Boomtown Rats' - Self Titled Albim (1977)
There existed a weird difference between punk groups from the UK and acts stationed in the States. Of course, the musical landscape must have been drastically different in the western portion of the Atlantic to have allowed for the Sex Pistols to hit the top of the charts. And even if the Ramones should have had that success, there was something that limited the band – which is pretty curious considering the group was endlessly more marketable than it’s dirty Brit counter parts. What eventually happened in the States, though, was that a few folks figured out that if one were to repackage, rename and slightly alter punk, it’d be a pretty successful endeavor – thus new wave.
