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band from the Manchester punk scene along with the Fall ,
Buzzcocks and Warsaw and containing ex members of
the Nosebleeds and Panik. Evolved from the early days of the
Electric Circus and definitely erred on the glam side of punk! Great single Speed
Freak / Nothing To Do / Thats It on
(Bent Records 1978). If you think the chorus in Nothing
To Do sounds naggingly familiar then play
I'm Mad by
Slaughter & The Dogs and see if there is a similarity
!!. The single is mega rare so pick up the 21 track
retrospective on Overground called simply enough
V2 but
which is excellent and well worth checking out. In the
sleeve notes it says..." On record they
rarely, if ever, achieved that which they could deliver
live....crashing through stages wearing frankenstein boots; attacking front rows with guitars hacked into
cricket bats; faking electric shocks to stop
riots...coming off stage covered from head to toe in gob,
beer, whatever "
I don't think they did a bad job on
record. V2 had a lot of good ideas and songs and I reckon
could have survived punk .Its a shame they split and
never got further. Check out Man
In The Box
and When The
World Isn't There
to see the possibilities.
Band: Jonathan E - Vocals. Rev PP
Smythe - Guitar.
Stan The Man - Bass. B'Dale - Drums.
Click to hear
audio clip of 'I'm Bored'
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