Word Salad is a 1979

1979 in music

See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...

 debut album by Fischer-Z

Fischer-Z

Fischer-Z were a British rock band formed in 1976 by John Watts and Steve Skolnik at Brunel University. The original line-up consisted of John Watts , David Graham , Steve Skolnik , and Steve Liddle .-History:...

. John Watts and Steve Skolnik formed the band in 1976 whilst at Brunel University

Brunel University

Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....

. John Watts had been travelling up and down the country playing the club circuit. Fischer-Z was playing a crossover of the New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

, Punk and Reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 genres. In 1978, the band secured a record deal with United Artists, alongside the Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...

, The Stranglers

The Stranglers

The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...

 and Dr. Feelgood

Dr. Feelgood (band)

Dr. Feelgood are a British pub rock band formed in 1971. The band's name derives from a slang term for heroin or for a doctor who is willing to overprescribe drugs. It is also a reference to a 1962 record by the American blues pianist and singer Willie Perryman called "Dr Feel-Good", which...

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Track listing

1. "Pretty Paracetamol" (also known as: "First Impressions", but this name doesn't usually feature on the CD releases)
2. "Acrobats"
3. "The Worker"
4. "Spiders"
5. "Remember Russia"
6. "The French Let Her"
7. "Lies"
8. "Wax Dolls"
9. "Headlines"
10. "Nice to Know"
11. "Billy and the Motorway Police"
12. "Lemmings"

Personnel

• John Watts - lead vocals, guitar
• Steve Skolnik - keyboards
• David Graham - bass
• Steve Liddle - drums