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First Time
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Terminal Love
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General Info
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Genre: New Wave / Punk / Rock
Location UK
Profile Views: 226455
Last Login: 2/7/2012
Member Since 12/24/2006
Website www.theboys.co.uk.
Record Label NEMS, Safari, Revolution Records, Captain Oi
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
...... .. ....To book THE BOYS email ....Steve Metcalfe.... .. ..To purchase tickets for forthcoming Boys gigs ..CLICK HERE.... .. .. ...... .. Along with the Sex Pistols, The Clash, the Damned and Generation X, The Boys were amongst the first wave of the UK punk explosion in the mid seventies and became the first UK punk band to sign an album deal in January 1977. Highly regarded by the music press and their contemporaries, their pop approach and use of harmonies led to their description as ‘The Beatles of Punk’, with their debut album entering the UK charts in September 1977..... Casino Steel (keyboards/vocals) had been in the influential Hollywood Brats before meeting Matt Dangerfield (guitar/vocals), who had converted his rented basement flat in Maida Vale into a home recording studio. 47A Warrington Crescent became extremely important in the development of the UK punk scene in the mid seventies. Mick Jones, Tony James, Brian James, Rat Scabies, Gene October, Sid Vicious and Billy Idol amongst many others were regular visitors. As well as The Boys, The Damned, The Clash, Generation X and the Sex Pistols made their first recordings in Dangerfield’s studio. .... Dangerfield had been at art school in Leeds with Honest John Plain (guitar/vocals), who was foreman in a T-shirt factory where he met Duncan ‘Kid’ Reid (bass/vocals) and Jack Black (drums), who had been at school together in Tonbridge..... The Boys made their debut at London’s Hope and Anchor Pub in late September 1976. Mick Jones, Billy Idol, Joe Strummer, Tony James and Gene October were all present and the pub was packed for The Boys debut performance. They became the first punk band to sign an album deal when they were snapped up by NEMS in January 1977..... Having released two albums and three singles with NEMS, they moved to Safari in 1979 where two further albums and five more singles followed. Throughout their career The Boys always had more success overseas than in their home country..... Every Christmas they rearranged the ‘B’ and the ‘Y’ and became The Yobs, releasing the classic punk pastiche, “The Worm Song”..... Over the last three decades The Boys’ songs have been covered by countless bands, with substantial sales from Argentina to Germany and Japan..... ....Steve Metcalfe.... .... ..FIRST TIME @ Punk & Disorderly Festival 2005...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Add to My Profile.. .. .......... Boys CDs & Merchandise available from ....The Boys Website...... Cartoon T-Shirt available from ....HJP Friends...... Follow The Boys on ....TWITTER...... .. ....To purchase tickets for forthcoming Boys gigs ..CLICK HERE.... .. ......Brickfield Nights promo video...... .. .. .. .. .. ......The Boys.. | ..MySpace Music Videos.... .. ...... .. .... .. .............................. -
Members
Follow The Boys on ....TWITTER........ .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .............. .. Matt Dangerfield.. ..(guitar/vocals) .... .. Duncan 'Kid' Reid.. ..(bass/vocals).... .. Casino Steel.. ..(keyboards/vocals).... .. Honest John Plain.. ..(guitar/vocals).... .. Jack Black .. ..(drums) 1976-1982.... .. Vom Ritchie.. ..(drums) 1999 to date .. .. ...... .. .. ...... .. .. -
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Sounds Like
Dubbed "The Beatles of Punk" by the music press .. .. ...... .... ......
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Videos
"First Time" Live in Bratislava
03:28 | 515 plays | Sep 23 2009
Music
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7 Songs | Sep 21, 2008
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7 upcoming shows/events
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Madrid, Spain, Madrid, ES
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10 of 859MoreWe hereby wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We celebrate with 5 new tunes and a new video, we'll be hilariously happy if ya' check 'em out! :)
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And if you feel like it, connect with us on facebook!
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Cheers /H
Thee Amazing BOYS This Month On Scotsman's NO TOP 100 Radio Show!!!
http://www.NOTOP100.de !!!
Ev'ry Month 60 Min. Full Of Hotties
Hi, lads! great gig in Buenos Aires, thank you!
Hey, lads! great gig in Buenos Aires, thank you!
pleaseee come to argentina now !!! voy a estar presente el 14 de abril en buenos aires ! =)
yeah, that's rock! hey guys, many thanks for your virtual friendship, and welcome on my page. with rockin' greetings from germany to the u.k., Hans
LAS FURIAS SALUTE YOU!
ROCK AND ROLL!!!
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++++ Caracho blasen wieder zum Angriff!++++ Am 14.01.2011 erscheint unser zweites Album "Die Jagd beginnt!". Ab sofort könnt ihr das Album bei Amazon vorbestellen: http://amzn.to/caracho
Busquem 2º guitarrista per grup Punk, Hardcore i similars.
Local propi a Esparreguera (Barcelona).
Thanks for the many years of great music. You have been a massive influence on us. Cheers!