"Simon Crowe Simon Crowe (born April 14, 1955, Dublin, Ireland) is one of the current drummers for the Irish new wave band The Boomtown Rats. The original name of the Boomtown Rats was the ""Nightlife Thugs"". The name Boomtown Rats was taken from a novel entitled Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie. The Boomtown Rats had eighteen hit singles in the UK, including ""Rat Trap"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays."" Crowe has also been part of The Velcro Flies (with ex-Boomtown Rat Garry Roberts) and Gung~Ho (with ex-Boomtown Rat Johnny Fingers). After the group disbanded, Crowe lived in Devon for"
"had their first No. 1 single in the UK with ""Rat Trap"", the first new wave chart-topper in Britain. In 1979, they gained international attention with their second UK No. 1, ""I Don't Like Mondays"". This was both successful and controversial. Geldof had written it in the aftermath of Brenda Ann Spencer's attempted massacre at an elementary school in San Diego, California in 1979. In 1980, The Boomtown Rats released the album ""Mondo Bongo"". Its single ""Up All Night"" was a huge hit in the U.S. and its video was played frequently on MTV. Geldof became known as a colourful"
"producer Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange to step in. Lange was best known for producing the Boomtown Rats number one hit ""Rat Trap"" and post-pub rock bands like Clover, City Boy, and Graham Parker. In 1979 singer Bon Scott told ""RAM"" magazine, ""Three weeks in Miami and we hadn't written a thing with Kramer. So one day we told him we were going to have a day off and not to bother coming in. This was Saturday, and we snuck into the studio and on that one day we put down six songs, sent the tape to Lange and said, 'Will"
"number one spot. In 1979, ""I Don't Like Mondays"", was released. This was written in response to a school shooting in California carried out by Brenda Ann Spencer, and also reached No. 1 in the UK. It was a worldwide hit, with the exception being the United States. It was the band's only song to reach the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was included in the band's third album, ""The Fine Art of Surfacing"". The album also contained ""Diamond Smiles"" and their next Top 10 hit in the UK, ""Someone's Looking at You"". In 1980 ""Banana Republic"" was released, which"
"""Rat Trap"". The US version of the album (with a slightly different selection of tracks) came out the next year on Columbia Records. Mutt Lange produced ""Rat Trap"", which became the first rock song by an Irish band to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the first of any description by an Irish band to top the official chart used by the BBC. (The Bachelors had topped the ""Record Retailer"" chart in 1964 with ""Diane"", but only reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart). In addition, ""Rat Trap"" was also the first new wave song to claim the"
"The Fine Art of Surfacing The Fine Art of Surfacing was The Boomtown Rats' third album and contained the hit-single releases, ""I Don't Like Mondays"", ""Diamond Smiles"" and ""Someone's Looking at You"". The album peaked at No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart in 1979. ""I Don't Like Mondays"" b/w ""It's All the Rage"" was released in June 1979, and reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in late July in the UK in the same year. The song refers to Brenda Ann Spencer's killing spree on Monday, 29 January 1979 in San Diego, California. Bob Geldof also went"
"feels the depressing town he lives in is a ""Rat Trap"". When the band performed the song on ""Top of the Pops"" (which is also mentioned in the song) as the UK new number one, the band members began by tearing up pictures of Travolta and Newton-John to emphasise the fact that the pair - who had spent a total of 16 weeks out of the preceding 22 at the top of the charts - had been deposed. Geldof mimed the saxophone part on a candelabra, a jest he explained in his autobiography ""Is That It?"": ""The Musicians' Union had"
"Trapt Trapt is an American rock band that formed in Los Gatos, California in 1995, best known for their chart-topping 2002 single ""Headstrong"". The group consists of lead vocalist Chris Taylor Brown, bassist Peter ""Pete"" Charell, drummer Brendan Hengle, and guitarist David Sudock. They have released seven studio albums to date: ""Amalgamation"" (1999), ""Trapt"" (2002), ""Someone in Control"" (2005), ""Only Through the Pain"" (2008), ""No Apologies"" (2010), ""Reborn"" (2013), and ""DNA"" (2016). The members of Trapt met in middle school in the mid-'90s, and were in an early NOFX cover band with Manny Terres (guitar) and Aaron Azlant (lead vocals)"
"of Hell"" (Meat Loaf, 1977). By the end of the 1970s, teenage tragedy would chart without the element of melodrama – in 1979, ""I Don't Like Mondays"" by the Boomtown Rats, written by Bob Geldof in response to a senseless school shooting in the news while he was on tour in the U.S., went to No. 1 in the UK, and No. 4 in Canada. The Smiths 1987 song ""Girlfriend in a Coma"" also took inspiration from teenage tragedy songs, by taking the melodramatic aspect and pushing it to extremes. Some songs merely updated the sound of the previous era,"
"Several platinum and gold records hang in Album 88's studios and offices. According to Bob Geldof, he penned the Boomtown Rats hit song, ""I Don't Like Mondays"" in the Album 88 office after reading a telex report of the schoolyard shooting on which the song is based. Album 88 has over 50 student volunteers who host many of the programs. Among the specialty shows on Album 88 are: ""The Georgia Music Show"" (dedicated exclusively to artists from Georgia), ""I Don't Care"" (punk), ""Soul Kitchen"" (funk, soul, disco and related), ""Crossroads"" (blues), ""Jet Lag"" (international psychedelia), ""New Theory"" (chillwave), ""Beatscape Lounge"""
"Rat label. Early on, the band experienced problems holding on to a second guitarist, but Alan Hebditch, a childhood friend of Cataldo's, became a regular fixture in early 1978. Along with DMZ and The Real Kids, they were considered among the scene's ""punkier"" bands. Centered on Cataldo's ""great rock & roll voice"" and ""jangly guitar"", in the description of Allmusic's Joe Viglione, they were the ""Rolling Stones of Boston...hard-rocking, riff-blasting, tongue-in-cheek"". By 1978, they were one of the most popular acts in the city. Their second Rat single, the new wave–style ""Just Head"", appeared in 1979. After the release of"
"in Atlanta. He was particularly struck by Spencer's claim that she did it because she did not like Mondays, and began writing a song about it, also incorporating the reporters' ""Tell me why?,"" called ""I Don't Like Mondays."" It was published in July 1979 and was number one for four weeks in the United Kingdom, and was the band's biggest hit in their native Ireland. Although it did not make the Top 40 in the U.S. it still received extensive radio airplay (outside of the San Diego area) despite the Spencer family's efforts to prevent it. Geldof has later mentioned"
"on to work in property and real estate management. Phil Wainman Philip Neil Wainman (born 7 June 1946, West London, England) is an English record producer and songwriter, primarily active in the 1970s. He is noted for his work with Sweet, XTC, Dollar, Mud, and the Bay City Rollers. His greatest chart success, however, was the production of ""I Don't Like Mondays"" by The Boomtown Rats, written by Bob Geldof and arranged by Fiachra Trench. In 1964 Wainman was working the European cabaret circuit with a band called The High Grades. He returned to the UK and joined The Paramounts"
"Phil Wainman Philip Neil Wainman (born 7 June 1946, West London, England) is an English record producer and songwriter, primarily active in the 1970s. He is noted for his work with Sweet, XTC, Dollar, Mud, and the Bay City Rollers. His greatest chart success, however, was the production of ""I Don't Like Mondays"" by The Boomtown Rats, written by Bob Geldof and arranged by Fiachra Trench. In 1964 Wainman was working the European cabaret circuit with a band called The High Grades. He returned to the UK and joined The Paramounts in 1965 for a short period. The Paramounts had"
"Stop""). ""She's So Modern"" reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. The album's title was taken from a line in this song: ""And Charlie ain't no Nazi/ she likes to wear her leather boots/ 'cuz it's exciting for the veterans/ and it's a tonic for the troops."" The most commercially successful track on the album is ""Rat Trap"", which made it to Number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. ""Rat Trap"" was the final cut on the UK version of the album but the opening track on the US version. All songs written by Bob Geldof except where indicated."
"Monday Morning (band) Monday Morning is a Christian alternative rock band from North Carolina, U.S. In 2005 they released their major label debut through Selectric Records, ""Fool's Paradise"", and are known for their number 1 hit song ""Wonder of It All (Next Year)"". In high school, lead vocalist Derek Stipe met Kent Rector, who played drums. Soon Rector, Stipe and his brother Kevin began jamming together. After playing with a few other people, the group eventually narrowed down to four members: the Stipe brothers, Rector, and Justin Blythe who they knew from their church. Lead singer Stipe said, ""We thought"
"days."" Characterizing the band as ""authentic American primitives whose work has to be heard to be understood"", he declared, ""It is time popular music followed the other arts in honoring its primitives."" ""Newsday""s Wayne Robbins simply anointed the Ramones as ""the best young rock 'n' roll band in the known universe."" Despite Sire's high hopes for it, ""Ramones"" was not a commercial success, reaching only number 111 on the ""Billboard"" album chart. The two singles issued from the album, ""Blitzkrieg Bop"" and ""I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"", failed to chart. At the band's first major performance outside of New York,"
"Monday, Monday ""Monday, Monday"" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas & the Papas using background instruments played by members of The Wrecking Crew for their 1966 album ""If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears"". It was the group's only #1 hit on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Phillips said that he wrote the song quickly, in about 20 minutes. The song includes a false ending, when there is a pause before the coda of the song, and goes up a half note for the bridges and refrains of the song. On March"
"businesses owned by Latter-Day Saints close early on Mondays so they and their customers are able to spend more time with their families. A number of popular songs in Western culture feature Monday, often as a day of depression, anxiety, avolition, hysteria, or melancholy (mostly because of its association with the first day of the work week). For example, ""Monday, Monday"" (1966) from the Mamas & the Papas, ""Rainy Days and Mondays"" (1971) from the Carpenters, ""I Don't Like Mondays"" (1979) from the Boomtown Rats, and ""Manic Monday"" (1986) from the Bangles (written by Prince). There is a band named"
"The Jaggerz The Jaggerz are an American rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They came to national attention with their single ""The Rapper"" which was released on the Kama Sutra label. ""The Rapper"" was #1 in the Record World Charts and #2 in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in March 1970. Having sold over one million copies the recording received a gold record awarded by the R.I.A.A.. The band's name derives from the Pittsburgh English slang term, ""jagger bush,"" meaning a thorny bush. They were managed by The Skyliners manager, Joe Rock. While attending college at Slippery Rock State College, Donnie"
"only) number 1 when ""Dare"", featuring the vocals of Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder topped the chart for a week. Pussycat Dolls reached number 1 on 11 September with ""Don't Cha"", becoming the first American girl band to top the charts since Destiny's Child in 2001. Their next release, ""Stickwitu"", would also top the chart for two weeks in early December. After a year's break, Sugababes returned to the top of the charts for the fourth time with the release of ""Push the Button"", and their fourth studio LP ""Taller in More Ways"". These releases along with the album's second"
"failed to chart. The Ramones also began touring to help sell records; these tour dates were mostly based in the United States, though two were booked in Britain. Violence, drug use, relationship issues, humor, and Nazism were prominent in the album's lyrics. The album opens with ""Blitzkrieg Bop"", which is among the band's most recognized songs. Most of the album's tracks are uptempo, with many songs measuring at well over 160 beats per minute. The songs are also rather short; at two-and-a-half minutes, ""I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement"" is the album's longest track. ""Ramones"" contains a cover"
"Mouse and the Traps Mouse and the Traps is the name of an American garage rock band from Tyler, Texas that released numerous singles between 1965 and 1969, two of which, ""A Public Execution"" and ""Sometimes You Just Can't Win"", became large regional hits. The leader of the band, nicknamed ""Mouse"", was Ronnie Weiss. Two of their best known songs, ""A Public Execution"" and a cover of ""Psychotic Reaction"", are not actually credited to this band but, respectively, to simply Mouse and Positively 13 O'Clock instead. Their tangled history also included one single that was released anonymously under the name"
"Ratt Ratt is an American heavy metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum, and multi-platinum by the RIAA. The group is perhaps best known for hit singles such as ""Round and Round"" and ""Lay It Down"", tracks that ranked on Billboard's top 40 at No. 12 and No. 40, respectively, as well as other songs such as ""Wanted Man"", ""You're in Love"" and ""Dance"". Along with groups such as friendly rivals Mötley Crüe, Ratt has been recognized as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles"
"Steal"" ""Good Times"" ""I Satisfy"" ""Sometimes You Just Can't Win"" ""Psychotic Reaction"" Mouse and the Traps Mouse and the Traps is the name of an American garage rock band from Tyler, Texas that released numerous singles between 1965 and 1969, two of which, ""A Public Execution"" and ""Sometimes You Just Can't Win"", became large regional hits. The leader of the band, nicknamed ""Mouse"", was Ronnie Weiss. Two of their best known songs, ""A Public Execution"" and a cover of ""Psychotic Reaction"", are not actually credited to this band but, respectively, to simply Mouse and Positively 13 O'Clock instead. Their tangled"
"officially released as a single. I Hate Mondays (song) ""I Hate Mondays"" is a song by English singer-songwriter and musician Newton Faulkner. The song was released on 11 September 2009 in Australia. The song peaked at number 8 on the Australian Singles Chart. The lyrics to the song were written by Michael ""Horgs"" Horgan for the ""Hamish & Andy Show""; specifically, the lyrics were made for a segment of the show called ""Horgs' Inventions"", where Horgs noted that there hadn't been any songs about hating Mondays in a long time. Harry Connick Jr also performed a version of the song,"
"Ratcat Ratcat are an Australian indie rock band who formed in 1985 and are fronted by mainstay vocalist and guitarist, Simon Day. Their combination of indie pop song writing and energetic punk-style guitar rock won them fans from both the indie and skate-punk communities. They found mainstream success with their extended play, ""Tingles"" (October 1990), album ""Blind Love"" (June 1991) and the single, ""Don't Go Now"" (April), which all reached No. 1 on the ARIA Charts during 1991. The band released two subsequent albums, however they did not match the earlier chart success. Ratcat ceased performing live regularly in the"
"is commonly reported as scratching the words ""courage"" and ""pride"" into her own skin; however, Spencer corrected this during her parole hearing as ""runes"" reading ""unforgiven"" and ""alone."" In 2009, the board again refused her application for parole and ruled it would be ten years before she would be considered again. Spencer was cited as the inspiration for the song ""I Don't Like Mondays,"" written by Bob Geldof for his band the Boomtown Rats, which was released later that year. Geldof and his band were in San Diego performing at The Roxy Theater, a small movie theater and concert hall"
"I Hate Mondays (song) ""I Hate Mondays"" is a song by English singer-songwriter and musician Newton Faulkner. The song was released on 11 September 2009 in Australia. The song peaked at number 8 on the Australian Singles Chart. The lyrics to the song were written by Michael ""Horgs"" Horgan for the ""Hamish & Andy Show""; specifically, the lyrics were made for a segment of the show called ""Horgs' Inventions"", where Horgs noted that there hadn't been any songs about hating Mondays in a long time. Harry Connick Jr also performed a version of the song, but his version was not"
"Headstrong (Trapt song) ""Headstrong"" is the debut single by American rock band Trapt and the lead single from their 2002 self-titled debut album. It is a confrontational song about starting a fight. It reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Rock (one week on July 26, 2003) and Modern Rock (five weeks on May 31, 2003) charts and No. 16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, as well as No. 1 on the singles recurrent charts. It crossed over to mainstream pop radio, peaking at No. 4 on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Top 40. The song also won two ""Billboard"" Music Awards"
"""The Sinking Ship"". The band cites their biggest influences as U2, Silverchair, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Butch Walker and Our Lady Peace. Monday Morning (band) Monday Morning is a Christian alternative rock band from North Carolina, U.S. In 2005 they released their major label debut through Selectric Records, ""Fool's Paradise"", and are known for their number 1 hit song ""Wonder of It All (Next Year)"". In high school, lead vocalist Derek Stipe met Kent Rector, who played drums. Soon Rector, Stipe and his brother Kevin began jamming together. After playing with a few other people, the group eventually narrowed down"
"being derived from the song's lyrics. The girl in the video, is the same girl as the one in the <nowiki>""</nowiki> I don't like Mondays video <nowiki>""</nowiki> she was called Michelle Gibbons-Price In a review of the album ""The Fine Art of Surfacing"", critic Mike DeGagne said """"'Diamond Smiles' jaunts along on a hiccup-like rhythm"". Diamond Smiles ""Diamond Smiles"" was the second single from The Boomtown Rats' album ""The Fine Art of Surfacing"". It was the follow-up to their successful single ""I Don't Like Mondays"" and also peaked at Number 13 in the UK Charts. The band has suggested that"
"hip-hop radio, MTV2, and BET and reached #14 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" 200 chart and #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Rap Tracks chart. After the success of their single, ""Can't Stop, Won't Stop"", the label jumped and was ready to release their debut album, ""Tough Luv"". It included the remix to ""Can't Stop, Won't Stop"", which featured St. Louis rapper Chingy. Singles included ""No Better Love"" featuring former Roc-A-Fella Records crooner Rell and the Just Blaze-produced ""Friday Night"". ""Tough Luv"" debuted on the ""Billboard"" 200 at #3 after selling 128,000 copies in its first week. That week, the album at"