The Rich Kids

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The Rich Kids were a short-lived, much-hyped rock and roll band from London in the late 1970s. They were formed by bassist Glen Matlock after he left the Sex Pistols, and fronted by Glaswegian guitarist and singer Midge Ure. Drummer Rusty Egan and rhythm guitarist Steve New (briefly (2nd) guitarist for the Sex Pistols and later PIL) completed the line-up. An earlier and very brief incarnation of the band (summer 1977), featured Mick Jones of The Clash.

The Rich Kids were amongst the foremost British exponents of the power pop style, blending influences from 1960s acts such as The Small Faces and The Who with more recent hard rock and punk sounds. They put out one album, Ghosts Of Princes In Towers, and three singles during their existence, from March 1977 to December 1978 (although the official announcement of their disbanding wasn't made until mid-1979).

Matlock and New went on to tour with Iggy Pop while Egan and Ure collaborated in The Misfits and, after short spells with The Skids and Thin Lizzy, respectively, reunited in Visage. In November, 1979, Ure joined Ultravox.

[edit] Discography

Singles all EMI

• Rich Kids b/side Empty Words- January, 1978
• Marching Men b/side Here Comes the Nice (live)- March, 1978
• Ghosts of Princes in Towers b/side Only Arsenic - August, 1978

Albums

• Ghosts Of Princes In Towers - August, 1978. Produced by Mick Ronson.

Track Listing:

1. Strange One
2. Hung On You
3. Ghosts Of Princes In Towers
4. Cheap Emotions
5. Marching Men
6. Put You In The Picture
7. Young Girls
8. Bullet Proof Lover
9. Rich Kids
10. Lovers & Fools
11. Burning Sounds

• Best of The Rich Kids (2003, EMI)

Track listing:

1. Strange One
2. Hung On You
3. Ghosts Of Princes In Towers
4. Cheap Emotions
5. Marching Men
6. Put You In The Picture
7. Young Girls
8. Bullet-Proof Lover
9. Rich Kids
10. Lovers And Fools
11. Burning Sounds
12. Empty Words
13. Here Comes The Nice (live)
14. Only Arsenic
15. No Lip (bonus track)
16. Move, The (bonus track)
17. Shape Of Things To Come (bonus track)
18. King (bonus track)
19. Precious (bonus track)
20. Just Like Lazarus (bonus track)
21. Ambition (bonus track)
22. Twisted (bonus track)
23. Tomorrow's Zero (bonus track)