Nor can many claim that they are still touring profusely across Britain, Europe and North America.
This success story was born at South Normanton Miners Welfare in 1980, with the punk band Resistance 77.
Bass guitarist Kieron Egan explains: "For the first six months we were called Anti-Heroes, but changed our name due to many other bands using the 'anti' tag.
"By about 1981, punk was out of favour musically, but we still wanted the 1977 punk sound so we resisted and changed the name to Resistance 77."
Over the years, band members have changed, but two members, frontman Ian 'Oddy' Hodson and bassist Kieron Egan have remained the same.
Recalling their first gig at South Normanton Miners Welfare, Oddy adds: "There was a packed audience, bottles and glasses got broken and we got banned from the venue, from which we later wrote a song 'Banned from the Welfare'.
Since this, the band has gone on to produce four studio albums, with their latest release, Songs from a Nanny State, being dubbed as one of their best.
The band has always loved playing live. Kieron said: "We have 28 songs ready before a gig and we choose the set-list just before we play, after we know what type of audience we have."
It's their energetic live gigs that has also attracted their most famous fan, former England footballer Stuart Pearce.
Kieron added: "When Stuart Pearce first came to play at Nottingham Forest he mentioned he was into punk music, so I sent him a copy of our album, which he liked and he has been a fan ever since.
"He's been to see us live on numerous occasions and once when Stuart was playing at West Ham, he went straight from a game to see us perform in Hounslow."

The band's current line up:
Ian 'Oddy' Hodson – vocals
Kieron Egan – bass/vocals
Ellis Waring – guitar
Stuart Meadows – drums

Local gigs
For details on all upcoming gigs and album releases visit Resistance77

Review (by Stephen Sinfield)
Songs for a Nanny State / My England

My first taste of Resistance 77 came a few years ago with their DVD single My England.
What the DVD proved to me was that the band is very fond of its roots, as the majority of the video is filmed in South Normanton.
My England is a powerful song which brings together all of the on-going problems with society in the 21st Century. Lyrics about law and order are cleverly intermingled with snapshots of newspaper cuttings on murders and unruly teenagers.
Keeping the lyrics local and cleverly reinforced with video shots, Ian 'Oddy' Hodson sings: "As I return to my home town, the shops are all boarded up."
The DVD makes the listener ask the same questions as the song's chorus: "What are you doing to my country? This is my home. What are you doing to my England? My green and pleasant land"
Launched in late 2006, the band's latest album, Songs for a Nanny State, sings from a similar hymn sheet.
The opening track 'Our Street', heavily laced with a strong opening drum solo and clever guitar trills, basically recalls how our streets were safer in the past.
Powerful lyrics relating back to past times include: "The kids could play all day, stay out 'til late, you didn't have to worry about them gone all this time."
Another personal favourite from the album is 'On the Wagon'. The track is a change of style from the other hits on the album.
This song tells the story of a beer loving singleton falling off the wagon and battling with alcohol addiction. (My life has passed me by in an alcoholic gaze, you're never going to see me with a bottle again).
Until the twist at the end of the song, where he is back on the wagon and back out with his mates for a sneaky pint. (I've always been a drinker – the bottle is my friend).
I have yet to experience Resistance 77 live, but if their 2005 DVD release You Can't Fool Me is anything to go by, the band are loud and energetic.
Filmed at Stone Pony in New Jersey, at the Antifest in the Czech Republic and Tampere in Finland, the band battle through some of their tracks in full spirit.
Judging by Oddy's full-throttle approach on stage, it's ever wonder he lists weight lifting, sports and keep-fit as his hobbies.