Ed Banger and The Nosebleeds
On 20 July 1976 fellow Wythenshawe band Slaughter & The Dogs supported the Sex Pistols along with the Buzzcocks at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall. The Sex Pistols were returning to the Hall after a legendary 4 June concert that served as a catalyst for Manchester's fledgling music scene.
Eddie Garrity worked the 20 July gig as a roadie for Slaughter & the Dogs. When the crowd became violent and he and a friend were injured, someone said, "You're a right bloody mob aren't you? Headbanger here and him with a nosebleed", inspiring Wild Ram's transformation into Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds.
Vini Reilly, later of The Durutti Column played guitar, Garrity (Ed Banger) sang, Tomanov (Toby) played drums and Peter Crookes played bass.
The newly-christened group changed their image and sound to concord with the punk movement and released the single "I Ain't Been to No Music School"/"Fascist Pigs" on Rabid Records. It sold 10,000 copies but failed to launch the band to success (possibly due to management issues).
At The Roxy in London the band played the same two songs over and over. "The audience went absolutely berserk", Reilly said, "and consequently we were asked to play again and again, because that was what was required."
The band began to argue over money and shortly thereafter, Garrity and Reilly left the band.
Read more about this topic: The Nosebleeds, Biography