{"id":127450,"date":"2025-05-28T12:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127450"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:33:41","slug":"kbs-look-back-at-the-80s-music-scene-dexys-midnight-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127450","title":{"rendered":"KB\u2019s Look Back at the 80\u2019s Music Scene: Dexy\u2019s Midnight Runners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127450\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127451 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1313-300x142.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1313-300x142.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1313.jpeg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picture This:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Birmingham, England, 1978<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Rowland (vocals, guitar) and Kevin Archer (vocals, guitar) form a band and call it after the recreational drug Dexedrine: Dexy\u2019s Midnight Runners.<\/p>\n<p>Big Jim Paterson (trombone), Geoff Blythe (saxophone), Steve Spooner (alto saxophone), Pete Saunders (keyboard), Pete Williams (bass) and John Jay (drums) formed the first lineup and they start playing live late 1978s. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The band opened for The Specials a few times and Kevin Rowland noticed they wore suits on stage, so he decided that his band needed their own look: donkey jackets, leather coats and woolly hats.<\/p>\n<p>The debut LP \u201cSearching for the Young Soul Rebels\u201d with their first hit single \u201cGeno\u201d, was released in July 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Their second album \u201cToo-Rye-Ay\u201d was released in July 1982. A new sound and a new look was born: dungarees, scarves, leather waistcoats and scruffy hair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on Eileen\u201d was the second single and became a number one hit in eight countries.<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s third album \u201cDon\u2019t Stand Me Down\u201d in 1985 was their last and the band split up.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Rowland became a solo singer with no success. 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