The Boomtown Rats

The Boomtown Rats were an Irish rock-band that scored some Uk hits between 1977 and 1980, and were led by singer Bob Geldof, who organized the Ethiopian relief efforts Music group Aid and Live Aid. The Rats had been created in Dun Laoghaire, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1975 by Geldof (given birth to Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, Oct 5, 1954, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland), a previous journalist; Johnnie Fingertips (keyboards); Gerry Cott (acoustic guitar); Garry Roberts (acoustic guitar); Pete Briquette (bass); and Simon Crowe (drums). They required their name from Woody Guthrie’s book Bound for Glory. The group relocated to London in Oct 1976, and became from the punk rock and roll movement. Putting your signature on to Ensign Information, they released their debut solitary, “Lookin’ After No. 1,” in August 1977. It had been the to begin nine right singles to help make the U.K. Best 40. Their debut recording, The Boomtown Rats, premiered in Sept 1977, on Ensign within the U.K. and on Mercury within the U.S. Their second recording, Tonic for the Soldiers, made an appearance in June 1978 within the U.K., with their first U.K. TOP strike, “Like Clockwork.” Within the fall, “Rat Capture” from your recording hit number 1. A Tonic for the Soldiers was released within the U.S. on Columbia Information in Feb 1979 with two monitors in the Boomtown Rats substituted for monitors in the U.K. edition. The Boomtown Rats’ second direct U.K. number 1 came in the summertime of 1979 with “I CAN’T STAND Mondays,” a tune inspired by way of a California teen who had opted on a eliminating spree and glibly justified her actions with the name line. It had been contained in the Rats’ third record, The ARTWORK of Surfacing, released in Oct 1979, and eventually became the band’s just U.S. singles-chart entrance. The record also included their following U.K. TOP hit, “Someone’s Considering You.” The Boomtown Rats released their last U.K. TOP strike, “Banana Republic,” in November 1980, accompanied by their 4th record, Mondo Bongo, in January 1981. At this time, guitarist Gerry Cott still left the group, plus they continued being a quintet. Their 5th record, V Deep, premiered within the U.K. in Feb 1982. Within the U.S., Columbia originally released just a four-song EP attracted from the record The Boomtown Rats, finally releasing the entire LP in Sept, when it didn’t graph. Also in 1982, Geldof starred within the film Green Floyd: The Wall structure. Columbia released the six-song compilation Ratrospective in March 1983, but turned down the band’s recently recorded sixth record, Within the Long Lawn, that was released by Ensign in Britain. In 1984, Geldof and Midge Ure published “Perform They Understand It’s Xmas?” and structured the star-studded Band Help group to record it for Ethiopian alleviation, resulting in the largest selling solitary in U.K. background. Geldof then continued to organize both Live Help concerts, kept on July 13, 1985, in London and Philadelphia. Geldof’s improved visibility resulted in the belated U.S. launch of Within the Lengthy Lawn, however when it didn’t graph, the Boomtown Rats had been left with out a record label. The group folded in 1986, and Geldof released a solo profession.