"I Wanna Do 'I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement' Too!"
From one of their first bickerfests, otherwise known as a 15 minute set at CBGB's, in September of 1974...
After the show, proprietor Hilly Kristal told them they were terrible just before he invited them back....I guess maybe he had a problem with Joey's leg kicks and/or Johnny's shirtlessness, or some such thing.
When he saw/heard them do the same tune in 1975, Seymour Stein signed them to Sire Records, pretty much on the spot, after first relenting to Johnny's demand of a $3,000 advance so they could buy some decent equipment.
Pretty soon, all the kids were tryin' to do it...
And by 1977?
Well, by then the evolution of the band and the uniform were both complete...
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