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The Nosebleeds Pt 2

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With Ed and Vini gone two new replacements are tried out - Local New York Dolls fanatic and regular letter writer to the NME Stephen Morrissey on vocals and Billy Duffy on guitar. They play a couple of gigs and include Morrissey's self penned songs such as I Get Nervous and (I think) I'm Ready For The Electric Chair. One gig was reviewed favourably the in NME before they call it a day. Billy Duffy then leaves to join the Studio Sweethearts comprised of one half of Slaughter & The Dogs. They make one single before splitting and the Dogs reforming in 1980.

Later of course Morrissey finds fame and fortune with those indie favourites The Smiths while Duffy will become beloved first of Goths with Southern Death Cult and then rockers everywhere with The Cult. Later on Toby played with a variety of bands including Primal Scream.

That should have been it but the story takes another twist. Ed reforms the band with only himself an original member. They play the Lyceum London as support to Penetration receiving a hail of beer cans etc and are bottled off stage. For Ed this is the low point in his career in the business. Yet he still managed his strangest release in late '78 the football song Kinnel Tommy,

"It was serious. It was a piece of history, the true story of a guy in Wythenshawe playing football."
Tosh Ryan on Kinnel Tommy (RC255)

When out of the blue comes a call to join	The irony was that 4 years later after two sets of friends had bands that shared a friendly rivalry Ed Banger ended up in Slaughter & The Dogs as singer when the Dogs reformed and Wayne split to France. Ed sang on the album Bite Back and the singles I'm The One and East Side Of Town before the bands once again imploded with Mike Rossi moving to New York.

And to finish off this piece here's a brief history by Ed sent me by email in 2000...I see you're a bit short on ed banger info. lead singer with the nosebleeds formly ed banger and the nosebleeds co wrote single aint bin to no music school. went solo shortly after split with nosebleeds .released solo single "kinnel tommy" in '78 wierd football song released on rabid and then emi international in'79. one off single on absurd record under name eddi fiction '79; joined slaughter and the dogs late in '79. released 2 singles "east side of town" and "i'm the one" and album "bite back" on djm records '80.

went solo again releasing single "ive just had my car nicked"\yer sponge\pc plod on own spiv records in 81, and poor people\vicars in the dark released on cloud nine records '83 .long break till releasing an album on clay records in '91 under the name of the "sound of the baskerville" featuring new material and songs from the nosebleeds, ed banger,and slaughter and the dogs. 2 live sessions were recorded that year with the bbc radio 5 show "hit the north" with mark radcliffe, featuring songs from this album . now rehearsing a new set with a new line up of ed banger and the nosebleeds for gigs and album later this year .i will keep you informed on their progress .
Ed Banger Jan 2000