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Old 08-15-2006, 01:27 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by beat yr own KID
So you're saying they started out on big labels? I don't really believe that.
Ramones - Sire
Sex Pistols - EMI / A&M / Virgin
The Clash - CBS
Television - Elektra
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Polydor
Buzzcocks - United Artists
Patti Smith - Arista
Dead Boys - Sire
Richard Hell - Sire
Wire - Harvest /EMI
The Slits - Island

In fact from the first few years of punk I can only find 2 important bands on indie labels , Pere Ubu on Rough Trade & The Damned on Stiff records.
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