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The Boomtown Rats

The Boomtown Rats (1975-1985) were a punk rock/new wave group headed by Bob Geldof, who was later known for organizing charity rock concerts such as Band Aid (intended to help famine victims in Ethiopia), Live Aid, Live 8, and Hands Across America (intended to help homeless people in America). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (708x613, 68 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (708x613, 68 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The term New Wave has been used to describe several movements in art. ... Robert Frederick Xenon Bob Geldof, KBE (born October 5, 1951 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin) is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. ... Cover art for the original Do They Know Its Christmas? release – artist Peter Blake Band Aid is a British and Irish charity supergroup founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing a record Do They Know... U2 at Live Aid (Wembley Stadium, London) Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. ... The Live 8 poster Live 8 was a series of concerts that took place in July 2005, in the G8 nations and South Africa. ... Hands Across America was a benefit event staged on May 25, 1986 in which millions of people held hands for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States. ...


Their greatest hit was I Don't Like Mondays, which stayed No. 1 in the UK charts for 4 weeks, commemorated the 1979 school shooting by 16-year old Brenda Ann Spencer, who claimed she did it because she "didn't like Mondays". 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...


Other hits include:

  • "Looking After No. 1"
  • "Mary of the Fourth Form"
  • "She's So Modern"
  • "Like Clockwork"
  • "Rat Trap"
  • "Someone's Looking At You"
  • "Diamond Smiles"
  • "Banana Republic"

Albums

Original UK LP album cover: The Boomtown Rats - The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats was The Boomtown Rats 1977 first album and included the Rats first hit single as well as the subsequent Mary Of The 4th Form Tracks: Lookin After No. ... Original UK LP album cover: The Boomtown Rats - A Tonic For The Troops A Tonic For The Troops was the Boomtown Rats 1978 second album and included the hit singles, Shes So Modern, Like Clockwork and Rat Trap Tracks: Like Clockwork Blind Date (I Never Loved) Eva Braun Living... Original UK LP album cover: The Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art Of Surfacing The Fine Art Of Surfacing was the Boomtown Rats 1979 third album and contained the hit-single releases, I Dont Like Mondays, Diamond Smiles and Someones Looking At You. ... Mondo Bongo (album) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... V Deep was The Boomtown Rats 1982 fifth album and first to be released after guitarist Gerry Cott left the group. ...

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The Boomtown Rats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1373 words)
The Boomtown Rats (1975-1986) was a punk rock / New Wave group led by Bob Geldof.
The Boomtown Rats released their first single, "Looking After Number One", in 1977 and it went straight into the UK singles chart.
In fact, it is the only Rats song played on mainstream radio in the United States, which has interestingly led to the perception in America that the Rats were a one-hit wonder.
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (339 words)
The Boomtown Rats were at a US radio station for an interview when the story of Brenda Spencer came over the news wire.
As the Sex Pistols and the Clash became the voice of young London punks, The Boomtown Rats carried the flag for the youth of Dublin.
The Boomtown Rats' popularity never rose beyond their successes of the late '70s, and after the weak sales of their 1982 album "V Deep" the band had reached its end.
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