(Los Angeles, California, USA 76 – 77)
Official Pre-79 Releases:
“Venus & the Razorblades”
Punk-A-Rama 7″ (Bomp!, Bomp 107) released Feb 77
Tracks: Punk-A-Rama, Press Conference
I Want To Be Where The Boys Are 7″ (Spark, SRL 1153) released Jul 77, UK
Tracks: I Want To Be Where The Boys Are, Dog Food
Punk-A-Rama 7″ (Spark, SRL 1156) released Sep 77, UK
Tracks: Punk-A-Rama, Alright You Guys
Workin’ Girl 7″ (Spark, SRL 1159) released Mar 78, UK
Tracks: Workin’ Girl, Midnight
Finer Things In Life 7″ (Visa, IMS 502) released 78
Tracks: Finer Things In Life, Big City
Songs From The Sunshine Jungle LP (Visa, IMP 7004) released 78
Tracks: Finer Things In Life, Big City, All Right You Guys, Midnight, Punk-A-Rama, Workin Girl, I Want To Be Where The Boys Are, Dog Food, Wrong Kind Of Guy, Victim Of My Backstreet Love
Various Artists – The Best Of Bomp – Volume One LP (Bomp!, BLP 4002) released 78
Tracks: Punk-A-Rama
“Steven T”
West Coast Confidential LP (Dream, A3500) released 77
Tracks: Outskirts Of Town, Sweet Delight, L. A. Blues, These Are My Life And Times, Number One, Face In The Crowd, Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be, Blood And Sand, West Coast Confidential, Sons And Daughters
These are my Life and Times 7″ promo (Dream, D7 0352 DJ) released 78
Tracks: These Are My Life And Times (mono), These Are My Life And Times (stereo)
Other Pre-79 Recordings;
Demo recorded 77
Tracks: I’m Brutal
Further Information;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_and_the_Razorblades
http://ronileegroup.com/
Line ups:
Venus & the Razorblades #1
76 –
Steven Tetsch (gtr/voc)
Ronni Lee (gtr)
Danielle Faye (bass)
Nicky Beat (drms)
Dyan Diamond (voc)
Vicki Arnold (voc)
#2
Steven Tetsch (gtr/voc)
Ronni Lee (gtr)
Danielle Faye (bass)
Kyle Raven (drms)
Dyan Diamond (voc)
Vicki Arnold (voc)
#3
– 77
Steven Tetsch (gtr/voc)
Ronni Lee (gtr)
Danielle Faye (bass)
David Kendrick (drms)
Dyan Diamond (voc)
Vicki Arnold (voc)
Steven T
77
Steven Tetsch (voc/gtr)
Wilton Felder (bass)
Mike Baird (drms)
Dan Ferguson (gtr)
Dave Carr (keyb)
Mary Hylan (voc)
Leland Sklar (bass)
Hal Blaine (drms)
Dyan Diamond later solo
Danielle Faye later in The Zippers
Kyle Raven later in The Droogs
Nicky Beat (Alexander) later in The Bags, The Germs, Weirdos
Dan Ferguson, Mike Baird, David Carr are also in Cherie Currie‘s band
David Kendrick is later in Continental Minatures, Bates Motel
all the punk bands 