He was in the chorus and played the tenor saxophone, winning first chair in the state band's saxophone section.

Although Hole's sound changed over the course of the band's career, the pretty / ugly dynamic has often been noted as a consistent theme in Love's music, most prominently in Hole's first two studio albums.

" Pull My Strings " was never recorded for a studio release, though the performance at the Bay Area Music Awards, which was the first and only time the song was ever performed, was released on the band's compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

The front and back covers of Devo's first release, the 45rpm single ( music ) | single " Mongoloid ( song ) | Mongoloid " b / w " Jocko Homo " ( 1977 ), released on the band's Booji Boy Records

2008 also saw a Japan exclusive box set containing the band's first six albums, This is the Devo Box.

The Beatles song " Norwegian Wood ", which first appeared on the band's 1965 album Rubber Soul, was the first western pop song to actually incorporate the sitar ( played by lead guitarist George Harrison ).

In November of the same year, the band's first album with Jeepster, ' If You're Feeling Sinister ' was released to critical acclaim.

The acid jazz flavours and ethnic influences of the first three albums continued with the release of Synkronized, and Jay Kay's interest in funk and disco music were shifting the band's directions towards such.

The band's first involvement was on the 1994 demo of " Dark & Gray " on his Bootleg Series Tapes, they would make three more appearances on the tapes in Watch Me Come, Only a Dog and Box # 10.

In a 2002 story for the Chicago Daily Record, Mark Guarino, the newspaper's music critic, wrote that "' Forever Changes ' is a touchstone for serious pop fanatics ..." He added that, "... the band's first three albums were since rediscovered as visionary classics, all three culminating in ' Forever Changes ' ( Elektra ), the band's 1967 masterpiece of ornate pop.

A North American tour, the band's first since 1977, was scheduled to commence on 17 October.

The first Led Zeppelin box set, featuring tracks remastered under Page's supervision, was released in 1990 and bolstered the band's reputation, leading to abortive discussions among members about a reunion.

The band spent the first few months of 2004 touring around the world, first with the third Projekt Revolution tour, and later several European concerts. At the same time, the band's relationship with Warner Bros. Records was deteriorating rapidly on account of several trust and financial issues.

The band's first 7 " EPs, Minor Threat and In My Eyes, were released in 1981.

" Straight Edge ," a song from the band's first EP, helped to inspire the straight edge movement.

Lyle Preslar was briefly a member of Glenn Danzig's Samhain, and his playing appears on a few songs on the band's first record.

The band's first release was the single " Stick to Your Guns / Toast of the Town ", which was released on their own record label, Leathür Records, which had a pressing & distribution deal with Greenworld Distribution in Torrance, California.

Despite the tour ending prematurely in financial disaster, it was the basis for the band's first international press.

On October 14, 1991, the band's first compilation album, Decade of Decadence, was released.

The band's first experience in the recording studio was recording the music to Riff Raff, a low-budget stage musical on which Sneddon had worked.

Curtis committed suicide on 18 May 1980, the day before Joy Division were scheduled to depart for their first American tour, and prior to release of the band's second album, Closer.

The single, " True Faith ", with its surreal video, became a hit on MTV and the band's first American top 40 hit.

The band's debut single, " Smalltown Boy ", the tale of a boy who was cast away by his family for being homosexual, was a hit, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

Barrie would return for the band's next single, " The Power of Love ", imitating Mike Read in a parody of the DJ's banning of their previous single, " Relax ".

Singer Neil Hannon also provided Ted's vocal in the " enhanced " version of My Lovely Horse, which later appeared as a B-side on the band's single Gin Soaked Boy.

The album's opening track, " Immigrant Song ", was released in November 1970 as a single in the US against the band's wishes, reaching the top twenty on the Billboard chart.

He also provided the lead vocals on a number of songs, including the band's biggest UK chart single, " Silver Machine ", which reached No. 3 in 1972.

The band's success peaked between 1980 and 1981 with a number of UK chart hits, including the classic single " Ace of Spades ", which is still a crowd favourite today and the # 1 on the live album No Sleep ' til Hammersmith.

The band's second single, " Who Can It Be Now ", was released in June 1981 and reached No. 1 on the Australian singles chart in August that year.

The band's 1983 hit " Blue Monday ", the best-selling 12-inch single of all time, is one example of how the band transformed their sound.

To herald the band's comeback, the single and lead track from the album, " One Little Victory " was designed to grab the attention of listeners with its rapid guitar and drum tempos.

The Remain in Light album's lead single, " Once in a Lifetime ", became a Top 20 hit in the UK but initially failed to make an impression upon its release in the band's own country.

After Strummer's departure, the remaining seven Pogues recorded Waiting for Herb, which contained the band's third and final top twenty single, " Tuesday Morning ", which became their best-selling single internationally.

The band's breakthrough came in 1982 with the release of the single " Party Fears Two ".

A 12-inch single, the band's first, containing extended mixes of both tracks was also released, but " Bear Cage " also only managed No. 36 in the charts.

In January 1979, the Undertones recorded their eponymous debut album at Eden Studios in Acton, West London, using producer Roger Bechirian, whom the band had worked with for the first time the previous December, when Bechirian had produced the band's second single, " Get Over You ".

The song, which had been written the previous summer by Damian O ' Neill and Michael Bradley, reached number 9 in the UK charts and would subsequently prove to be the band's highest charting single.

The first single, Forming, was recorded on a Sony 2-track in Pat's garage and arrived back from the pressing plant with the note, " Warning: This record causes ear cancer " printed on the sleeve by the plant staff, much to the band's displeasure.

The album contained the band's first single, " I'm in Trouble ", Westerberg's " first truly good song ".

A new song from the album, " Eardrum Buzz ", became the band's biggest charting single.

The group also picked up a cult following in Australia thanks to the support of the Sydney rock radio station 2JJ ( now Triple-J ) and the nationally broadcast weekly music TV show Countdown, which screened all of the band's early videos ( beginning with their first Australian single release-" This Is Pop "); thanks to this interest, the group made two well-received tours there in 1979 and 1980.