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The band were working under the name of Mark Skid and the Y Fronts. They were offered the chance of a gig at Bolton St. Tech. This was a "free gig". Geldof turned down the offer on the rule that "we'll do nothing for free we're not hippys and we never fcukin were". The organizers at Bolton St came up with an offer of £5, Geldof said £35 and they agreed. The blend of hard business with music had taken it's root. Around this time Geldof was reading "Bound For Glory", the life story of Woody Guthrie. The band started their performance in Bolton St under the title of the Nightlife Thugs. Halfway through the gig Geldof recalled the passage in "Bound For Glory" where the 11 year old Guthrie found himself in "Boomtown" faced with the joining the older "Big Gang" from the right side of the tracks or the new gang being formed called "The Rats". Geldof chalked on a large blackboard that was on the wall behind the stage in Bolton St the words BOOMTOWN RATS. The band was born.



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It took them another 21 months to cross my path. I feel deprived of those 21 months.

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An astute name change to something that sounds spot on, cool and scans well with the added bonus of being condensable to just 'The Rats'. 



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