![]() Producer Dave Edmunds also caught one of their live shows in the capital and liked what he heard. Subsequently, the Stray Cats enjoyed greater success in Britain and members of the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Who were spotted at their London gigs. In the late 1970s, the band played live in several New York underground punk clubs, such as CBGB and Max’s Kansas City, but after their career was slow taking off in the United States, they decided to move to the UK in 1980, on the back of the ’50s rock ‘n’ roll revival beginning at the time.īritish rockabilly bands, such as the Polecats and King Kurt, were spearheading the movement. The group dressed in a mix of 1950s style garb, such as brothel creeper shoes and drape jackets, with a 1970s twist, including tight black zipper trousers and exaggerated gravity-defying quiff hairstyles. Originally known as the Tom Cats, the Stray Cats’ sound was a blend of rockabilly with modern punk elements. They based their style on the sounds of the Sun Records’ artists of the 1950s and other rock ‘n’ rollers, such as Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Carl Perkins.īorn in April 1959, in Massapequa, Setzer learned to play the euphonium as a kid and was playing in jazz bands while still at school, although he became more interested in rock and punk as he grew up during the 1970s. The band was formed in 1979 in Massapequa, Long Island, by guitarist and vocalist Brian Setzer, drummer Slim Jim Phantom and double bassist Lee Rocker. American rockabilly band the Stray Cats has been back on the road for the first time in ten years – with fans rocking in the aisles like they did in the 1980s, when the trio were at the peak of their success.
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