All I really remember about The Dead Boys is that Stiv Bators dated MTV VJ Martha Quinn. I always thought that an odd pairing. And if a top MTV VJ couldn't get The Dead Boys more popularity, it wasn't gonna happen! Isn't Martha who the song "The Mighty Quinn" is about?:)
All I really remember about The Dead Boys is that Stiv Bators dated MTV VJ Martha Quinn. I always thought that an odd pairing. And if a top MTV VJ couldn't get The Dead Boys more popularity, it wasn't gonna happen! Isn't Martha who the song "The Mighty Quinn" is about?:)
Didn't know about Stiv'n'Martha, but the DBs were long-split up before the dawn of MTV. They broke up by 1980, with MTV, as you know, being whelped on 8/1/81. So, her ability to push the Dead Boys on the channel was non-existent. I thought Martha was in that British band who did "Flat-Bottom Girls"----Freddie Mercury and Quinn? Oh, I know.....'twas the Beatles who name-checked her, but used Bambi's aunt to write "Martha, My Deer." Gotta be true....I got it from Brad's Wackipedia.🙄
Oh Brad, why do you think they were called the Dead Boys? They were dead to begin with—there’s no breaking up! Martha could have played The Lords of the New Church though and made them a household name….or maybe she did!
I knew Stiv was in something post-DBs; I forgot about The Lords, though. Wonder if MTV gave Martha some "conflict of interest" grief re: Stiv and The Lords vid-play.
First Lords song I've heard...kinda lost track of Stiv, sound-wise, post-DBs. Was aware of his various moves, news-wise, but that's all. Impossibly sad ending for him, though.
All I really remember about The Dead Boys is that Stiv Bators dated MTV VJ Martha Quinn. I always thought that an odd pairing. And if a top MTV VJ couldn't get The Dead Boys more popularity, it wasn't gonna happen! Isn't Martha who the song "The Mighty Quinn" is about?:)
Didn't know about Stiv'n'Martha, but the DBs were long-split up before the dawn of MTV. They broke up by 1980, with MTV, as you know, being whelped on 8/1/81. So, her ability to push the Dead Boys on the channel was non-existent. I thought Martha was in that British band who did "Flat-Bottom Girls"----Freddie Mercury and Quinn? Oh, I know.....'twas the Beatles who name-checked her, but used Bambi's aunt to write "Martha, My Deer." Gotta be true....I got it from Brad's Wackipedia.🙄
Oh Brad, why do you think they were called the Dead Boys? They were dead to begin with—there’s no breaking up! Martha could have played The Lords of the New Church though and made them a household name….or maybe she did!
I knew Stiv was in something post-DBs; I forgot about The Lords, though. Wonder if MTV gave Martha some "conflict of interest" grief re: Stiv and The Lords vid-play.
This one was a favorite of mine.
https://youtu.be/n1Esuqywo9k
First Lords song I've heard...kinda lost track of Stiv, sound-wise, post-DBs. Was aware of his various moves, news-wise, but that's all. Impossibly sad ending for him, though.