The Best of the Boomtown Rats features 19 of The Boomtown Rats greatest hits. A DVD is also available The Best of the Boomtown Rats features 19 of The Boomtown Rats greatest hits. A DVD is also available false 2023-07-15 16:39:41 Best of The Boomtown Rats 2003 2003-10-20 2003-10-20 48 New Wave Pop Rock Punk Rock 119774 2199570 7d94301e-ef4c-481e-92c0-7b5ff8d8fd90 47aa3e97-f623-4472-8e54-da886c6a6e20 1e56784f-79b7-36f1-a4b8-96c2c1b73852 /media/data/media4/Music/The Boomtown Rats/Best of The Boomtown Rats (2003)/folder.jpg The Boomtown Rats AlbumArtist The Boomtown Rats Artist The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats 1 She’s So Modern 02:59 2 Mary of the 4th Form 03:47 3 Rat Trap 04:55 4 Lookin’ After No. 1 03:07 6 Someone’s Looking at You 04:24 7 Joey’s on the Streets Again 05:28 8 Banana Republic 03:23 10 I Don’t Like Mondays 04:17 11 Like Clockwork 03:42 14 Never in a Million Years 03:50 15 Diamond Smiles 03:51 18 The Elephants Graveyard 03:44 The Boomtown Rats are an Irish new wave band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. Between 1977 and 1985, they had a series of Irish and UK hits including "Like Clockwork", "Rat Trap", "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Banana Republic". The original line-up comprised six musicians; five from Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin; Gerry Cott (rhythm guitar), Simon Crowe (drums), Johnnie Fingers (keyboards), Bob Geldof (vocals) and Garry Roberts (lead guitar), plus Fingers' cousin Pete Briquette (bass). The Boomtown Rats broke up in 1986, but reformed in 2013, without Fingers or Cott. Garry Roberts died in 2022. The band's fame and notability have been overshadowed by the charity work of frontman Bob Geldof, a former journalist with the New Musical Express.