V2 – Speed Freak - 7"
Bent Records – SMALL BENT ONE - 1978 - This is the rarer first pressing released in Black Vinyl
A1 Speed Freak
A2 Nothing To Do
B1 That's It
A 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 " - thanx to http://www.punk77.co.uk/
Band: Jonathan E - Vocals. Rev PP Smythe - Guitar.
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