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The Rich Kids were a short-lived, much-hyped rock and roll band from London in the late 1970s.

They were formed by Glen Matlock (vocals / bass guitar) after he left the Sex Pistols, and fronted by Glaswegian Midge Ure (vocals / guitars / keyboards) (formerly of Slik). Rusty Egan (drums) and Steve New (vocals / guitars), briefly second guitarist for the Sex Pistols and later PiL, completed the line-up.^[1] An earlier and very brief incarnation of the band (summer 1977), featured Mick Jones (guitars) of The Clash.^{[citation needed]}

The Rich Kids were amongst the foremost British exponents of the power pop style, blending influences from 1960s acts such as The Small Faces and The Who with more recent punk rock sounds. They put out one album, Ghosts Of Princes In Towers (produced by Mick Ronson), and three singles during their existence, from March 1977 to December 1978 (although the official announcement of their disbanding was not made until mid 1979). At their Lyceum show in spring 1978 Ronson played guitar and Ian McLagan (ex-Faces) played keyboards.

Matlock and New went on to tour with Iggy Pop; while Egan and Ure collaborated in The Misfits (not the Glenn Danzig band) and, after short spells with The Skids and Thin Lizzy, respectively, reunited in Visage.^[1] In April 1979, Ure joined Ultravox.^[1]

all EMI

• "Rich Kids" b-side "Empty Words" - January 1978 #24^[1]
• "Marching Men" b/side "Here Come the Nice" (live) - March 1978
• "Ghosts of Princes in Towers" b/side "Only Arsenic" - August 1978

• Ghosts Of Princes In Towers - August 1978 #51^[1]

Track Listing:

1. "Strange One"
2. "Hung On You"
3. "Ghosts Of Princes In Towers"
4. "Cheap Emotions"
5. "Marching Men"
6. "Put You In The Picture"
7. "Young Girls"
8. "Bullet Proof Lover"
9. "Rich Kids"
10. "Lovers and Fools"
11. "Burning Sounds"

• Best of The Rich Kids - 2003

Track listing:

1. "Strange One"
2. "Hung On You"
3. "Ghosts Of Princes In Towers"
4. "Cheap Emotions"
5. "Marching Men"
6. "Put You In The Picture"
7. "Young Girls"
8. "Bullet Proof Lover"
9. "Rich Kids"
10. "Lovers and Fools"
11. "Burning Sounds"
12. "Empty Words"
13. "Here Comes The Nice" (live)
14. "Only Arsenic"
15. "No Lip" (bonus track)
16. "Move, The" (bonus track)
17. "Shape Of Things To Come" (bonus track)
18. "King" (bonus track)
19. "Precious" (bonus track)
20. "Just Like Lazarus" (bonus track)
21. "Ambition" (bonus track)
22. "Twisted" (bonus track)
23. "Tomorrow's Zero" (bonus track)