Paul McCartney and Wings not get along well, adding to his upset with Wings. In April 1981, Laine announced he was leaving Wings, citing the lack of tour plans as the reason. While Laine's departure effectively ended the band, a spokesman for McCartney said that Wings still continued as an active concept. McCartney finally acknowledged the band no longer existed while promoting the release of "Tug of War" in 1982. Suzy and the Red Stripes was a pseudonym used by the group for the release of the Linda McCartney and Wings single "Seaside Woman" in 1977. It was the only release by Wings under
The Red Telephone (band) 2014 and the album was released in October 2014. The Red Telephone (band) The Red Telephone is a Boston-based atmospheric pop band active since 1995. The Red Telephone emerged from the Boston underground pop scene in the late 90’s. Weeks after the band’s first performance in early 1996, the quartet unexpectedly made it to the semifinal round of WBCN’s legendary Rumble, a nod which led to the release of a 7-inch single, “Maya,” on Arista subsidiary Time Bomb Records. By December, less than a year after their inception, The Red Telephone were signed to Warner Brothers Records. Their self-titled debut