1978 Part 2 Road To Ruin
Alternative TV “Action Time Vision” Single (1978) Deptford Fun City — Sniffin' Glue Fanzine
Bruce Springsteen “Prove It All Night” Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) Columbia — 5/23 1st single off LP
The Soft Boys “(I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp” Single (1978) Radar — 5/16 Robyn Hitchcock
Essential Logic“Aerosol Burns” Single (1978) Rough Trade — 5/26 Lora Logic
Germs “Lexicon Devil” Single (1978) Slash — Darby Crash LA Band
The Cars “Just What I Needed” Single (1978) Elektra Records — 5/29 Debut single
'O' Level “Pseudo Punk” East Sheen EP (1978) Psycho — Pre Times, Teenage Filmstars and TVP's 6/2
Peter Gabriel “D.I.Y.” Single (1978) Charisma — 6/2 Single preceeding "Scratch" 2nd LP
The Motors “Airport” Single (2014) Virgin — 6/2 #4 hit
Joy Division “No Love Lost” An Ideal For Living (1978) Enigma — 6/4 First issue As Warsaw
Robert Gordon with Link Wray “Fire” Fresh Fish Special (1978) Private Stock — 6/5 Springsteen cover
Magazine “The Light Pours Out Of Me” Real Life (1978) Virgin — 6/9 first LP
The Clash “White Man In Hammersmith Palais” Single (1978) CBS — 6/16 Reggae tinged
Riff Raff “I Wanna Be A Cosmonaut” Cosmonaut EP (1978) Chiswick — Billy Bragg early band
Cheap Trick “Surrender” Single (1978) Epic — Rockfords Pride and Joy
Wire “Dot Dash” Single (1978) Harvest — 6/23 non Lp- Chairs Missing in fall
Sex Pistols “No One Is Innocent” Single (1978) Virgin — 6/30 feat. Ronnie Biggs in exile
Sex Pistols “My Way” Single B-Side (1978) Virgin — 6/30 vocal - Sid Vicious
Devo “Be Stiff” Single (1978) Virgin — 7/6 Cleveland band 3rd single
Talking Heads “Warning Sign” More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) Sire — 7/14 second long player
The Human League “Being Boiled” Single (1978) Fast Product — 7/24 The early electronic stuff
The Rezillos “Top of the Pops” Single (1978) Sire — 7/26 Soon 1st Lp Can't Stand The Rezillos
Snakefinger “The Spot” Single (1978) Ralph — 7/27 Phil Lithman with the Residents "Help"
Deadbeats “Kill The Hippies” Single (1978) Dangerhouse — LA Band
Lene Lovich “I Think We're Alone Now” Single (1978) Stiff — 7/28 Tommy James cover, Lene's debut
Chris Bell “I Am the Cosmos” Single (1978) Car — Former Big Star member died Dec 1978
Patti Smith “Privilege (Set Me Free)” Single (1978) Arista — 8/4 From 60's Movie Privilege
The Who “Who Are You” Single (1978) Polydor — 8/5 Keith Moon RIP later in Month
The Jam “"A" Bomb In Wardour Street” Single (1978) Polydor — 8/8 All Mod Cons pre single
Ultravox “Slow Motion” Single (1978) Island Records — 8/8 Systems Of Romance Lp to follow
Tubeway Army “Bombers” Single (1978) Beggars Banquet — 8/10 Gary Numan etc
The Fall “Bingo Masters Breakout” Bingo Masters EP (1978) Step Forward — 8/11 Debut release for Mark E Smith and band
The Stranglers “Walk On By” Single (1978) United Artists — 8/11 Burt Bacharach Cover
The Police “Can't Stand Losing You” Single (1978) A and M — 8/14 3rd single
The Dickies “Eve of Destruction” Single (1978) A and M — 8/14 Barry McGuire cover
Siouxsie and the Banshees “Hong Kong Garden” Single (1978) Polydor — 8/18 Debut Single
Blondie “Picture This” Single (1978) Chrysalis — 8/18 pre Parallel Lines single
Devo “Come Back Jonee” Single (1978) Virgin — 8/25 Debut Lp 3 days later
John Cooper Clarke “Post War Glamour Girl” Single (1978) CBS — 8/28 Disguise In Love Lp soon
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Listen to Her Heart” Single (1978) Shelter — 8/30
Dave Edmunds “Deborah” Tracks On Wax 4 (1978) Swan Song — 9/8
The Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen In Love ?” Single (1978) United Artists — 9/8 Love Bites Lp coming soon
The Ramones “Don't Come Close” Single (1978) Sire — 9/13 Difficult 3rd Lp Road To Ruin
The Flamin Groovies “Don't Put Me On” Now (1978) Sire — Edmunds Produced
Thomas Leer “Private Plane” Split Single (1978) Oblique — 9/15 Split with Robert Rental
Johnny Thunders “You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory” Single (1978) Real — 9/20 with The Only Ones
The Yachts “Look Back In Love (Not In Anger)” Single (1978) Stiff — 9/21 Stark Naked and The Car Thieves cover
UK Subs “C.I.D.” Single (1978) Indie City Records — 9/22 Debut Single
XTC “Are You Receiving Me?” Single (1978) Virgin — 9/22 GO 2 out in a week 
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