{"id":5229,"date":"2015-05-18T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/05\/18\/new-live-cddvd-from-the-boomtown-rats\/"},"modified":"2015-05-18T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:42:10","slug":"new-live-cddvd-from-the-boomtown-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/05\/18\/new-live-cddvd-from-the-boomtown-rats\/","title":{"rendered":"New live CD\/DVD from the Boomtown Rats!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gonzo Multimedia will be releasing an unreleased live DVD\/CD by rock legends The Boomtown Rats featuring Bob Geldof titled \u201cLive In Germany ’78\u201d on June 8, 2015! In 1975 friends Garry Roberts, Simon Crowe, Johnnie Moylett, Patrick Cusack and Gerry Cott formed a band in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. Bob Geldof was originally invited to be the band’s manager, but he soon found himself nominated to take on the role of lead vocals by guitarist Garry Roberts, who originally had that job and didn’t want it. <\/div>\n
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The band’s early influences were Dr. Feelgood, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Doors and Bob Marley, among many others. Gerry and Pete arranged the band’s first gig for Halloween 1975 under the name of The Nightlife Thugs, at the Bolton Street Technical College, where they – and Johnnie, were studying Architectural Technology. Just before the band went on stage, they changed their name to The Boomtown Rats, who were a gang mentioned in Woody Guthrie\u2019s autobiography, \u201cBound For Glory\u201d.<\/div>\n
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The Rats were soon causing a buzz throughout the whole of Ireland. In 1976 The Boomtown Rats relocated to England in search of a record deal. They turned down a million pound deal from Richard Branson’s Virgin Records, and decided instead to sign for a new label that had been set up by former Phonogram man Nigel Grange and DJ Chris Hill. The new label was called Ensign.<\/div>\n
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The Boomtown Rats played their first ever UK gig on May 6th. 1977 at the Lodestar Club, Ribchester, Blackburn, Lancashire. The supporting acts were Demolition, and Disco-Punk Chris Graham. Having undertaken a hectic schedule of touring including gigs with Tom Petty, and The Ramones, The Boomtown Rats debut single \u201cLooking After Number One\u201d entered the UK charts in it\u2019s first week of release at No. 78. The NME made it their single of the week. The Rats did their first TV show, a turn on The Marc Bolan Show. Marc tragically died 2 weeks later in a motor accident. \u201cLooking After Number One\u201d peaked at No.11 in the UK charts and The Rats were invited to do their first TOTP appearance. The band had now arrived. The Rats released their debut album, the imaginatively entitled \u201cBoomtown Rats\u201d. The album reached 18 in the UK charts.<\/div>\n
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In 1978 the single \u201cShe’s So Modern\u201d reached No.12 in the UK charts, more gigs, more tours, more exposure. Geldof was now becoming as well known for his motor-mouth as he is for his music, picking up the nickname \u201cBob The Gob\u201d by the music press for his outspoken views. The Rats second album \u201cA Tonic For The Troops\u201d produced by Robert Mutt Lange reaches No.8 in the album charts and hangs around for 44 weeks. There was more TV, a promotional trip to America and November saw The Rats reach the top, when the single \u201cRat Trap\u201d knocked John Travolta & Olivia Newton John off the No.1 spot.<\/div>\n
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The Boomtown Rats made history as the first Irish band to have a UK No.1 hit. \u201cRat Trap\u201d is also recognized as the first New Wave song that made No.1 in the charts. In January 1979 Geldof hears the story on the news of the Californian schoolgirl, Brenda Spencer who shot and killed her principal of the school and injured many of her school mates. When interviewed and asked why she did it, she replied \u201cI Don\u2019t Like Mondays\u201d. This quote proved to be inspirational to Bob Geldof & Johnnie Fingers. The ensuing single became a smash hit world-wide, reaching the No.1 spot in 32 countries and quite rightly became an all-time classic. The Boomtown Rats undertook a world tour, taking in America, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The American leg of the tour ended at The Palladium in New York. The Boomtown Rats third album \u201cThe Fine Art Of Surfacing\u201d reached No.7 in the UK album charts.<\/div>\n
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In 1980, a Dublin court canceled a Boomtown Rats concert. Bob Geldof rejected the court’s decision and The Boomtown Rats battled on for 2 weeks to be allowed to play in Ireland. The Boomtown Rats held the gig at Leixlip Castle to fourteen thousand fans… with Bob Geldof claiming a Boomtown Rats victory.<\/div>\n
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In 1981\u00a0The Rats recorded their new album \u201cMondo Bongo\u201d in Ibiza with producer Tony Visconti who had previously produced albums with T Rex, Bowie, Thin Lizzy, The Stranglers, Iggy Pop, to name but a few. The album \u201cMondo Bongo\u201d went gold again. Now a recurring event for each new Rats album. The album featured the classic hit\u00a0\u201cBanana Republic\u201d\u00a0which has been called Ireland’s alternative national anthem! Lead guitarist Gerry Cott\u00a0now left the band, who continued as a 5-piece. Geldof stars in director Alan Parkers classic film of Pink Floyd’s The Wall. The Rats tour Thailand, India, Japan,Malaya, Hong Kong and Singapore.<\/div>\n
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In 1982 a new generation of bands breaks through and The Rats new album \u201cV Deep\u201d, again produced by Visconti becomes The Rats first record setback. The single House On Fire does well in the UK charts. The Rats tour of the UK to promote the album however is a complete sell-out. In 1984 The Rats brilliant single \u201cDrag Me Down\u201d limps into the Top 50.. The Geldof masterpiece \u201cDave\u201d sinks without trace, although Pete Townsend of The Who said Dave was \u201cthe best single of 1984\u201d.<\/div>\n
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In late October 1984 Geldof watches he Ethiopian famine on the BBC News and decides to\u00a0\u201cdo something\u201d.\u00a0The other Rats wholeheartedly support him.<\/div>\n
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In 1985 The Boomtown Rats sing on the Geldof\/Midge Ure penned \u00a0Band Aid record \u201cDo They Know It’s Christmas\u201d. In its first week of release the single became the UK’s fastest seller of all time, entering the chart at number one and going on to sell over three million copies, making it the biggest-selling single in UK history up to that point. On July 13th 1985, The Boomtown Rats were just one of the greatest artists in rock ‘n roll history to play the Live Aid Concert in front of billions of people.<\/div>\n
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In 1986 , and so The Boomtown Rats play their last gig in Ireland for Self-Aid.<\/div>\n
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Unlike 10 years previously when The Rats understood precisely what they stood for, who they were and what their intention were, by ’86 this had now become unclear. Where could they go musically after all that had been achieved as a group both musically and socially. There were few battles left to fight that they hadn’t already won. And so they went their separate ways.<\/div>\n
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In 2013 The Boomtown Rats re-group and once again overwhelm the tens of thousands at the Isle of Wight Festival. The songs had not only lasted but had over the years attained a newer relevance and power. Hearing them afresh the critics were amazed at how contemporary the Rats, their music, their songs and their attitude – unchanged after all those years still were. And are!!<\/div>\n
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And now, comes an unreleased live concert from Germany 1978 on DVD\/CD!<\/div>\n
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Here is the undiluted towering energy, speed, anger and sheer joy of playing in one of the great British\/Irish bands of our time at their peak and in their prime.<\/div>\n
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Tracks:<\/div>\n
(It Feels) So Strange<\/div>\n
(She’s Gonna) Do You In<\/div>\n
Banana Republic (Bonus Track)<\/div>\n
Close As You’ll Ever Be<\/div>\n
Do The Rat<\/div>\n
Don’t Believe What You Read<\/div>\n
House on Fire (Bonus Track)<\/div>\n
It’s All The Rage<\/div>\n
Joey’s On The Street Again<\/div>\n
Kicks<\/div>\n
Lookin’ After No. 1<\/div>\n
Mary of the 4th Form<\/div>\n
Neon Heart<\/div>\n
Never Bite The Hand That Feeds<\/div>\n
Rat Trap<\/div>\n
She’s So Modern<\/div>\n
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For mor information: http:\/\/www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk\/product_details\/15843<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Gonzo Multimedia<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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