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From the depths of
industrial Cleveland the Dead Boys found infamy on the New York scene
around the club CBGB's. Led by their irrepressible Iggy aping lead singer
Stiv Bators, the Dead Boys merged the UK punk look with a tough US street
punk sound and nihilistic lyrics at odds with the artier sounds of
Television and Patti Smith and gave high octane performances to boot.
The crowds loved them
and they lived the punk image to the full with ever more outrageous stunts
onstage. However, like The Ramones, they suffered from the Punk tag they
lived up to and achieved poor record sales both from their debut
Young Loud &
Snotty and
their second album, the poppier more commercial,
We Have Cum For Your
Children.
The Dead Boys slit up in 1980.
Some lay the roots
of US hardcore at The Dead Boys door. Whatever you think of them the band
that gave us the eternal punk classic
Sonic Reducer
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Johnny Blitz - Drums
Jeff Magnum - Bass |
Cheetah Chrome - Guitar
Jimmy Zero - Guitar |
Stiv Bators - Vocals |
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