Dead Boys

Formed: 1976 in Cleveland, OH

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Disbanded: 1978

Group Members: Stiv Bators, Johnny Blitz, Cheetah Chrome, Jeff Magnum, Jimmy Zero

Biography: The Dead Boys were one of the first punk bands to escalate the level of violence, nihilism, and pure ugliness of punk rock to extreme new levels. Although considered part of New York's mid-'70s CBGB's scene, all of its bandmembers originally hailed from Cleveland, OH. The group's roots lay in the early-'70s ...Read full biography

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Young Loud and Snotty

Released: 1977

Label: Warner Catalog and O/H

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Fellow Cleveland types Pere Ubu may have won the artistic kudos for their adventurous, surprising work, but if the goal was just to rock and rock again, the Dead Boys had them totally trumped. As both ...Read full review

Night Of The Living Dead Boys

Released: 1981

Label: Mordam Records

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Like the Sex Pistols and N.W.A, the Dead Boys seemed built to self-destruct. The Cleveland punk rockers were so combustible, so reckless, so nihilistic that you figured they couldn't stay together for ...Read full review

More Dead Boys albums: Main Albums (7), Compilations (5), DVD/Video (2)

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