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The Automatics are a seminal English Punk/New Wave band that was formed by
Dave Philp in 1976 after a brief stint as the singer with The Boys. It
should not be confused with a recently formed group calling themselves
Automatic. They have been contacted by Philp and asked to cease using the
name that he coined for his band The Automatics some 30 years ago.
Along with the Sex Pistols and The Damned, The Automatics regularly played
the Marquee Club in London and toured clubs around the U.K. and Europe.
Their hit song "When the Tanks Roll over Poland Again," (released on Island
Records in 1978) was number one on the Punk/New Wave charts. It was one of
the first records to be produced by Steve Lillywhite, who was Philp's
flatmate at the time, and who went on to produce U2. It is listed at 22 of
the top 50 punk songs from that era by Punks Reunited.
(http://www.punksreunited.co.uk/anthems.htm) The Automatics also played
gigs with Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreaker
