Stray Cats - Rock This Town. 1981

Good quality Very rare Video I managed to catch from Top Of Pops in 1981. They flew over for the Live show, although many of the groups mimed the show was live. Later miming was banned and the groups had to perform live..Stray Cats are an American Rockabilly band formed in 1980 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/Brian Setzer Orchestra), bassist Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom (drums) in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group had numerous hit singles in the UK, Australia and the U.S. including "Stray Cat Strut", "Sexy and 17", "I Won't Stand in Your Way", "Bring it Back Again", and "Rock This Town", which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has listed as one of the 500 most important songs in the history of rock and roll. By 1982 the Stray Cats were an international sensation that influenced the world of music as well as fashion. In 2004, the Stray Cats reunited for a month-long tour of Europe. A live album culled from those concerts, Rumble In Brixton, included one new studio track, "Mystery Train Kept A Rollin'." In 2007, they reunited once again for a successful and long awaited US tour with ZZ Top and The Pretenders. This was their first North American tour in over 15 years. In the 2000s, the band toured Europe as part of their Farewell Tour.
In 2008, for the first time in 18 years, the Stray Cats visited Australia and New Zealand which included several consecutive sold out shows of their Farewell (Australia) Tour.
In April, 2009 the band reunited for a single show to celebrate Brian's 50th birthday at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis, MN. The Stray Cats have reunited periodically for live performances. Setzer is still part of his 1990s swing-revival band The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Rocker continued recording and touring throughout the 90's and on to today. His albums include "Black Cat Bone" and "Racin' the Devil" on the acclaimed Alligator records label as well as "Bulletproof" which has been picked as one of the best records of the decade by the Orange County Register newspaper. In addition to the Stray Cats, Rocker has recorded or performed with Carl Perkins, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, Scotty Moore (Elvis' original Guitar man), Keith Richards and numerous others. Slim Jim Phantom plays the drums in another rockabilly band, 13 Cats, as well as the Rock and Roll band The Head Cat with Lemmy (Motörhead) and Danny B. Harvey (13 Cats, RocKats). The band was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on October 15, 2006. He is also an active member of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, a charitable organisation which was co-founded by Mike Peters of The Alarm, and which raises funds for cancer units.
I play some Stray Cats here on my other Channel take a look. Keep Rockin!
http://www.youtube.com/user/squizzy104?feature=mhum#p/u/4/se0F7dEZ-zs

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[sprallas]

how is that live?

[memorylane1980s]

@sprallas Read what it says about the video underneath CLOWN!

[sprallas]

@memorylane1980s why do you have to act like that? it's an obvious playback video...douche

[memorylane1980s]

@sprallas Exactly CLOWN, the show was live on the TV but the artists were NOT. They ALL mimed in them days till much later!! it states that!! Lets have a look?.OH NO! SWEDEN?..explains all :p

[kishiko615]

Brian　大好きです。映像見れてうれしいです。ありがとうございました。­

[memorylane1980s]

@kishiko615 あなたは私の友人を歓迎しています。我々の思いは、あなたの国の­ために必要としています。あなたが跳ね返って来ます。ロッキンし­てください！イアン

[Daz955i]

Awesome! Took me right back.

[adolfofooo]

@futterbutter3000 Same here but its awersome

[STRAYCATO7]

Воооо,блядь!Пиздец!!!Зажигали еще с конца 80-х!!!

[mikefranky]

@memorylane1980s ...pmsl!!!!

[futterbutter3000]

i have the smae hair as brian setzer it feels werid

[xEmoWerewolfx]

Dudes, stop complaining about their hair,,

Their hair is awesome, you're all just jealous ^^

Sorry if my English is bad ,, XD

[HanafudaMASTER]

I gotta change my shampoo. My hair looks like that right now. It was cool then, but not now. My cat won't even come see me right now, and the dogs just laughin'

That's all I need.....

[Keeeeeeeeth]

so bouncy. his hair that is

[keebaeklim]

brians hair lol. Although, some of the modern hairstyles are equilly as bad

[Iror2012]

its like Green Day circa 1981. both good bands imo