Watching Countdown religiously even when we were punks and it played nothing but rubbish it was always exciting when they played something cool. In 1977 they actually played all of this song instead of a snippet, which is all we got of the Pistols and The Stranglers. And it was amazing. This band was just so bloody cool. and we instantly fell in love with Debbie Harry. But not only that, the band looked like just as good with there black suits harking back to the sixties. and the sound was a glorious punk sixties mixture. Exactly the way I like it.
Not only that we watched the single climb the charts until it reached the top spot. Or number 2. The thing is it was the first punk band to have a hit single anywhere in the world. It felt like something was changing.
We bought the album. Yeah it sounded thin but there were some great songs on there like X Offender and Rip Her To Shreds. And we played it constantly and loved the fact that it was produced by the same guy who did the Shangri Las.
Then she came to the Palais. And she wore this big t shirt that covered her up until the song Rip Her To Sheds where she ripped it off. And I can't remember if they were any good because it was like the Year Zero and our bands were taking over. And all the Melbourne punk elite were there. Brilliant.
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