▁W emble y ▁Arena ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁ ▁History ▁Marse ille ▁formed ▁in ▁Liverpool ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁and ▁released ▁their ▁debut ▁album , ▁Red , ▁White ▁and ▁S light ly ▁Blue ▁on ▁the ▁Mountain ▁Records ▁label ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁Original ▁members ▁were ▁Paul ▁D ale ▁( v oc als ), ▁Neil ▁Buch an an ▁( gu itar ), ▁Andy ▁Char ters ▁( second ▁guitar ), ▁Keith ▁Know les ▁( d rum s ) ▁and ▁Steve ▁Din wood ie ▁( b ass ). ▁Marse ille ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁band ▁to ▁win ▁" UK ▁Battle ▁of ▁the ▁B ands " ▁with ▁the ▁final s ▁jud ged ▁by ▁Brian ▁May ▁and ▁Roger ▁Taylor ▁of ▁Queen ▁at ▁W emble y ▁Arena ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁ ▁Marse ille ▁gathered ▁a ▁small ▁fan ▁base ▁while ▁prom oting ▁their ▁first ▁album ▁as ▁support ▁for ▁other ▁groups ▁such ▁as ▁Jud as ▁Pri est , ▁Naz are th , ▁Wh ites nake ▁and ▁U FO . ▁Keith ▁Know les ▁- ▁ 4 ▁years ▁ago ▁stated ▁on ▁You ▁T ube , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁on ▁there ▁- ▁" I ▁was ▁the ▁drum mer ▁on ▁all ▁albums ▁and ▁an ▁original ▁member ▁of ▁Marse ille . ▁We ▁took ▁the ▁name ▁because ▁' Mar se ille ' ▁was ▁a ▁French ▁rough ▁se ap ort ▁like ▁Liverpool ▁and ▁to ▁be ▁honest ▁we ▁were ▁struggling ▁to ▁rename ▁ourselves ▁as ▁we ▁were ▁originally ▁called ▁AC / DC