The Rejects

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There are/were at least five bands named The Rejects. 1)The Rejects (or just Rejects) were formed at Goldsmith's College in South London in 1976 when Bruno Wizard recruited a young songwriter named Ian Kane to help express his disquiet with the modern world and disappointment with his heroes of the Sixties psuedo-revolution. The Rejects did their first gig at The Roxy in January 1977 supporting The Damned and The Vibrators. In the following five months, The Rejects played with Wire, Generation X (with a very young Billy Idol), The Jam, Eater, 999, and Sham 69 on multiple occasions. In the summer of 1977 Wizard recruited Jim Welton on bass for a new lineup of The Rejects. Included in this new lineup were David Dus on drums and occasional itinerant guitarists. David Dus was the drummer for Wayne County (later to become Jayne County) during their 1977 tour of the UK. Wizard set up auditions to find a permanent guitarist, and after a series of metaphysical mishaps, Anton Hayman was recruited. Wizard needed a new name for this next stage of his creative outpourings. The name 'The Rejects' was too deeply embedded in what Wizard regarded as "the new conformity of Punk." Wizard changed the name to The Homosexuals. 2) A Des Moines, Iowa based horror punk/ horror rock band with Joey Jordison, active during 1994. The Rejects can be seen as a precursor of Murderdolls. 3) The Rejects formed 1997 in a college canteen in Essex, founder members J and Doozer decide to create a band that wo

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