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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

The download version of Decades Apart included an unreleased recording from 1978, " Wasting Time ", inspired by the band's ' Rock Goes To College ' experience earlier that year ; this track, originally titled " Social Secs " was never released, and the music ended up being reversed and released as " Yellowcake UF6 ", the B-side to " Nuclear Device " in 1979.

In November 2011 three of the band's albums, The Power Cosmic, Atlantis Ascendant and The Chthonic Chronicles, were reissued as limited edition digipacks by Nuclear Blast's affiliate label Metal Mind Productions.

The Mortarhate logo has often been mistakenly interpreted as a reference to the initials CND ( Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ); however, the band's drummer, Paco, states that it is a nihilist symbol.

The band's first albums were released through The End Records and ( as licence pressings ) through Nuclear Blast, but the label and band separated after releasing the album NeChrist and a re-release of the " Lunar Poetry " demo due to a disagreement.

The band's contract with AFM had expired by this point, which led to them signing with Nuclear Blast Records in late 2003.

After the release of the band's self-titled debut album, Thunderstone, the band toured Europe supporting Stratovarius and Symphony X. Thunderstone released the first four of their albums through Nuclear Blast ; however, their album Dirt Metal was released in October 2009 under Sony Music.

" The band's first EP, Human Waste, was released through Relapse Records in 1991.

On March 6, 2010, Arsis performed at the Eye Scream Metal Fest II in Mexico City ( the band's first ever performance in Latin America ) with Sacred Reich, Cynic, Municipal Waste, and Dying Fetus.

" Synthetically Revived " is a re-recording of the song of the same name from the Human Waste EP and " Breeding the Spawn " is a re-recording of the title track from the band's previous album.

It is " hinted " that the band's full name stands for " Screw Shareholder Value-Not So Much A Band As Another Opportunity To Waste Money On Drugs And Ammunition courtesy Of The Idiots At Time Warner ".

On December 28, 2008, a posting on the band's MySpace page announced that Goldfarb, Minino, and Johnson had joined with Tony Foresta, the vocalist from Municipal Waste, to form a band called No Friends.

To coincide with the band's reunion tour, Rhino released the sixth Faith No More compilation, The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection, a double album that includes their hit singles and b sides & rarities, in the UK on June 8, 2009.

Eventually, he ended up singing on the band's early 1970 single " Cat Food " b / w " Groon " and on all but one of the album ’ s vocal tracks.

Hoppe brought a blues and old-school r ' n ' b influence into the band's sound.

The band's first single, " God's Not Dead " b / w " Jesus Saves White Trash ", was released on the Au Go Go label in 1986.

Almost all songs on the band's albums are credited to " Woolfson / Parsons ".

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.

The band's bassist / singer, Richard Hell, created a look with cropped, ragged hair, ripped T-shirts, and black leather jackets credited as the basis for punk rock visual style.

* Phoenix ( Zebrahead album ), the American punk / rapcore band's seventh studio album

During the band's early years, Peart's lyrics were largely fantasy / science fiction-focused, though since 1980 he has focused more on social, emotional, and humanitarian issues.

Sakamoto was the songwriter and composer for a number of the band's hit songs, including " Yellow Magic ( Tong Poo )" ( 1978 ), " Technopolis " ( 1979 ), " Nice Age " ( 1980 ), " Ongaku " ( 1983 ), and " You've Got to Help Yourself " ( 1983 ), while playing the keyboards for many of their other songs, including international hits such as " Computer Game / Firecracker " ( 1978 ) and " Rydeen " ( 1979 ), and singing in several songs such as " Kimi ni Mune Kyun " ( 1983 ).

Although partly a return to the band's heavier punk roots, the album featured a typically idiosyncratic mixture of musical styles which included a country and western style Johnny Cash pastiche / homage " I Hate You ".

They Might Be Giants ' new logoThe band's 13th album, Here Come the 123s, a DVD / CD follow-up to 2005's critically acclaimed Here Come the ABCs children's project, was released on February 5, 2008.

The Eliminator Collector's Edition CD / DVD, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band's iconic RIAA Diamond Certified album, was released September 10, 2008.

Brown had got a taste of being a frontman during the last Patrol show, singing The Sweet's " Blockbuster " to close the set, with the band's friend / roadie Pete Garner standing in on bass, and Couzens wanted to concentrate on guitar.

After covering the Elvis Presley standard " Can't Help Falling in Love " for the Ted Danson / Howie Mandel film A Fine Mess, she rejoined Fleetwood Mac to record the Tango in the Night album, which went on to become the band's biggest success since Rumours ten years earlier.

Two other players auditioned and considered during the band's formation were former The Move and ELO founder Roy Wood and the aforementioned guitarist / singer Trevor Rabin, who would go on to be part of a reformed Yes in 1983.

In 1988, Front by Front was released, and in December of that same year, " Headhunter " ( with a video by Anton Corbijn ), became the band's first club hit, reaching # 13 on the US Billboard Dance / Club Play Songs chart.

Sony / Epic also acquired the rights to the band's back catalog from Wax Trax!

Prolonging the Magic, the band's third album, was released in 1998 and went platinum, having shipped over one million units ; this was followed three years later by Comfort Eagle, the band's first album on Columbia Records, featuring the single " Short Skirt / Long Jacket " which hit number 7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The band's manager, Martin Roos, said in a press release: " After sixteen years with BMG / Sony Music it feels great with a new beginning, and Universal Music gave us the best offer.

Working with young producer David Gates also opened up horizons for Vliet's skills as a poet-cum-lyricist, with his " Who Do You Think You're Fooling " on the flipside of the band's first single, a cover of the Ellas McDaniel / Willie Dixon-penned hit, " Diddy Wah Diddy ".

* Cat Chaser-Seattle-based goth / punk rock band that had a small but rabid following partially based on singer Cresta wetting her clothes during the band's performances

The band's debut album, 1991 / 92's Ferment, made an immediate impression on the music press and introduced Catherine Wheel's second-biggest U. S. hit, " Black Metallic ," as well as moderate hit " I Want to Touch You ".

Although he had remained part of the band's live performances after the band's creative direction shifted from the brooding love songs that he specialized in, an emerging drinking problem, compounded by the evolution of the polarized Kantner / Slick and Kaukonen / Casady cliques, had finally left him the odd man out.