On this date in 1979, UK SUBS released the single STRANGLEHOLD (Jun 15, 1979) Summer of '79 saw the release of STRANGLEHOLD, a live favourite that took its reference point from Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones. It gave us a frantic 2-minute, 3-chord stomp, initiated by the classic call: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 … Gotta do a dance and it goes like this!” The song was brought to life by the band members - Paul Slack on bass, Peter Davies on drums, and Nick Garratt on guitar. The single peaked at 26 in the U