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Boomtown Rats albums featuring Pete Briquette
Boomtown Rats Music Videos (3)
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| | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of The Boomtown Rats CD (2005)
 $7.25   
The work of the Boomtown Rats is often overshadowed by the later humanitarian achievements of lead singer Bob Geldof, who went on to organize Band Aid and the Live Aid concerts. But this 20th Century Masters Best Of collection reminds ...
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| Mondo Bongo CD (1981) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
$10.59
Although frontman Bob Geldof's streetwise narratives and the group's brash punk attitude had largely given way to a bigger, more streamlined sound by this point, MONDO BONGO still has plenty of charms, and even includes an inventive cover: a ska-like ...
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| Fine Art Of Surfacing CD (1979) (Import) Bonus Tracks; Remastered; United Kingdom
$14.45
But there is a lot to appreciate on THE FINE ART, much of which demonstrates the band's restless spirit and their knack for combining the energy of punk and the quirkiness of new wave with a keen pop sensibility and ...
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| Tonic For The Troops CD (1978) (Import) Bonus Tracks; Remastered; United Kingdom
$14.45 
2005 remastered reissue of 1978 and 2nd album from The Boomtown Rats featuring frontman Bob Geldof. Contains 4 bonus tracks 'Neon Heart' (John Peel Session), 'Do The Rat' (B-side), 'Dunloaghaire' (B-side) & 'Rat Trap' (live in Stoke). Mercury.
A TONIC FOR ...
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 Boomtown Rats Lyrics and Songs
Popular or famous Boomtown Rats songs: Mary of the 4th Form, I Don't Like Mondays, She's So Modern, Lookin' After No. 1, Rat Trap, Diamond Smiles. More music songs Someone's Looking at You, Neon Heart, Joey's on the Streets Again, Never in a Million Years, When the Night Comes. More music songs Elephants Graveyard, Looking After Number One, Fall Down, Bare Footin', Like Clockwork Lyrics, Banana Republic Lyrics, Having My Picture Taken Lyrics. More music lyrics and songs Love or Something Lyrics, This Is the World Calling Lyrics.
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Boomtown Rats Biography
Singer/songwriter Bob Geldof's philanthropic work as the organizer of Live Aid, and his subsequent knighthood, tend to overshadow the achievements of the band he led from the late 1970s to the mid '80s. The Boomtown Rats were one of the finest exponents of New Wave to come out of Ireland. They had as much punky energy as any of their contemporaries, but displayed more musical sophistication. Earlier on, they were further set apart from the pack by an undeniable Bruce Springsteen influence (not unlike their countrymen Thin Lizzy). After the band split and he stepped back from his charity efforts, Geldof (who had also inexplicably starred in Pink Floyd's film version of THE WALL) pursued the inevitable solo career.
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