The Sillies were a Detroit punk rock

Punk rock

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 band formed early 1977 by auto assembly line worker Ben Waugh. The Sillies played their first show second-billed to The MC5. Later, they played with bands such as The Dead Boys

The Dead Boys

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, The Damned, The Cramps

The Cramps

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, and toured the United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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. The band regrouped and toured the West Coast of North America

North America

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in 2002 to support the release of their "debut" CD America's Most Wanton (Nebula/Scooch Pooch).