Originating in Cleveland, Ohio, The Dead Boys were Stiv Bators (vocals), Cheetah Chrome (lead guitar), Jimmy Zero (rhythm guitar), Johnny Blitz (drums) and Jeff Magnum (bass guitar).

Emerging from the wreckage of Rocket From The Tombs, Cheetah and Blitz took Stiv Bators straight from the stage at the bands last performance to form a band known as Frankenstein. This was actually the beginning of The Dead Boys. Other Rocket members would form Pere Ubu. Bators had been in a band called Mother Goose prior and already had a reputation with bombastic style and performance antics.

Constrained by Cleveland’s small city atmosphere, The Dead Boys were convinced to relocate to New York City, where a like-minded scene was forming in the wake of bands like Suicide and The Ramones at CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City.

Links:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Boys
Discogs.com: https://www.discogs.com/artist/266431-The-Dead-Boys

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