This document provides information on three bands - The Clash, The Verve, and The Sex Pistols - that are featured on a poster/bag for an HMV music shop. It includes the years active, genre, members, famous albums and singles, awards, and how each band selection helps portray an image for HMV, whether as rebellious with classic music knowledge, alternative and cool, or shocking to increase publicity.

1. BAND FACT FILES
These are the three albums I have chosen for
my poster/bag.

2. The Clash
• Years Active: 1976 - 1986
• Genre: Punk
• Members: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Nick
Headon
• Record Label: CBS
• Famous Albums: “The Clash”, “London Calling”
• Singles: “White Riot”, “London Calling”, “Should I Stay or Should I
Go”, “This is England”
• Slogan: “The Only Band That Matters”
• Awards: “Best Album of the Decade(1980s)” – London Calling.
Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004. Rolling Stone – 28th
on the 100 best artists of all time list.
• This will help HMV because it will depict the shop as rebellious while
also having a healthy respect for the classics of music. People want a
music shop that has knowledge of classic music.

3. The Verve
• Years Active: 1989-1999, 2007-2009
• Genre: Alternative
• Members: Nick Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones,
Peter Salisbury, Simon Tong
• Record Label: EMI, Hut, Virgin, Parlophone, Vernon Yard
• Albums: “Urban Hymns”, “Forth”
• Singles: “Bittersweet Symphony”
• Awards: 2 Brit Awards – including Best British Group.
Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.
• This band will help HMV because The Verve are
alternative and this will show consumers that HMV is
slightly different and a cool place to get music.

4. The Sex Pistols
• Years Active: 1975-1978, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
• Genre: Punk
• Members: Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen
Matlock, Sid Vicious
• Record Label: EMI, A&M, Virgin, Warner Bros., Universal Music
Group
• Albums: “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here‟s the Sex Pistols”
• Singles: “God Save the Queen”, “Anarchy in the U.K.”
• Awards: Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 24 Feb 2006
• Other Media: “The Great Rock „n‟ Roll Swindle”
• This helps HMV by shocking people. A bag with “sex” and
“bollocks” on it will cultivate an image of a company that
doesn‟t care about offending people which will put it in the
public consciousness as cool.