THE AUTOMATICS - WHEN THE TANKS ROLL (OVER POLAND AGAIN) (1978)

 The Automatics regularly played the Marquee Club in London and toured clubs around the U.K. and Europe. Their hit song "When the Tanks Roll Over Poland Again", (released on Island Records in 1978) was number one on the punk/new wave charts. It was one of the first records to be produced by Steve Lillywhite, A flatmate at the time, and who went on to produce U2.

TOURS - LANGUAGE SCHOOL (1979)

The band sent shockwaves through the music industry in May 1979 when their self-released single "Language School" so impressed John Peel at Radio 1 that he played it for 50 consecutive nights and declared it his second favourite 45 of all time behind "Teenage Kicks" by Undertones.

HOLLY AND THE ITALIANS - CHAPEL OF LOVE (1978)

In her youth Holly Beth Vincent played drums, guitar and sang in several bands and took part in the Los Angeles punk scene. In 1978, she formed Holly and the Italians and moved to London, where the band was welcomed by the British press and gained a recording contract with Virgin Records on the strength of the single "Tell That Girl to Shut Up".(Chappel Of Love is th B-Side). Holly and the Italians' debut album The Right to Be Italian had a troubled and long production and was a commercial failure, which led to the band's dissolution at the end of 1980, after a US tour supporting The Clash and the Ramones.

THE STRANGEWAYS - SHOW HER YOU CARE (1978)

UK Power pop band formed in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, during the late 1970's. Split in 1979.

THE NIPS - GABRIELLE (1979)

The Nipple Erectors (also known as The Nips) were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1976 by female punk artist Shanne Bradley and are notable as having been Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's first musical group.

COCK SPARRER - SUNDAY STRIPPER (1978)

Cock Sparrer are a punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London, England. Although they have never enjoyed commercial success, they are considered one of the most influential street punk bands of all time, helping pave the way for early '80s punk scene and the Oi! subgenre. Their songs have been covered by many punk, Oi!, and hardcore bands.
Their style is influenced by pub rock, glam rock and raw 1960s beat music as delivered by bands like the Small Faces and The Who. Their lyrics mostly deal with topics related to the daily lives of working class people.