At this point as revealed in the song titles, it was not only the line up of the band that had been going through changes as, WAYNE started to transform into JAYNE. During this period the band again toured, and Safari records intended to release the single I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT, / F*** OFF (cat no. safe 6 ) in May 78, but cancelled it and decided instead to release the EP BLATANTLY OFFENSIVE in June 78 ( which I suppose it was, lyrically anyway, ed:)

BLATANTLY OFFENZIVE EP (cat no.W.C.2.) Released June 78

BLATANTLY OFFENSIVE four tracks:
1. F*** OFF, 2. NIGHT TIME, 3.TOILET LOVE
4. MEANMUTHAF***IN' MAN
Tracks 1 2 & 3 were recorded in the GREG VAN COOK era, and track 4 was recorded later with HENRI PADOVANI and ELLIOT MICHAELS.

The E.P. was produced by MERVYN SLIME who was in reality DEEP PURPLES producer MARTIN BIRCH, hired by SAFARI RECORDS who were formerly known as PURPLE RECORDS, DEEP PURPLES record label. He also produced THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS earlier singles, and the bands 1st & 2nd albums, doing a workmanlike production job on the records,but as he had never seen the band live, and had limited exposure to punk, he did not capture the edge in the performances, or the dynamics of the live sound, which the band felt were essential for a good "Chairs" gig, and the records didn't always reflect the true nature of the bands sound, or performance

Also during June 78, Wayne had to leave England because of visa problems and decided to stay in Berlin. While in Berlin, Wayne took in the Berlin night life / culture and had the famous "nose job". Meanwhile, Elliot Michaels went back to New York for a few weeks, and the band took a confused, enforced break. Henri Padovani went back to his native Corsica, while Val Haller and JJ Johnson stayed in London. Later JJ hitchiked across France to join Henri for a few weeks, and while there played an impromtu gig at a large music festival with Henri and some local musicians.

Known movie clips are
DON LETTS, PUNK ROCK MOVIE, filmed at the ROXY CLUB, DEREK JARMANS JUBILEE,
' ROCKPALAST ' German TV 78
and a German film PUNK IN LONDON which is really interesting as it was shot by a German camera crew in late 1976 & early 1977, and captures the initial excitement and rise of PUNK featuring performances and interviews with numerous significant people and bands of the time.

Around August 78, musical directions were beginning to change after the raw, adrenaline, innovative, electric, experimental, gobbing, pogoing rush of early punk in 76-77, excitement levels were beginning to fluctuate, and the media,( who were mostly initially resistant to punk in the early days,) decided that
POWER POP would replace PUNK as the next new youth movement, despite massive music press attention, glowing reviews, and hyping of the bands, power pop had less impact, and bands such as THE PLEASERS, and ADVERTISING, among others, gigged extensively but seemed to push different buttons to the ones in PUNK.

Also around this time, bands from the city of LEEDS, such as, THE MEKONS, THE GANG OF FOUR, THE DELTA FIVE, etc, coupled with MANCHESTER bands like, JOY DIVISION, THE BUZZCOCKS , MAGAZINE etc were playing more significant gigs in LONDON and the U.K. and, were attracting a lot of press attention for their gigs and records, and were building strong fan bases.

This was later followed in 1979 by TWO TONE, a mixture of SKA and PUNK, by bands such as THE SPECIALS and THE BEAT among others.

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