The live success in cities such as St Louis, Philadelphia and New York was not translated into US airplay however and the band returned to the UK at the beginning of 1977 to find punk rock the new popular style of rock ; and that they were largely forgotten and out of fashion.

In 1985, The Dead Milkmen, a Philadelphia punk band, wrote a song about Charles Nelson Reilly called " Serrated Edge.

The Dead Milkmen is an American satirical punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The band distinguished themselves amid the local underground hardcore scene of the early 1980s through their jangly punk sound and sardonic humor delivered with thick Philadelphia accents.

During this time, Linderman performed with the gothic, Celtic punk band Burn Witch Burn and worked in journalism and blogging, including writing for the Philadelphia Weekly.

Apocryphally the incidents referenced in the " Punk Testament " are not about punk rockers, but about the events surrounding the 1985 firebombing of the MOVE house in West Philadelphia.

Lee Ving ( born Lee James Jude Capallero ; April 10, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) is an American musician, most famous for his role as lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the Los Angeles-based punk rock band Fear, and actor.

which followed the album, is a tactic that various members of Refused have credited to the influence of Philadelphia punk band Ink & Dagger.

Wareheim played in several Philadelphia area bands, including the new wave punk band Twelve Tone System, of which Tim Heidecker was also briefly a member.

Philadelphia punk band Mischief Brew titled their third full-length LP " The Stone Operation.

* Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 / 12 / 2005, " These critters are punk, country, " anything goes ," Steve Klinge

* Jobriath Boone-( born Bruce Wayne Campbell December 14, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died August 3, 1983 ), A native of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, he was an American folk and glam rock musician and actor. He was the first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label, Elektra Records ..

Other landmarks historically associated with Ardmore include the Autocar Manufacturing Company, an important manufacturer of trucks and jeeps during the world wars, once located on Lancaster Pike on the site of the current Ardmore West Shopping Center, which burned down in a famous conflagration in 1956 ; the Ardmore Theater on Lancaster Pike, now the Philadelphia Sports Club ; Harrison's Department Store, on the north side of Lancaster Pike across from the theater ; Mads Record Shop, rock music mecca since the genre's inception, still going strong ; the Merion Art Center ; the Pennywise Thrift Shop of Jefferson Medical College ; Lyons Hardware Store on Rittenhouse Place ; Rittenhouse Electric, also on Rittenhouse Place ; A. Talone Cleaners at Lancaster and Greenfield ; and luxury travel company SWAIN Tours.

In 1984, Culture Club won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and Philadelphia Inquirer said about the successful band, " Among the other major winners were the English rock band Culture Club ( Best New Artist ), hard-rock vocalist Pat Benatar ( Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female ) and the English rock trio The Police ( Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group )".

Philadelphia Daily News described Culture Club as a hot new rock act, while William K Knoedelseder Jr from Los Angeles Times said about the group, " Boy George of Culture Club, a rock group MTV helped make popular ", adding that, " There's some debate in the record industry about MTV's ability to directly increase record sales across the board but there's no doubt that the channel has been responsible for exposing such rock artists as Def Leppard, Duran Duran and Men at Work to a national audience ...".

When Culture Club won the 1984 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Philadelphia Inquirer said about the band, " Among the other major winners were the English rock band Culture Club ( Best New Artist ), hard-rock vocalist Pat Benatar ( Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female ) and the English rock trio The Police ( Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group )".

Philadelphia garage rock band Mondo Topless covered "( We're A ) Bad Trip " on their 2010 CD Freaking Out.

Bonaduce came to Seattle from a radio stint at 94 WYSP in Philadelphia, following a format change from classic rock to all sports radio in September, 2011.

* Eastern Conference Champions, an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, PA

WYSP in Philadelphia became the nation's very first " classic rock " station in the spring of 1981, when Frank X Feller, then general manager, received a suggestion and a reel to reel tape with a sample of what the " Classic Rock " format would sound like from account executive Jim Sacony.

In 1994, Philadelphia indie rock band The Strapping Fieldhands recorded a 3-track no-fi version of the song ( as well as a reprise that closes the album ) for its EP " In The Pineys ".

He played bass guitar and rhythm guitar in a number of rock and roll bands at Amherst, including Tambourine Charlie & The Four Flat Tires, The Naugahyde Revolution ( with Jim Steinman, then a fellow student, on keyboards ), and The Flower & Vegetable Show ( he has played his guitar on 7th Heaven, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and in the 2007 romantic comedy Because I Said So ).

Page Samuel McConnell ( born May 17, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish.

He had less regard for sound quality and would play with a manic energy, mixing everything from classic Philadelphia Disco classics, italo disco imports to new wave, disco and rock tracks.

The Hooters ( frequently listed simply as " Hooters ", without the definite article ) are an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

During the 1980s, The Hooters played on the Philadelphia club scene, boosted by airplay on WMMR, the major rock radio station in Philadelphia at the time.

Except for a small reunion heard on the concept album Largo ( which featured appearances by all the members except for Lilley ) in 1998, The Hooters did not play together again until November 21, 2001, when they performed at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia for a one off show to celebrate disc jockey Pierre Robert's 20th anniversary at local rock radio station WMMR, the first major station to ever play The Hooters back in the early 1980s.

* Balboa ( band ), a hardcore band from Philadelphia

In 2001 the band came to the US for major press, radio and TV appearances for the Bastard Life or Clarity release and returned Stubbs in Austin, Texas to kick off a sold out US tour with dates in Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City and the last show at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

On July 13, 1985, the band made a stop in Philadelphia ( en route to a show in Milwaukee ) to play at the US Leg of Live Aid, which broke a record for number of viewers.

The band visited cities such as Detroit, Cleveland and Philadelphia, but their intended destination was New York City, where they played at Gerde's Folk City and Maxwell's.

* Witch Hunt ( band ), an anarcho-punk band from Philadelphia

The recording session almost failed to take place because the band was traveling on a ferry that got stuck on a sandbar en route to New York from Philadelphia.

It is also known as a " hooter ," from which the Philadelphia band drew its name.

Finally, The Philadelphia Jug Band have been playing authentic classic jug band music virtually unchanged for over 45 years.

Five years earlier, a band of unpaid soldiers besieged Congress while its members were meeting in Philadelphia.

There are also band concerts, fireworks, and Movies on the Bay, held at the Centennial Gazebo and Gardens located at Philadelphia Avenue and the bayfront.

It has been the launching pad for one Philadelphia based band Blackthorne.

Geldof was apparently not happy about The Hooters being tacked onto the bill as the opening band in Philadelphia.

Magid, promoting the concert through Electric Factory Concerts, argued that the band was hugely popular in Philadelphia, despite their first major label album Nervous Night being released less than three months beforehand.

The band was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1967 by Todd Rundgren ( lead guitar ) and Carson Van Osten ( bass guitar ).

His tenure with Williams was terminated one night in January 1945, when he got separated from the band after a Philadelphia dance engagement and was apprehended, drunk, by railroad police inside a station.

Giblin made his debut with Simple Minds at Live Aid in Philadelphia, where the band performed " Don't You ( Forget About Me )", a new track called " Ghostdancing " and " Promised You a Miracle ".

Simple Minds were the first band to be approached to play the Philadelphia leg of Live Aid.