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Born in Buffalo, lives in San Francisco. Founding member of the Nerves, and Plimsouls. 16 solo albums, latest Dr Moan on Sunset Blvd Records.
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24 Jul 2016
Win a Best Collection TEST PRESSING! Record a video with the trending audio of the nerves hanging on the telephone and add hashtag #thenerveshangingonthetelephone throughout the month of November and you’ll be entered to win!
12 Nov 2026
On this day, October 30th, in 1978: Blondie and Chrysalis Records released the “Hanging on the Telephone” single, b/w “Fade Away and Radiate” (US) and “Will Anything Happen?” (UK).
Jack Lee was waiting for the phone company to pull the plug. Years later he told Mojo that they were going to cut off “our electricity at six o’clock – the phone too.” Then the phone rang. It was Debbie Harry, asking if Blondie could record one of his songs.
Jeffrey Lee Pierce of the Gun Club had put the Nerves’ track on a tape. Debbie: “We were playing it in the back of a taxicab in Tokyo, and the taxicab driver started tapping his hand on the steering wheel. When we came back to the US, we found that the Nerves weren’t together anymore and we said, ‘Gee, we should record this.’”
Producer Mike Chapman, on Debbie’s phrasing: “I found myself accepting things from her that I never would have accepted from anyone else.” He thought one lyric was “the dumbest” he’d ever heard, then decided it was “brilliant.” The British phone ring at the start was his idea too. The band thought it was gimmicky. Chris Stein said Chapman put them through something “like body-building.”
Paul Collins of the Nerves still remembers Jack playing him the song when he joined: he played along “on a phone book.”
It reached number 5 in the UK, and *Parallel Lines* hit number one. Peter Case called it “mind-boggling.” Jack Lee never lost his sense of humour about it: “Even people who hated me – and there were plenty – had to admit it was great.”
Today’s original version: The Nerves!
#Blondie #HangingOnTheTelephone #ParallelLines #DebbieHarry #TheNerves JackLee ChrisStein ClemBurke MikeChapman JeffreyLeePierce GunClub PowerPop NewWave OTD
31 Oct 2026
Nerves Best Collection as seen today !in San Francisco at Amoeba in the Staff Picks
28 Oct 2026
The Nerves were an American power pop trio, formed in San Francisco in 1974 and later based in Los Angeles, featuring guitarist Jack Lee, bassist Peter Case, and drummer Paul Collins. All three members composed songs and sang.
Although The Nerves only lasted a short time they managed to self release one legendary 4 song EP in 1976 distributed by Bomp! Records that included 2 Jack Lee songs: “Hanging On The Telephone” and “Give Me Some Time,” 1 Peter Case song: “When You Find Out,” and 1 Paul Collins song: “Working Too Hard,” and play many shows up and down the west coast and to tour the US and Canada including some support slots with the Ramones.
The Nerves went on to become one of the most influential of the new wave of power pop that started popping up in the late 70s and is still popping up today with young groups like The Lemon Twigs, Sharp Pins and Mod Lang.
Oh yeah, let’s not forget that little cover of “Hanging On The Telephone” that made some waves (and continues to make waves) after the president of the West Coast chapter of the Blondie Fan Club, Gun Club’s Jeffery Lee Pierce, handed a dubbed cassette copy of the EP over to Debbie and Chris back in 1978.
27 Oct 2026
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25 Oct 2026
The Nerves double album set on Third Man Records is out TODAY!
I’m wrapping up the solo MY LIFE TO LIVE TOUR tonight in Colorado Springs, and tomorrow night, Saturday. October 24, in Denver at SWALLOW HILL.
Tickets links and info in bio petercase.com/gigs.
Come on out! And dig the Nerves all platforms!!!
23 Oct 2026
Tomorrow Oct 23 Colorado Springs
Saturday October 24 Swallow Hill, Denver
Ticket links in bio petercase.com/gigs
And that’s gonna be it for the My Life To Live Tour.
BTW, The Nerves two-record set is released today on Third Man Records! 50th Anniversary Best Collection.
22 Oct 2026
On Tuesday night, the Center For Recorded Music welcomed Peter Case as we celebrated the upcoming release of ‘The Nerves – Best Collection,’ the definitive album capturing the work of the Nerves.
Peter and I chatted through his history and evolution as an artist and songwriter…and we had the privilege of listening to Peter’s test pressing of the new album.
‘The Nerves – Best Collection’ is out on Friday. Don’t miss it!
21 Oct 2026
Sold Out Tonight in Fort Worth at the Post!! Tomorrow night October 18 in Tulsa at the Lowdown!
17 Oct 2026
Tonight at the Bugle Boy in La Grange. That was the name of my pal and mentor Mike Wilhelm’s band in SF 1973.
16 Oct 2026
Houston! Show Tonight October 15!
15 Oct 2026
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