Category: CITY BOY

Finally I replaced my worn vinyl LP of CITY BOY‘s “The Day The Earth Caught Fire” with this just released, excellent digitally remastered reissue by UK label Talking Elephant. City Boy is a criminally underrated band ahead of its time, that didn’t win a lasting legacy of acclaim which largely deserved. City Boy scored two moderate single hits in England...

CITY BOY was one of the most underrated British acts of the ’70s-’80s. The Birmingham area band was the first major exposure of talented guitarist Mike Slamer (Streets, Steelhouse Lane, Seventh Key, Terry Brock, Devil’s Hand). Also, City Boy’s earlier albums were produced by famous Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Def Leppard), his first international work after relocating to the UK...