U.K. SUBS + First Wave + Guests.Sat, 2nd JuneLock42. 2-4 Frog Island, Leicester, LE3 5AG.£10.00
The U.K. Subs are anEnglish punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formedin 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originallya singer in Britain`s R&B scene. They were also one of the first streetpunk bands.
Career: The U.K. Subs werepart of the original punk movement in England that formed in 1976, with theinitial name of the Subversives. The band`s founder, Charlie Harper selectedguitarist Nicky Garratt, bassist Paul Slack, and various drummers (eventuallyPete Davis became fairly stable) under the initial name "U.K.Subversives".
The London based band`searly line-up changed frequently. Their style combined the energy of punk andthe rock and roll edge of the then thriving pub rock scene. The band had somehit singles such as "Stranglehold", "Warhead","Teenage", and "Tomorrow`s Girls", with several of theirsongs managing to enter the UK’s Top Forty.
The band played severalJohn Peel sessions in 1977 and 1978 for BBC Radio 1, and then signed arecording contract with GEM Records. Under GEM, the U.K. Subs recorded an albumin 1979 called Another Kind of Blues. The group also played a few opening gigsfor The Police, as well as recording a set at The Roxy (a punk club), which wasissued in 1980 as Live Kicks. Their biggest selling album came with 1980s CrashCourse.
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