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On this date in 1980, Athletico Spizz 80 released their seventh single (under various band names), "Central Park". It was backed by another version of "Central Park". The A side appeared on their second album, Spikey Dream Flowers (which was released under the band name of The Spizzles). They were, during their career, known as various names, including Spizzoil, Spizzenergi, Athletico Spizz 80, The Spizzles and Spizzenergi:2.
Athletico Spizz 80 - Central Park (Live on TV 1980)
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On this date in 1980, Wall Of Voodoo released their self-titled debut EP. The six songs included were "Longarm", "The Passenger", "Can't Make Love", "Struggle", "Ring Of Fire" and "Granma's House". This was their first release at all. None of the songs were released as singles nor were any of the tracks included on any of the full-length albums by the Los Angeles new wave band.
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On this date in 1977, The Jolt released their debut single, "You're Cold". It was backed by "All I Can Do". The B side was included on their self-titled debut album. The A side was not but as added as a bonus track when it was re-released on CD. The Scottish band was a combination of punk and power pop but had their heart firmly set towards the mod revival. They broke up in 1979 after five singles and one album.
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On this date in 1977, X Ray Spex released their debut single, "Oh Bondage Up Yours!". It was backed by "I Am A Cliche". Neither track appeared on their debut album, Germ Free Adolescents, but both were added as bonus tracks when the album was re-released on CD. The punk band released five singles and one album, all charting in the U.K. with the exception of this debut single, before breaking up in 1979 after lead singer Poly Styrene quit due to exhaustion from touring (and she later became a Hare Krishna). Lora Logic was an original in the band but left after this single to continue her schooling (she was 16). She went on to form the band Essential Logic later. B.P. Hurding and Jak Airport went on to form Classix Nouveaux.
X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! (live probably late 1977/early 1978)
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On this date in 1982, The Fall released their sixth studio album, Room To Live. It was subtitled Undilutable Slang Truth! The album included one single, "Marquis Cha-Cha". The Manchester, England post-punk band was and is one of the most prolific bands in terms of album releases. The band continues to record today. 
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On this date in 1981, Throbbing Gristle released their fourth studio album, Greatest Hits (Entertainment Through Pain). It contained the singles, "Subhuman" and "Adrenalin". The album was part compilation of previously released material and part introduction to new material. The band was never commercially successful so the term "greatest" hits was ironic. The London avant-garde band was, however, extremely influential and are credited as being one of the founders of industrial music.
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On this date in 1979, The Police had the #1 single in the U.K. It was "Message In A Bottle" from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc.
The Police - Message In A Bottle
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On this date in 1979, The Ruts released their debut album, The Crack. It contained the singles, "Babylon's Burning", "Something That I Said" and "Jah War". The English reggae-influenced punk band was fronted by Malcolm Owen who died of a heroin overdose in 1980.
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On this date in 1978, The Nips released their second single, "All The Time In The World". It was backed by "Private Eye". They did not release a studio album. The Irish band was formerly known as The Nipple Erectors and were fronted by Shane MacGowan, later of The Pogues.
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On this date in 1978, Talking Heads released their fifth single, "Take Me To The River". It was backed by "Found A Job". Both songs appeared on their second album, More Songs About Buildings And Food. The single reached the #26 spot on the U.S. singles chart.
Talking Heads - Take Me To The River (live 1980)
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On this date in 1978, The Boomtown Rats released their fifth single, "Rat Trap". It was backed by "So Strange". The A side appeared on their second album, A Tonic For The Troops. The B side was not but was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The single went all the way to the #1 spot on the U.K. singles chart. It was the first #1 U.K. single for any Irish band.
The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
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On this date in 1978, 999 released their second album, Separates. It contained the singles, "Feelin' Alright With The Crew" and "Homicide" (#40 U.K.). The London punk band is still active today.
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On this date in 1978, The Dead Boys released their second single, "Tell Me". It was backed by demo versions of "Not Anymore" and "Ain't Nothin' To Do", both of which had different versions on their debut album, Young, Loud And Snotty. The A side appeared on their second album, We Have Come For Your Children. The Dead Boys originated in Cleveland, Ohio but made a name for themselves in New York and were signed after several appearances at CBGB's.
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On this date in 1982, The Piranhas released their fifth single, "Zambezi". It was backed by "Who Needs You" and "Darabukkus". None of the tracks appeared on an album. In fact, this was almost the end for the band. The Piranhas were a ska-influenced punk band from Brighton, England.
Not Zambezi but...
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In September of 1982, Paul Kelly and The Dots released their second and final album, Manila. The album produced two singles, "Clean This House" and "Alive And Well". The power pop band originated in Australia.
Not Manila but...
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On this date in 1981, The Partisans released their debut single, "Police Story". It was backed by "Killing Machine". Neither track appeared on their self-titled debut album (released in 1983) though both tracks were added when the album was re-released on CD. The single reached the #5 spot on the U.K. indie singles chart. The Wales punk band released this single when the band members were only 16 years old. They disbanded in 1984 after a few singles, an EP and two albums.
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On this date in 1980, The Police had the #1 single in the U.K. with "Don't Stand So Close To Me". It came from their third album, Zenyatta Mondatta.
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
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On this date in 1979, Lene Lovich released her third single, "Bird Song". The song appeared on her second album, Flex. The B side was a non-LP track called "Trixi". This was added to Flex as a bonus track when it was re-released on CD. The 12 inch version had a third track, "Too Tender (To Touch)" which was from her debut album, Stateless.
Lene Lovich - Bird Song
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On this date in 1979, The Buzzcocks released their ninth single, "You Say You Don't Love Me". It was backed by "Raison D'etre". Both songs appeared on their third album, A Different Kind Of Tension. This was the first time since their debut single that they did not chart in the U.K. Their debut was "Orgasm Addict" and that did not chart because the title and subject matter kind of kept it off the radio.
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On this date in 1979, The Undertones released their fifth single, "You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!)". It was backed by "Let's Talk About Girls". Neither track appeared on an album, but both were added to their second album, Hypnotised, as bonus tracks. The Northern Ireland band reached the #32 spot on the U.K. singles chart with this single.
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On this date in 1976, The Saints re-released their debut single, "(I'm) Stranded". It was backed by "No Time". Both tracks appeared on their debut album, (I'm) Stranded. The Australian punk band had released the single in very limited quantity in August, 1976.
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
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On this date in 1982, Depeche Mode released their second album, A Broken Frame. It contained the singles, "See You" (#6 U.K.), "The Meaning Of Love" (#12 U.K.) and "Leave In Silence" (#18 U.K.). The album reached the #8 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1982, UB40 released their fourth album, UB44. It contained the single, "So Here I Am" (#25 U.K.) plus remixed versions of their singles, "Love Is All Is Alright" (#29 U.K.) and "I Won't Close My Eyes" (#32 U.K.). The album reached the #4 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1980, The Specials released their second album, More Specials. It contained the singles, "Stereotype" (#6 U.K.) and "Do Nothing" (#4 U.K.). The U.S. version of the album also included "Rat Race" (#5 U.K.). The album reached the #5 spot on the U.K. albums chart and the #98 spot on the U.S. albums chart.
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On this date in 1980, David Bowie had the #1 album in the U.K., Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps).
David Bowie - Fashion (from Scary Monsters)
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On this date in 1979, The Police released their second album, Reggatta de Blanc. It contained the singles, "Message In A Bottle" (#1 U.K., #74 U.S.) and "Walking On The Moon" (#1 U.K.). The album reached the #1 spot on the U.K. albums chart and the #25 spot on the U.S. albums chart.
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On this date in 1979, Blondie released their fourth album, Eat To The Beat, in the U.K. It contained the singles, "Dreaming" (U.K. #2, U.S. #27), "Union City Blue" (U.K. #13) and "The Hardest Part" (U.S. #84). The album peaked at the #17 spot on the U.S. albums chart but went all the way to #1 in the U.K.
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On this date in 1978, Spherical Objects released their debut single, "The Kill". It was backed by "The Knot". Neither track appeared on an album. Spherical Objects was a post-punk band formed in Manchester, England.
Not The Kill but...
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On this date in 1981, The Go-Go's had the #1 album in the U.S., Beauty And The Beat. It would hold this spot for six consecutive weeks.
The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (from Beauty And The Beat)
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On this date in 1980, Madness released their second album, Absolutely. It contained the singles, "Baggy Trousers" (#3 U.K.), "Embarrassment" (#4 U.K.) and "The Return of The Los Palmas 7" (#7 U.K.). The album reached the #2 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1980, The Police released their third album, Zenyatta Mondatta. It resulted in two singles, "Don't Stand So Close To Me" (#1 U.K., #10 U.S.) and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (#5 U.K., #10 U.S.). The album reached the #1 spot on the U.K. albums chart and reached the #5 spot on the U.S. albums chart.
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On this date in 1979, 999 released their eighth single, "Found Out Too Late". It was backed by "Lie Lie Lie". Neither track originally appeared on an album but both were added to their fourth album, The Biggest Prize In Sport when it was re-released on CD. The London punk band continues to tour and release albums today.
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On this date in 1979, Back To Zero released their one and only single, "Your Side Of Heaven". It was backed by "Back To Back". The mod revivalists were often playing with other mod bands of the time on the same bill like The Chords and Secret Affair, but never received the same label support. 
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On this date in 1978, The Cortinas released their only album, True Romances. It included their third single, "Heartache". This was a much more reserved set of songs than their first hard driving singles, "Defiant Pose" and "Fascist Dictator". While not included on this album originally, they were both added as bonus tracks on the CD re-release.
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On this date in 1978, John Cooper Clarke released his second album, Disguise In Love. It contained the previous single, "Post War Glamour Girl". John Cooper Clarke was a punk poet who sung his songs rhythmically or, sometimes, had the poems accompanied to a music background. He appeared in the movie, Urgh! A Music War. 
On this date in 1977, Split Enz released their second album, Dizrythmia. It contained the singles, "My Mistake" and "Bold As Brass". Both the singles and album charted in their native New Zealand as well as in Australia, but not elsewhere.
They also released their eighth single on this date, "My Mistake". It was backed by "Crosswords". Both tracks appeared on Dizrythmia. 
Split Enz - My Mistake
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On this date in 1977, The Germs released their first single, "Forming". The B side was a live version of "Sexboy" which was simply labeled "The Germs live" on the record. Neither track appeared on their first album. The Los Angeles punk band had a huge local following that fell apart after lead singer Darby Crash overdosed and died. 
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On this date in 1982, Special Duties released their third single, "Bullshit Crass". It was backed by "You're Doing Yourself No Good". Neither track appeared on an album but both were added to their debut album, 77 in '82 when it was re-released on CD. The English punk band from Essex lasted from 1977 to 1983. The single's title was a direct attack on U.K. punk band Crass.
Not Bullshit Crass but...
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On this date in 1982, Wasted Youth released their fifth single, "Reach Out". It was backed by "Gone Midnight". This was the U.K. goth band, not the U.S. hardcore punk band. The A side did not appear on an album but the B side appeared on their second and final album, The Beginning Of The End. The single reached the #42 spot on the U.K. indie singles chart.
On this date in 1981, Thompson Twins released their fifth single, "Make Believe (Let's Pretend)". It was backed by "Lama Sabach Tani" which was an instrumental version of side A. The A side appeared on their debut album, A Product Of...(Participation). The B side was a non-LP track.
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On this date in 1981, John Foxx released his second solo album, The Garden. The album produced two singles, "Europe After The Rain" (#40 U.K) and "Dancing Like A Gun". The album, itself, reached the #24 spot on the U.K. albums chart. John Foxx was the former frontman for Ultravox.
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On this date in 1981, The Creatures released their debut EP, Wild Things. It was a five song effort that included "Mad Eyed Screamer", "So Unreal", "But Not Them", "Wild Things" and "Thumb". This was a side project for Siousie Sioux and Budgie of Siouxsie and The banshees. The release reached the #24 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer
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On this date in 1981, New Order released their second single, "Procession". It was backed by "Everything's Gone Green". Neither track appeared on an album until 1987's compilation, Substance. The album version of Substance excluded "Procession" but it was on the CD Version. The B side was on both versions. The B side was also released as a separate 12 inch single later. The single reached the #38 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The sleeve for the single was released in many different color variations.
New Order - Procession (live 1981)
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On this date in 1981, Squeeze released their fourteenth single, "Labelled With Love". It was backed by "Squabs On Forty Fab". The A side appeared on their fourth album, East Side Story. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #4 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
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On this date in 1980, Martha and The Muffins released their second album, Trance And Dance". It included the singles, "Suburban Dream", "About Insomnia" and "Was Izo". Early editions of the album included a four song live EP which had live versions of "Indecision", "Cheesies And Gum", "Primal Weekend" and "Paint By Number Heart". The band hailed from Canada.
Not Trance And Dance but...
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On this date in 1980, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark released their fourth single, "Enola Gay". It was backed by an instrumental called "Annex". The A side appeared on their second album, Organisation. The B side was a non-LP track that was added to the album as a bonus track upon CD re-release. The single reached the #8 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
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Steven Severin (born Steven John Bailey) of Siouxsie and The Banshees turns 52 today. 
Siouxsie and The Banshees, left to right: Budgie, Siouxsie Sioux and
Steven Severin.
Siouxsie and The Banshees...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A nice website devoted to Siouxsie and The Banshees: vamp.org/Siouxsie
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Dear Prudence (1983)
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On this date in 1979, The Freshies released their third EP, The Men From Banana Island Whos Stupid Ideas Never Caught On In The Western World As We Know It. The actual tracks had shorter titles. It included "Amoco Cadiz", "Children Of The World" and "Octopus". The Manchester, England natives released ten singles and numerous cassettes but no vinyl albums.
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On this date in 1979, The Selector released their first single of their own, "On My Radio" (they had the B side of the joint single, Gangsters Vs. The Selecter with The Specials. Their contribution was an instrumental called "The Selecter"). The B side appeared on their debut album, Too Much Pressure. The A side did not but was added to the album when it was re-released on CD. Their label? 2 Tone, of course. The single reached the #8 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
The Selecter - On My Radio (on Top Of The Pops 1979)
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On this date in 1979, Joe Jackson released his fifth single, "I'm The Man". It was backed by "Come On". The A side appeared on his second album, I'm The Man. The B side was a non-LP track that was later as a bonus upon CD re-release. An alternate version had "Friday" as the B side which was also on the album.
Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
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On this date in 1978, The Saints released their third album, Prehistoric Sounds. It featured the single, "Security". This was the last album to include founder Ed Kuepper. He left the Australian punk band to form The Laughing Clowns.
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On this date in 1984, Culture Club had the #1 single in the U.K. with "Karma Chameleon".
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
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On this date in 1983, UB40 had the #1 U.K. album, Labour Of Love.
UB40 - Please Don't Make Me Cry (from Labour Of Love)
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In September of 1982, Attila The Stockbroker released his second EP, Cocktails. Aside from the title track, the 7 inch also included "Contributory Negligence", "The Night I Slept With Seething Wells", "The Oracle" and "Fifth Column". Attila (born John Baine) was a punk poet who played the mandola to accompany his poems.
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In September of 1982, The Clash released their seventeenth single, "Straight To Hell". It was a double-A side which included "Should I Say Or Should I Go?". Both tracks appeared on their fifth album, Combat Rock. The single reached the #17 spot on the U.K. singles chart and the #45 spot on the U.S. singles chart. When it was re-released in 1991, with a different B side, it reached the #1 spot in the U.K.
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
The Clash - Straight To Hell (live 1982)
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On this date in 1982, Blancmange released their debut album, Happy Families. The album contained the singles, "God's Kitchen" (#65 U.K.), "Feel Me" (#46 U.K.), "Living On The Ceiling" (#7 U.K.) and "Waves" (#19 U.K.). The album reached the #30 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1982, The Psychedelic Furs released their third album, Forever Now. It produced the singles, "Love My Way" (#42 U.K., #44 U.S.) and "Run And Run". The album reached the #44 spot on the U.S. albums chart.
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On this date in 1982, Dexys Midnight Runners released their ninth single, "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)". It was backed by "Let's Make This Precious". Both tracks appeared on their second album, Too-Rye-Ay. The single reached the #5 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
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In September of 1981, Yello released their first single, "Bostitch". It was backed by an instrumental version of "She's Got A Gun". The A side appeared on their debut album, Solid Pleasure. The non-instrumental version of the B side appeared on their second album, Claro Que Si. The Swiss techno band consisted of Dieter Meier, Carlos Peron and Boris Blank.
On this date in 1981, Wall Of Voodoo released their debut full-length album, Dark Continent. The album did not spawn any singles. This album from the Los Angeles new wave band was considered one of their darker efforts.
Not Dark Continent but...
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On this date in 1981, Billy Idol released his first solo EP, Don't Stop. The ex-Generation X frontman included four songs on his debut effort, "Mony Mony", "Dancing With Myself" (a Generation X track), "Baby Talk" and "Untouchables". None of the songs were originally included when he released his self-titled debut album, though "Dancing With Myself" was added onto the CD re-release. The EP reached the #71 spot on the U.S. singles chart. In 1987, a live version of "Mony Mony" was released where it went to the #1 spot on the U.S singles chart and the #7 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
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On this date in 1981, Angelic Upstarts released their first live album. Including a bonus disk, there were nineteen songs including previous singles, "I'm An Upstart", "Teenage Warning", "Never 'Ad Nothing", "Last Night Another Soldier", "England", "Kids On The Street" and "I Understand". Angelic Upstarts were one of England's Oi! bands.
Angelic Upstarts - Teenage Warning (on Top Of The Pops 1979)
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On this date in 1981, Ian Dury released his fourth post-Kilburns album, Lord Upminster. It included the single, Spasticus Autisticus, a controversial song released in the Year Of The Disabled. Dury, who had polio as a child, thought that the concept was demeaning and sought to bring attention to this through the song. 
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On this date in 1980, The Stranglers released a U.S.-only album called IV. It was a collection of tracks from their fourth album, The Raven, plus various B sides and unreleased tracks. The album was released to help promote their upcoming U.S. tour.
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On this date in 1979, Bauhaus released their debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". It was backed by "Boys" and a demo version of "Dark Entries". None of the threee tracks appeared on an album, though a different cut of "Dark Entries" appeared as a bonus track on their debut album, In The Flat Field, when it was re-released on CD. The song also became their second single. The Northampton, England goth band used to be known as Bauhaus 1919.
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
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On this date in 1981, Dead Kennedys released their second album, In God We Trust. The album contained the single, "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" though the album version is a different recording. On CD, the San Francisco hardcore band's their second (In God We Trust) and third album, Plastic Surgery Disasters, were offered as a combined album
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On this date in 1980, Flowers released their second single, "We Can Get Together". It was backed by "Paradise Lost". Both tracks appeared on their debut album, Icehouse. The Australian band changed their name to Icehouse before their second album.
Flowers - We Can Get Together
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On this date in 1980, The Barracudas released their third single, "His Last Summer". It was supported by "Surfers Are Back" and "Barracuda Waver". The first two tracks appeared on their debut album, Drop Out With The Barracudas. The third track did not make the album. The surf punk band boasted members from the U.K., U.S. and Canada.
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On this date in 1980, Devo released their ninth single, "Whip It". It was backed by "Turn Around". The A side appeared on their third album, Freedom Of Choice. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #14 spot on the U.S. singles chart and the #51 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Devo - Whip It
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On this date in 1980, The Soft Boys released their second single (not including their two EP's), "I Wanna Destroy You". It was backed by "(I'm An) Old Pervert (Disco)". Both tracks appeared on their second full-length album, Underwater Moonlight. The Cambridge, England post-punk/new wave band featured Robyn Hitchcock, later of Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians, and Kimberley Rew, later of Katrina and The Waves.
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On this date in 1979, Wire released their third album, 154. It included the single, "Map Reference 41°N 93°W". The album reached the #39 spot on the U.K. albums chart. This was the last studio album for the London punk/post-punk band until they re-formed in the late 1980's.
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On this date in 1978, The Undertones released their first single, "Teenage Kicks". It was a four song single which also included "True Confessions", "Emergency Cases" and "Smarter Than U". Both "True Confessions" and "Teenage Kicks" appeared on their self-titled debut album. The other two tracks did not make the album but were added as bonus tracks when the album was re-released on CD. The title track from the Derry, Northern Ireland punk/post-punk band was said to be legendary DJ John Peel's favorite all-time song.
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
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On this date in 1977, Ian Dury released his first post-Kilburns album, New Boots And Panties!! It included the single, "Sweet Gene Vincent". Later, "Sex And Drugs And Rock & Roll" was added as a bonus track to the CD release. Most of the Ian Dury singles were purposely excluded from being included on his albums. 
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On this date in 1977, The Stranglers released their second album, No More Heroes. The album included the singles, "No More Heroes" (#8 U.K.) and "Something Better Change" (#9 U.K.). The album itself reached the #2 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
On this same date, they released their fourth single, "No More Heroes". It was backed by "In The Shadows", a non-LP instrumental. The single reached the #8 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
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On this date in 1977, The Clash released their fourth single, "Complete Control". It was backed by "City Of The Dead". Neither track appeared on the U.K. self-titled debut album in 1977, but the A side appeared on the U.S. version which was not released until 1979. The B side appeared on the EP, Black Market Clash, a collection of B sides, released in 1980 in the U.S. The single reached the #28 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
The Clash - Complete Control (live - date unknown)
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On this date in 1982, Undead released their second single which was called Violent Visions, although neither track on the album had that name. The single had, as its A side, "This Place Is Burning". It was backed by "Dead Revolution". Neither track appeared on an album. This band was an English Oi! band, not to be confused with the U.S. band called The Undead.
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On this date in 1981, Suburban Lawns released their one and only album (though they had an EP in 1983). It was simply called Suburban Lawns. It did not include their debut single, "Gidget Goes To Hell", but the album produced the single, "Janitor". The vocals for the southern California band were handled by Su Tissue, though Chuck Roast occasionally got some vocal work.
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On this date in 1981, Shattered Faith released their debut single, "I Love America" backed by "Reagan Country". Both tracks appeared on their six song self-titled debut EP. Shattered Faith was an early Orange County punk band.
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On this date in 1981, Bad Manners released their seventh single, "Walking In The Sunshine". The B side was "End Of The World". Both tracks appeared on their third album, Gosh It's...Bad Manners. The single reached the #10 spot on the U.K. singles chart, the third trip inside the top ten for the English ska band.
Bad Manners - Walking In The Sunshine
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On this date in 1980, The Damned released their tenth single, "History Of The World Part 1". It was backed by "I Believe The Impossible" and "Sugar And Spite". The A side appeared on their fourth album, The Black Album. The other two tracks were non-LP tracks. The single reached the #51 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
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Nick Cave of The Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds turns 50 today. 
The Birthday Party...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official Birthday Party website: thebirthday.com.au
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds website: nickcaveandthebadseeds.com
The Birthday Party - Release The Bats (live 1982)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - I Put A Spell On You (live 1984)
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On this date in 1979, Gary Numan had both the #1 single in the U.K., "Cars", and the #1 album in the U.K., The Pleasure Principle. Of course, the album contained "Cars".
Gary Numan - Cars
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On this date in 1979, The Weirdos released their first EP, Who? What? When? Where? Why? The six songs included were "Happy People", "Big Shot (In the Head)", "Jungle Rock", "Hitman", "Idle Life" and "Fort USA". No singles were released. The Los Angeles punk band lasted until 1981.
Not Who? What? When? Where? Why? but...
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Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin) of The Runaways and The Blackhearts turns 49 today. 
The Runaways, left to right in front:
Joan Jett, Jackie Fox, Cherie Currie and Lita Ford.
Sandy West on drums.
The Runaways...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official Runaways website: therunaways.com
Joan Jett...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official Joan Jett website: joanjett.com
The Runaways - School Days (live 1977)
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation (1980)
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On this date in 1978, Kraftwerk released their eighth single, "Neon Lights". It was backed by "The Model" and "Trans- Europe Express". "Neon Lights" and "The Model" both appeared on their seventh album, The Man-Machine. "Trans-Europe Express" appeared on their sixth album, Trans-Europe Express. Both supporting tracks were also released as their own A sides.
Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
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On this date in 1978, XTC released their third pure single, "Are You Receiving Me?" (their debut was a 12 inch, four song single, 3D, often considered an EP). It was backed by "Instant Tunes". The A side appeared on their second album, Go 2, but only on the U.S. version of the album. The B side was a non-LP track.
XTC - Are You Receiving Me?
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On this date in 1978, U.K. Subs released their debut single, "C.I.D.". It was backed by "Live In A Car" and "B.I.C.". All three songs appeared on their debut album, Another Kind Of Blues. The English punk band used to be called The Subversives.
U.K. Subs - C.I.D. (live 1979)
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On this date in 1978, The Buzzcocks released their second album, Love Bites. It included the single, "Ever Fallen In Love" (#12 U.K.). The album reached the #13 spot on the U.K. albums chart. 
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (live on TV 1978)
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Club80 and I used to hang out at the clubs with these guys.
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Freddy Frogs "Days on Earth"
Freddy was a part of the burgeoning NY Rockabilly scene back the early 80s along with bands like The Stray Cats, Buzz and the Flyers, The Rockcats, and Robert Gordon. This video was shot at his home on Fire Island, NY.
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On this date in 1982, Payola$ released their second full-length album, No Stranger To Danger. It included the singles, "Eyes Of A Stranger" and "Romance". Payola$ were a Canadian New Wave band.
Not No Stranger To Danger but...
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On this date in 1982, Icehouse released their second album, Primitive Man. It included the singles, "Hey Little Girl" (U.K. #17), "Street Cafe" and "Great Southern Land". The Australian synth band (at least at this time. They developed a more mainstream approach shortly after this album) used to be called Flowers which is the name they released their first album, Icehouse, under. The album reached the #3 spot in Australia and peaked at #129 on the U.S. albums chart.
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On this date in 1981, Adam and The Ants had the #1 U.K. single with "Prince Charming".
Adam and The Ants - Prince Charming
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On this date in 1981, Mental As Anything released their third album, Cats & Dogs. It contained the singles, "If You Leave, Can I Come Too?", "Berserk Warriors" and "Too Many Times". The album was only released in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. An album for U.S. and European audiences entitled If You Leave, Can I Come Too? would be released later with many of the same tracks as Cats & Dogs.
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On this date in 1981, A Flock Of Seagulls released their second single, "Telecommunication". It was backed by "Intro". The A side appeared on both their self-titled debut EP and their debut self-titled album. The B side did not appear on either but it was added as a bonus track on the album when it was re-released on CD.
A Flock Of Seagulls - Telecommunication (live 1983)
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On thisd ate in 1980, Bush Tetras released their debut EP, Too Many Creeps. Aside from the title track, the EP also offered "Snakes Crawl" and "You Taste Like The Tropics". The New York no-wave proponents did not release a full-length album while together.
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On this date in 1979, Teenage Filmstars released their debut single, "(There's A) Cloud over Liverpool. It was backed by "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Follow Trends". The band was a side project for Edward Ball and Daniel Treacy of Television Personalities. They released three singles but no albums.
Not (There's a) Cloud over Liverpool but..
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On this date in 1979, The Boomtown Rats released "I Don't Like Mondays" in the U.S. It was their sixth single and had been released in the U.K. earlier in the year. The delay was caused by the real-life inspiration for the song, a playground shooting in San Diego, and its influence on the trial. The song was expected to be huge. It wasn't. Despite a #1 spot on the U.K. singles chart, the best the song could muster in the U.S. was a #73 spot on the singles chart. The B side was "It's All The Rage". The A side appeared on their third album, The Fine Art Of Surfacing. The B side was a non-LP track. 
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
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On this date in 1979, The Stranglers released their fourth album, The Raven. It included the singles, "Duchess" (#14 U.K.), "Nuclear Device" (#36 U.K.) and "Don't Bring Harry" (#41 U.K.). The album, itself, reached the #4 spot on the U.K. albusm chart.
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On this date in 1978, Raped released their second single, "Foreplay Playground". It was backed by "Cheap Night Out". This came a year after their first single/EP, Pretty Paedophiles. At the time, the band was a pure punk band whose name was obviously unmarketable. They decided to change their image and became Cuddly Toys becoming a glam-influenced band.
On this date in 1978, The Yachts released their second single, "Look Back In Love (Not Anger)". It was backed by "I Can't Stay Long". Both songs apeared on their self-titled debut album (called S.O.S. in the U.S.). The Liverpool band lasted two albums before disbanding. Three of its members, Henry Priestman, Martin Dempsey and J.J. Campbell, went on to join It's Immaterial.
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On this date in 1982, Berlin released their second album, Pleasure Victim. It was really a seven song EP. It yielded the singles, "Tell Me Why", "Sex (I'm A...)" (U.S. #62), "The Metro" (U.S. #58) and "Masquerade" (U.S. #82). The album reached the #30 spot on the U.S. albums chart.
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On this date in 1982, Spandau Ballet released their eighth single, "Lifeline". The B side was "Live And Let Live". The A side appeared on their third album, True. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #17 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Spandau ballet - Lifeline
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On this date in 1982, The Gun Club released their second album, Miami. It contained the single, "Fire Of Love". The Gun Club were part horror punk, part rockabilly and were one of the most popular bands in the Los Angeles scene. 
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On this date in 1982, Vice Squad released their fifth EP (really a three song single) entitled State Of The Nation. It featured "Scarred For Life", "Citizen" and "Faceless Men". The tracks did not appear on any albums but were eventually added to their fourth album, Stand Strong, Stand Proud, when it was re-released on CD. The Bristol, England punk band featured Beki Bondage, one of the original punk pin-up girls.
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Alannah Curry of The Thompson Twins turns 48 today.
The Thompson Twins, left to right:
Joe Leeway, Alannah Curry and Tom Bailey.
The Thompson Twins...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Thompson Twins - Lies (1983)
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On this date in 1979, Pink Military released their debut EP, Blood & Lipstick. It was a four song, 12 inch that had the title track as well as "Spellbound", "I Cry" and "Clowntown". Only "I Cry" made it to their sole full length album, Do Animals Believe In God?. The band was formed when Jayne Casey, after the break-up of Big In Japan, formed the new band. They changed their name afterwards to Pink Industry.
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On this date in 1979, U.K. Subs released their debut album, Another Kind Of Blues. It included a re-mixed versions of their singles, "C.I.D.", "Tomorrow's Girls" (#28 U.K.) and "She's Not There" (#36 U.K.). The exact single versions were included as bonus tracks when the album was re-released on CD. The album, itself, managed to sneak inside the U.K. #20 albums chart. 
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On this date in 1979, Blondie released their eleventh single, "Dreaming". It was backed by "Sound A-Sleep". Both songs appeared on their fourth album, Eat To The Beat. The single reached the #2 spot on the U.K. singles chart and the #27 spot on the U.S. singles chart.
Blondie - Dreaming (on Top Of The Pops 1979)
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On this date in 1978, Johnny Thunders released a solo single entitled "You Can't Put Your Arms Round A Memory". It was backed by "Hurtin'". The A side appeared on his first solo album, So Alone. The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. Johnny Thunders was, of course, a past member of The New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers.
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On this date in 1977, The Dils released their debut single, "I Hate The Rich". It was backed by "You're Not Blank". The Los Angeles punk band was led by brothers Tony and Chip Kinman and a number of different drummers. They were extremely influential on the Los Angeles punk scene. While neither song appeared on an album by their breakup in 1980, the songs have appeared on a couple of Dils compilations since then.
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Elvis Costello hacked his own CD's
Elvis Costello has turned Willy Wonka after putting 10 CDRs of new recordings inside the discs of 10 copies of his ‘The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years’ record.
He "hid 'em in the shops in America, just to see whether anybody bought records anymore. And as nobody's found 'em yet and it's now September, I guess nobody buys records anymore.”
On this date in 1980, Bad Manners released their third single, "Special Brew". It was backed by "Ivor The Engine". The A side appeared on their debut album, Ska 'n' B. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #3 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
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On this date in 1980, The Revillos released their first album, Rev Up. It contained the single, "Motorbike Beat". The band rose from the ashes of The Rezillos. When the Rezillos broke up, Eugene Reynolds and Fay Fife formed The Revillos.
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On this date in 1980, Ultravox released their seventh single, "Passing Strangers". It was backed by a live version of "Face To Face". The 12 inch version had two additional live tracks, "Sound On Sound" and "King's Lead Hat". The A side appeared on their fourth album, Vienna. The live tracks were not included on the album. The single reached the #57 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Ultravox - Passing Strangers
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On this date in 1980, The Police released their ninth single, "Don't Stand So Close To Me". It was backed by "Friends". The A side appeared on their third album, Zenyatta Mondatta. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #1 spot on the U.K. singles chart and the #10 spot on the U.S. singles chart.
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
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Lita Ford of The Runaways turns 49 today. 
The Runaways (1977), left to right: Joan Jett, Sandy West,
Cherie Currie, Vicki Blue and Lita Ford.
The Runaways...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official Runaways website: therunaways.com
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb (live 1977)
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On this date in 1979, Graduate released their debut single, "Mad One". It was backed by "Somebody Put Out The Fire". It was distributed in extremely limited numbers and neither track appeared on their first album, Acting My Age. The band lasted five singles and two albums before disbanding. Two of the members made a name for themselves later. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith formed Tears For Fears.
Not Mad One but...
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On this date in 1979, Pere Ubu released their third album, New Picnic Time. It included the single, "The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes Will Walk) ". The avant-garde band originated in Cleveland, Ohio.
Not New Picnic Timebut...
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On this date in 1979, Stiff Little Fingers released their fourth single, "Straw Dogs". It was backed by "You Can't Say Crap On The Radio". Neither song appeared on a regular album from the band but both were included on their 1983 compilation, All The Best. The punk band from Belfast, Ireland broke up in 1983 after four studio albums, a couple of live recordings and numerous singles, though they re-formed a few years later.
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On this date in 1982, The Damned released their fifteenth single, "Dozen Girls". It was actually a 7 inch, four song EP which also included "Take That", "Mine's A Large One, Landlord" and "Torture Me". The A side appeared on their fifth album, Strawberries. The other three tracks were non-LP tracks that were added as bonus tracks when the album was re-released on CD. 
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On this date in 1981, The Passions released their second album, 30,000 Feet Over China. It contained the singles, "I'm In Love With A German Film Star" (#25 U.K.), "Skin Deep" and "The Swimmer". The album reached the #92 spot on the U.K. albums chart. The West London new wave band released four albums before disbanding in 1983.
On this date in 1981, Heaven 17 released their debut album, Penthouse And Pavement. It produced five singles, " (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang Pop" (U.K. #45), "I'm Your Money", "Play to Win" (U.K. #46), "Penthouse and Pavement" (U.K. #57) and "The Height of the Fighting (He-La-Hu)". The album reached the #14 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1981, Toyah released their sixth single, "Thunder In The Mountains". It was backed by "Street Addict". The 12 inch also included "Voodoo Doll". None of the tracks originally appeared on albums but all found their way onto CD's as bonus tracks. "Thunder In The Mountains" wound up on the first CD re-release of their third album, Anthem, but did not appear on the second version of the CD. Instead, it would up as a bonus track on the fourth album, The Changeling. "Voodoo Doll" also would up on The Changeling. "Street Addict" wound up being a bonus track on the CD release of their first full-length album, The Blue Meaning. The single reached the #4 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains
On this date in 1981, The Police released their eleventh single, "Invisible Sun". It was backed by "Shambelle". The A side appeared on their fourth album, Ghost In The Machine. The B side was a non-LP track. The single was only released in the U.K. where it reached the #2 spot on the singles chart.
The Police - Invisible Sun
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Joanne Catherall of The Human League turns 45 today.
The Human League, clockwise from bottom left: Ian Burden, Phil Oakey,
Joanne Catherall, Jo Callis, Susanne Sulley and Philip Adrian Wright
Human League...courtesy of wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An unofficial Human League website: league-online.com
Human League - Love Action (1981)
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On this date in 1980, The Vapors released their fourth single, "Waiting For The Weekend". It was backed by "Billy". The A side appeared on their debut album, New Clear Days. The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus when the album was re-released on CD. The band released two albums before disbanding. 
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On this date in 1979, The Patti Smith Group released the single, "So You Wanna Be (A Rock N' Roll Star)". It was a live track. One version had a live version of "5-4-3-2-1" and a studio version of "Fire Of Unknown Origin" as the B side. Another had a live version of "Frederick" as the B side. It was Patti Smith's seventh single. Studio versions of the A side as well as "Frederick" apperared on her fourth album, Wave. 
The Patti Smith Group - So You Wanna Be (A Rock N' Roll Star) (live 1979)
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Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Colvin) of The Ramones would have turned 55 today. He died of a heroin overdose on June 5, 2002.
The Ramones, outside of CBGB's, left to right:
Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Joey Ramone
The Ramones - Psychotherapy (1983)
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In September of 1983, The Romantics released their sixth single, "Talking In Your Sleep". It was backed by "Rock You Up". Both tracks appeared on their fourth album, In Heat. The single was the biggest of the Detroit power pop band's career, reaching the #3 spot on the U.S. singles chart.
The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
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On this date in 1982, Artery released their debut album, Oceans. It contained the singles, "The Slide" and "Afterwards". The Sheffield, England post-punk band released four albums before disbanding in 1985.
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On this date in 1982, Shriekback released their first single, "My Spine Is The Bassline". The B side was "Tiny Birds". The 12 inch version had an additional track, "Feelers". None of the songs appeared on their debut full-length album, Care, except the A side which only apeared on the U.S. version. This was Barry Andrews post-XTC band.
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On this date in 1982, The Pretenders released their ninth single, "Back On The Chain Gang". It was backed by "My City Was Gone". It was the first release after the death of guitarist James Honeyman Scott and the dismissal and subsequent death of bassist Pete Farndon. Both tracks appeared on their third album, Learning To Crawl. The single reached the #5 spot on the U.S. singles chart and the #17 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
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On this date in 1982, Simple Minds released their sixth album, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84). It contained the singles, "Promised You A Miracle" (#13 U.K.), "Glittering Prize" (#16 U.K.), "Someone, Somewhere In Summertime" (#36 U.K.). The album, itself, reached the #3 spot on the U.K. albums chart.
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On this date in 1982, Big Country released their debut single, "Harvest Home". It was backed by "Balcony". The A side appeared on their debut album, The Crossing. The B side was a non-LP track. This is the first release for Stuart Adamson's post-Skids band.
Big Country - Harvest Home
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Fee Waybill of The Tubes turns 57 today.
The Tubes - Primetime (on Top Of The Pops 1979)
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Rob Tyner of the MC5 died on this date in 1991 of heart failure.
The MC5, clockwise from top left: Michael Davis, Fred "Sonic" Smith,
Wayne Kramer, Dennis Thompson and Rob Tyner.
The MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (live on TV 1972)
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On this date in 1981, The Dead Boys released Night Of The Living Dead Boys, their first live album and the first after their break-up. The album was thirteen live tracks recorded at CBGB's In March of 1979.
The Dead Boys - Ain't It Fun (live - date unknown)
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On this date in 1981, Devo released their fifteenth single, "Through Being Cool". It was backed by "Race Of Doom". Both tracks appeared on their fourth album, New Traditionalists. 
Devo - I Saw Jesus and Through Being Cool (on Fridays - 1981)
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