 An album was recorded, but was of no interest to major record labels.Next door to Dury's manager's office, however, was the newly formed Stiff Records, a perfect home for Dury's maverick style.The band was invited by Stiff to join the "Live Stiffs Tour", and the band Ian Dury and the Blockheads was born, with the name ostensibly taken from the song of the same name which portrayed a drunken Essex Untermensch stereotype