The Users (band)
Encyclopedia
The Users were a punk rock
band formed in Cambridge
, UK
, that was active between 1977 and 1979.
DJ John Peel
placed their first single, Sick of You, in his chosen Festive Fifty
chart of 1977 and after his death it was revealed that he'd kept it as part of his 142 favourite singles of all time.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band formed in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, UK
United Kingdom
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, that was active between 1977 and 1979.
History
Despite only releasing two singles on their own label and being active for less than three years, the band developed a small cult following. BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
DJ John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
placed their first single, Sick of You, in his chosen Festive Fifty
Festive Fifty
The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's fifty best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for by listeners to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show...
chart of 1977 and after his death it was revealed that he'd kept it as part of his 142 favourite singles of all time.
Discography
- Sick of You/(I'm) in Love With Today 7" (1977, Raw Records)
- Kicks in Style/Dead On Arrival 7" (1978, Warped Records)
- Secondary Modern 1976-1979 CD Compilation (2009, Bin Liner Records)