A Tonic For The Troops

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There's No Tomorrow Like Today - Single by The Boomtown Rats on Apple Music". Apple Music . Retrieved 12 June 2020. Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.198. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. Following the band's break-up, Geldof launched a solo career with Pete Briquette continuing to work alongside him. [9] A Tonic for the Troops (liner notes). The Boomtown Rats. Ensign Records. 1978. ENVY 3. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) The album's title was taken from a line in "She's So Modern": "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."

a b c d e f Ruhlmann, William. "A Tonic for the Troops – The Boomtown Rats". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 April 2014. A Tonic For The Troops (24/100 Greatest Irish Albums)". Hot Press. 17 November 2004 . Retrieved 7 November 2020. a b c d e f g Crampton, Luke; Rees, Dafydd (1996). The Q Book of Punk Legends. Enfield: Guinness Publishing Ltd. pp.26–31. a b c Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). Guinness World Records Limited. p.71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. The band was formed in 1975 with five of the six members that originated from Dún Laoghaire, while Pete Briquette was originally from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland. [1] Geldof initially managed the band but took over the lead vocals from Garry Roberts. Initially known as The Nightlife Thugs, the group changed their name to The Boomtown Rats, [3] which Geldof had taken from Woody Guthrie's autobiography Bound for Glory. [1]

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Bob Geldof blasts Brentwood Festival fans for wearing Primark clothes". The Daily Telegraph. 21 July 2016 . Retrieved 26 October 2017. The band's fifth album, V Deep, again produced by Visconti, was released in February 1982. [1] A second single from the album "House on Fire" made number 24 in the UK Singles Chart. [9] A third, 'Charmed Lives' failed to chart however. In the US, the album was initially rejected by their American label, which instead issued a four-song EP called The Boomtown Rats, featuring four selections from V Deep. The full album was eventually issued in the US in late 1982. [10] The same year Geldof appeared in the film Pink Floyd - The Wall directed by Alan Parker. [9] Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.193. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. Trash Glam Baby - Single by The Boomtown Rats on Apple Music". Apple Music . Retrieved 10 January 2020. Carson, Tom (5 April 1979). "The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic For The Troops". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007 . Retrieved 7 November 2020.

Jonze, Tim (28 January 2013). "Boomtown Rats re-form for Isle of Wight festival". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 January 2013.The discography of Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats consists of seven studio albums, seven compilation albums, 23 singles and three video albums. The Boomtown Rats' debut release was the 1977 single " Lookin' After No. 1" which was originally written by frontman Bob Geldof in 1975 while waiting for his local unemployment office to open in his native Dun Laoghaire then a major port an hour south of central Dublin. The group's next single " Mary of the 4th Form" was released in the same year, along with their self-titled debut album.