First single on Romantik Records

Chainsaw is the name of a punk rock band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 1976 and split in 1978. It was one of the first punk bands in Belgium. 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. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Chainsaw made one very sought after 7" in 77. In 78 they split and all members went to different punk bands. Dan Dee went to Modern World, Luna Park and made a Plastic Bertrand like single with Lou DePrijck; Jerry started X-Pulsion and Micky Mike did the thing with Fame and The End. The terms Modern World, Modern Period, New World, Modern Times, Progressive Age, Modern Age, or Modern Era are recognized by historians as being that period of time commencing after the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, after the mid-18th century. ... Luna Park is the name of several amusement parks: Luna Park, New York City Luna Park, Sydney Luna Park, Melbourne This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Plastic Bertrand was a new-wave rock group and solo artist (Roger Jouret, born February 24, 1958) from Belgium, most famous for the new-wave parody Ça plane pour moi (roughly translated as The Life For Me). The group also appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest, representing Luxembourg. ... Look up Fame in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Fame may refer to a number of different topics, including: Fame is the condition of being known to the general public. ... The End may refer to: The End, a 1978 comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise and Sally Field The End, a 1980 arcade game by Konami The End, a song from the 1967 eponymous album The Doors. ...

At the time of the split of Chainsaw Jerry Wanker wrote for the rock music mag En Attendant and there he displayed his love for Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Brian Eno and the upcoming electromovement with the Human League and the like. He commented on the first Human League gig in Belgium and reviewed Kraftwerk's Man Machine. Name of a printed Rock/Punk magazine from Belgium, monthly published in 1978-80. ... Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express album (1977). ... David Bowie today. ... Brian Eno in 1977 Brain Eno (born Brian Peter George St. ... Phil Oakey, Susan Ann Sulley, and Joanne Catherall on the cover of the bands 1988 greatest hits compilation The Human League was a band of the late 1970s and 1980s who made a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. ... Phil Oakey, Susan Ann Sulley, and Joanne Catherall on the cover of the bands 1988 greatest hits compilation The Human League was a band of the late 1970s and 1980s who made a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. ... Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express album (1977). ...

With the birth of this movement he split from X-Pulsion and formed Digital Dance with members from different punk bands. He placed an ad for more members and a few months later Jean Marc Lederman (Jah-Marc) entered the picture. With this band he released 3 singles, one Kraftwerk cover, one on his own label and one on the freshly founded Dirty Dance Records. The latter morphed into Soundworks Records and carried all Snowy Red's early vinyl.

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Line-up

• Jean-Pierre Poirier alias Jerry Wanker alias Jerry WX: guitar
• ... alias Dan Mac Roll alias Dan Dee: lead vocals
• Marcel Thyl (ou Thiel ?) alias Micky Mike: bass
• ... alias Bob Seytor: drums

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Concerts

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Eddie & The Hot Rods were a pub rock/power pop band from London in the 1970s, best known for the songs Do Anything You Wanna Do, Teenage Depression, and a cover of Bob Segers Get Out Of Denver. Singer Barrie Masters later formed The Inmates. ...

Records

See Saw 7" EP 1977 - Romantik Records

1. What goes on
2. Nuclear apocalypse
3. Kill in the blanks
4. Z'heroes guts

1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Romantik Records was the name of an independent record label from (Brussels), Belgium. ...

See also

• Punk rock in Belgium