Chelsea - The Loner

[101100rich]

i remember seeing chelsea at the christmas on earth festival at leeds queens hall in 1981 where they got a great reception, a very underated band

and have made some great albums

[joeydim1]

Lucky enough to see them live 1982 in Virginia Beach Va. at the Wave. Great show!!!

[VL1302]

great

[LORDHATE76]

Wasnt Billy Idol is this Band at one time?

[CraigClash]

Yep Billy Idol was the original guitarist along with Tony James on Bass & John Towe on Drums,The 3 of them left to form Generation X,Billy became Lead Singer & they got Bob Andrews in on Guitar,John Towe left & Marc Laff from Subway Sect took over on Drums completing the classic Generation X line up!

Chelsea didnt record anything while Billy Idol was in the band,Ironicly James Stevenson who was Chelsea's guiarist later joined Gen X when Bob Andrews left along with Marc Laff to form Empire!

[cftbl]

WOW...Billy Idol, huh? I had no idea he was ever in Chelsea. Very cool.

[Maxmdm]

fuck off cos lefty sodnfjhgkgjg]

[coshthedriver78]

great band great track.

[strangeparty]

Gene October was the best sex. He was a poser, but it worked, in bed, better than it did otherwise.

[studdedpaul08]

wonder if the whole concert from urgh was filmed

[gleamingspire]

The line-up that toured the States for the Urgh, It's a Music War film included Barry Smith, Stevie Lewins (from Wilko Johnson band) and Mick Howard leaving just Gene and Chris Bashford from the 1979 line-up. Mick is still playing music today.

[studdedpaul08]

sounds pretty good for 92

[highervoltage2]

Several more changes resulted in the line-up that delivered EVACUATE to our ears. EVACUATE, while certainly a commercial failure, was a critical success (at last), but Gene finally gave in and disbanded Chelsea in early 1984 and released a solo recording LIFE AND STRUGGLE continuing his theme of singing the working class' lament...

[highervoltage2]

By 1979 Chelsea arrived at the "classic" line-up of October (vocals), James Stevenson (lead guitar), Dave Martin (rhythm guitar), Geoff Myles (bass) and Chris Bashford (drums). This line up lasted a full two years, the longest any Chelsea line up has lasted! This was followed by several more line up changes until a temporary line-up consisting of October (vocals as usual), Nic Austin and Steve Corfield (guitars), Tim Griffin (bass) and Chris Bashford

[highervoltage2]

The original line-up consisted of October (vocals), guitarist William Broad (better known later as Billy Idol), bassist Tony James (later of Sigue Sigue Sputnik) and drummer John Towe. After only a few gigs (and no recordings) the trio of musicians abandoned Gene and formed a band known as Generation X (which soon dissolved resulting in solo mega-star and 1980's MTV staple Billy Idol, curled lip and all). Gene briefly recruited other musicians, Chelsea varying constantly from a trio to a quintet

[battlekat23]

chelsea don't sound like a US band though

[FAUSTIANDAWN]

Wasnt Billy Idol in this Band at one point before Gen X of course.

[studdedpaul08]

yeah he was guitarist

[pancrack]

What the hell were Chelsea about...a misfit UK wanna be USA band! October was corny rock ego and nowt to do with the raw spirit of punk even in '77.

[NeilThompson30]

Gene is the Mick Jagger of punk - great frontman

[punkfilth]

can this entire video be downloaded anyplace on the net?

[studdedpaul08]

would like to see more too

[jamesandrew2000]

One of the great, nearly unknown bands from those days. Excellent sound on the two albums I have. U-tube is an old age home for punks.

[strangeparty]

I alway thought that Gene was better in bed than he was on stage. :)

[Wehategod]

Chelsea is such a great band

[musikfanat]

One of the best in those days-too bad they weren't appreciated more. Gene is a cool bloke...

[seany722]

Mr October was a very underestimated frontman.

[sham64andahalf]

Nice one mate. Great stuff!

[shapeshifter1963]

Recorded in Mansfield, UK 1992

[ericsrebel]

What year was this?