Mary Elizabeth Inman Monday (2 May 1945 - 30 April 1988) was an American punk singer, who released one single, 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie / Popgun', in 1977. Her backing group were called The Bitches. She had lived in Alaska for the last six years of her life. [1] Very little information is on the internet about her life and it is not known what she died of.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played both sides of Mary Monday and her group's only release many times on his shows. After his death, it was found that he had a copy of her single in his record box.
Shows Played[]
- 1978
- 10 August 1978: I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie (7") Malicious Productions
- 11 August 1978: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 21 August 1978: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 29 August 1978: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 19 September 1978: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions (JP: “Seems to be a bit of a shortage of good rowdy records like that these days. A little less guitar and a little bit more of Monday, Mary Monday, would have satisfied me, but there you are. A great record I think.”)
- 04 October 1978: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions (JP: "And that's a very wonderful record I think.")
- 10 November 1978: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 05 December 1979: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 1980
- 29 April 1980: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 02 September 1980: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 1982
- 18 January 1982: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 1988
- 28 November 1988: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 1994
- 08 October 1994: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 2001
- 02 January 2001: 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Ricky' Compilation CD: HEAR This) Sub City
- 02 January 2001: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
- 07 January 2001 (BFBS): 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie (Compilation CD-H.E.A.R. This)' (Sub City) (JP: 'She always sounded to me like something out of a John Waters film...when I was listening to that, I thought, yeah I remember playing that on the radio, certainly remember playing it on BFBS, but then I thought to meself, wasn't it the other side that was the track that used to get played most frequently? I went to get the record and indeed it was.')
- 07 January 2001 (BFBS): Popgun (7"-I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie)' (Malicious Productions)