Boomtown Rats, The

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Formed in 1975 in Garry Robert's kitchen in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, the group originally took the name The Nightlife Thugs. They changed it during the interval of their first gig on October 31st 1975 to The Boomtown Rats, after Woody Guthries term for oilfield workers.
They produced six studio albums and a string of succesful singles, remaining together until just after the 1985 Live Aid concert of which Bob Geldof, KBE, was the organiser.
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The Boomtown Rats

(14 versions)
Ensign Records 1977

A Tonic For The Troops

(17 versions)
Ensign Records 1978

The Fine Art Of Surfacing

(22 versions)
Ensign Records 1979

Mondo Bongo

(13 versions)
Mercury 1980

V Deep

(9 versions)
Mercury 1982

In The Long Grass

(8 versions)
Columbia 1984

Singles & EPs

Lookin' After No. 1

(7 versions)
Ensign Records 1977

Mary Of The 4th Form (Alternate Version)

(4 versions)
Ensign Records 1977

Do The Rat

(7", Single)
Mercury 1977

Rat Trap

(8 versions)
Ensign Records 1978

Like Clockwork

(3 versions)
Ensign Records 1978

She's So Modern

(2 versions)
Ensign Records 1978

I Don't Like Mondays

(29 versions)
Mercury 1979

Someone's Looking At You

(7 versions)
Ensign Records 1979

Diamond Smiles

(6 versions)
Ensign Records 1979

Lookin After Nº 1

(7")
Mercury 1979

Surface Down Under

(7")
Mercury 1979

The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)

(4 versions)
Mercury 1980

Banana Republic

(9 versions)
Ensign Records 1980

Dun Laoghaire

(2 versions)
Flexipop 1981

Never In A Million Years

(4 versions)
Mercury 1981

Up All Night

(4 versions)
Mercury 1981

Rat Tracks

(Vinyl, EP + 12")
Vertigo 1981

Charmed Lives

(3 versions)
Mercury 1982

House On Fire

(7 versions)
Mercury 1982
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