The Boys made arguably one of the best LPs of the 70s with their self-title… Read Full Bio ↴The Boys made arguably one of the best LPs of the 70s with their self-titled first album and provided the template for superior Pop Punk before even the Buzzcocks had got out of first gear. Formed from the ashes of '70s glam outfit The Hollywood Brats, the Boys were responsible for four albums and ten singles, several of which were released under the name "The Yobs," always released just in time for The Christmas season. The track "First Time," from their debut EP, is a bona fide '78 second-wave UK punk classic, amidst such groups as Chelsea, The Undertones, The Lurkers, and Eater.
Yet for some reason The Boys occupy a neglected position in relation to London's early Punk scene, probably because they weren't clothed by Sex or managed by Malcolm McLaren. Being tagged the "Punk Beatles" couldn't have helped either, and by '81 they called it quits.
Plagued by mishaps, bad timing and plain bad luck they managed to keep smiling and come up with corking, hyper-speed pop classics like "Brickfield Nights" and "Rue Morgue". In short The Boys were a gem of a band and a total inspiration to any Punk band who value tunes over noise.
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2) Jheryl Busby signed the Abdulsamad Brothers, better known as the Boys, while employed at MCA Records. "The Boys" Khiry (born November 8, 1973), Tajh (born December 10, 1976), Hakim (born March 27, 1975), and Bilal Abdulsamad (born April 17, 1978) started singing in their hometown of Carson, CA, when Bilal was five and Khiry nine. They are best known for their 1988 hit single "Dial My Heart". Today, they live in Gambia on the West Coast of Africa
3) The Boys. Australia (1980), Made "When You're Lonely" 7" a nice new wave/power pop single.
4) The Boys were a Lincoln, Nebraska band power pop group. They put out three singles including "She's All Mine" (1975) and "You Make Me Shake" (1977).
5) The Boys was a powerpop group from Sweden.
6) The Boys is also an all-girl grunge band from Brisbane, Australia. Currently unsigned, they released a self-titled 3-song EP demo (September, 2012).
Yet for some reason The Boys occupy a neglected position in relation to London's early Punk scene, probably because they weren't clothed by Sex or managed by Malcolm McLaren. Being tagged the "Punk Beatles" couldn't have helped either, and by '81 they called it quits.
Plagued by mishaps, bad timing and plain bad luck they managed to keep smiling and come up with corking, hyper-speed pop classics like "Brickfield Nights" and "Rue Morgue". In short The Boys were a gem of a band and a total inspiration to any Punk band who value tunes over noise.
There are others artists with the same name:
2) Jheryl Busby signed the Abdulsamad Brothers, better known as the Boys, while employed at MCA Records. "The Boys" Khiry (born November 8, 1973), Tajh (born December 10, 1976), Hakim (born March 27, 1975), and Bilal Abdulsamad (born April 17, 1978) started singing in their hometown of Carson, CA, when Bilal was five and Khiry nine. They are best known for their 1988 hit single "Dial My Heart". Today, they live in Gambia on the West Coast of Africa
3) The Boys. Australia (1980), Made "When You're Lonely" 7" a nice new wave/power pop single.
4) The Boys were a Lincoln, Nebraska band power pop group. They put out three singles including "She's All Mine" (1975) and "You Make Me Shake" (1977).
5) The Boys was a powerpop group from Sweden.
6) The Boys is also an all-girl grunge band from Brisbane, Australia. Currently unsigned, they released a self-titled 3-song EP demo (September, 2012).
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I Don't Care: The Nems Records Years
The Boys Lyrics
Box Number I’m sick and tired of all the good times, bad…
Brickfield Nights Remember those dark nights down Brickfield Never a blade i…
Cast Of Thousands A cast of thousands All around us We’re all heroes…
Classified Susie Pretty housewife, twenty-one Interested in daytime fun AC/…
First Time Oh... oh oh oh... it's my first time Oh... oh oh…
Heroine There was a lonely man A nobody you know Who…
I Don't Care I don’t care about Rock ‘n’ Roll I don’t care…
I Love Me You've got the pretty face, you've got the legs You've…
Independent Girl Bet you think you’re special don’t ya girl You don’t…
Keep Running Another street and another town Another mother in a black…
Living In The City Oh I`m living in the city in the shadow of…
Lonely Schooldays I don't wanna work all day I don't wanna dress…
Neighbourhood Brat Through the concrete piazzas they roam Safe in numbers the…
No Money I’ve gone and sold everything I own The GPO wanna…
Schooldays I don′t wanna work all day I don't wanna dress in…
See You Later 1. See Ya Later (SteelDangerfield) Lead vocals Matt Dangerf…
Sick On You You wanna know what it’s like Condemned to live with…
Soda Pressing Why’d ya never, why’d ya never smile Did they beat ‘cha…
Taking On The World What you doing ‘cos you’re getting it all wrong Where…
Talking Hey what’cha talking about I hope you know Something you…
Teachers Pet Yeah yeah yeah... Met her at the evening classes Yeah yeah…
Tenement Kids Tenement kids gonna rule the world And all you hungry…
Tonight Well I think I’d better warn you ‘Bout the kids…
Turning Grey People walking in the streets are turning grey As they…
Watcha Gonna Do Hey boy what are you gonna do Now that everybody`s…