Tonight (band)

Tonight were a five piece new wave band, from Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Although only active from June 1977 to January 1979, they played an integral part in the ever-changing music scene in the late 1970s. They had a hit single, "Drummer Man", in February 1978.

Career

Tonight along with The Rich Kids, were the first acts to be described as power pop, a new UK music genre term in January 1978, initially mentioned by Charles Catchpole, in the Evening Standard ('Rock Notes' section, 17 January 1978). The term was borrowed from Pete Townshend's description of The Who's music in 1967, and in 1978 put forward as a musical term, by the press/promotion office at WEA in London, to describe their new upcoming acts. As punk morphed into new wave (December 1977 - January 1978) Tonight were there, scoring the first hit for the genre (February 1978), with a single called "Drummer Man" reaching No.14 in the UK Singles Chart. Their next single "Money (That's Your Problem)" charted just outside the Top 30, and two more singles were released, plus an unreleased album recorded.

Personnel

• Chris Turner - Lead Vocals (songwriter)
• Phil Chambon - Rhythm Guitar and backing vocals (songwriter)
• Dave Cook - Lead Guitar
• Russ Strothard - Bassist and backing vocals
• Gary Thompson - Drums

plus Andy Arthurs - record producer and songwriter.

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