The Boomtown Rats - simplyeighties.com

      THE BOOMTOWN RATS        

Officially a 70s band, but still performing into the early 80s, The Boomtown Rats achieved a series of UK hits between 1977 and 1981.

During the 80s, lead singer Bob Geldof became more famous for organising both the Live Aid concert and the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas" during 1985.

All six members of the band were originally from Dun Laoghaire in Ireland. Where did they get the name "Boomtown Rats"? Well it comes comes from a gang in Woody Guthrie's autobiography Bound For Glory.

Their biggest hits were I Don't Like Mondays and Rat Trap which both reached No.1 in the UK. Rat Trap was actually the first No.1 by an Irish rock band.

I do have fond memories of putting I Don't Like Monday's on the Jukebox every time I went for a meal at a local pub with my parents. How I loved that single!

Studio Albums:

1977  The Boomtown Rats (#18 - UK)

1978  A Tonic for the Troops (#8 - UK)

1979  The Fine Art of Surfacing (#7 - UK)  (#6 - Canada)

1981  Mondo Bongo (#6 - UK)  (#22 - Canada)

1982  V Deep (#64 - UK)  (#37 Canada)

1984  In The Long Grass  (#80 Canada)