THE BOOMTOWN RATS Live In Germany 78 LP Vinyl NEW
TRACKLISTING
- Close As You'll Ever Be
- Never Bite The Hand That Feeds You
- Neon Heart
- (It Feels) So Strange
- Kicks
- She's So Modern
- Joey's On The Street Again
- Don't Believe What You Read
- (She's Gonna) Do You In
- Do The Rat
- It's All The Rage
- Mary of the 4th Form
- Lookin' After No. 1
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.
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’s autobiography, “Bound For Glory”.