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Label: WESTWORLD
In August 1976 that
Gene October placed an advert in Melody Maker which led to replies from
guitarist William Broad, bassist Tony James and drummer John Towe. On
October 18th they made their live debut as Chelsea at London's ICA. The
band split in November 1976 where Gene briefly recruited guitarist Marty
Stacey & bassist Bob Jessie. The other three former members formed
Generation X.
In early 1977 Gene put together a new line up
consisting of guitarist James Stevenson, bassist Henry Daze and drummer
Carey Fortune and recorded the band's first single's, the punk classic
Right To Work and High Rise Living.
1982 saw continuous gigging and the infamous 'So What Tour' with Anti
Nowhere League, also the release of the third Chelsea album 'Evacuate'
which gained substantial critical acclaim in the music press.
After
1984 this version of Chelsea came to a close and Gene put together
various line ups, releasing the albums Original Sinners, Rocks Off and
Underwraps which never really lived up to the recordings the band made
between 1977 -1984. German punk supergroup; Die Toten Hosen, covered
Chelsea's electrifying debut 45 The Right To Work which went platinum.
Bassist Tony Barber, borrowed from the Buzzcocks, stood in as bass player for tours of Germany, France, Czech republic & UK appearances and in 2005 Chelsea released a new album; ' Faster, Cheaper And Better Looking'. Stevenson joined 'The Alarm' and also plays with 'The Cult' although he continues playing in Chelsea.
October 2011 saw the return of Mat Sargent & Nic Austin to the
Chelsea fold after 18 years joining Gene October & James Stevenson,
Lee Morrell completing the line-up on drums.
This current line up of
Chelsea have mostly been playing festivals over the past few years and
toured the UK in 2014. The release of the 10th Chelsea studio album
'Saturday Night Sunday Morning' in April 2015 brings new interesting
writing collaborations spanning musicians throughout Chelsea's 40
history. Chelsea tour the UK in 2015 promoting the new album also 'The
singles album' which has just been released on collectors white vinyl,
and a brand new studio album set for release later this year on the
bands new label Westworld recordings.
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