Ed Banger (Edweena Banger) RIP

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

It’s mentioned in the Punk thread but (I feel) deserves its own thread.

Wythenshawe blue Eddie Garrity formed Wild Ram and then Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds with Vini Reilly in the band.
“Ain’t been to no music school” was the best known single but this song “Kinnel Tommy” appeared on a CD of City songs many years back.


Ed left The Nosebleeds and briefly fronted Wythenshawe’s Slaughter & The Dogs.

In recent times Ed became Edweena and still performed on stage.
RIP Ed / Edweena

 

[Paladin]

RIP Ed Banger. My old schoolmate Billy Duffy was also in The Nosebleeds for a short time.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

RIP Ed Banger. My old schoolmate Billy Duffy was also in The Nosebleeds for a short time.

Yes that was after Ed left the band, and Duffy recruited a certain Steven Morrissey from Stretford to front the Nosebleeds. They did 2 gigs before Duffy left to join Slaughter & The Dogs

 

[PinkFinal]

Yes that was after Ed left the band, and Duffy recruited a certain Steven Morrissey from Stretford to front the Nosebleeds. They did 2 gigs before Duffy left to join Slaughter & The Dogs

Yes and for some reason he's recently been denying it.

RIP

 

[Paladin]

Yes and for some reason he's recently been denying it.

RIP

Duffy or Morrissey?

 

[PinkFinal]

Duffy or Morrissey?

Morrissey

 

[PinkFinal]

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[Mad Eyed Screamer]

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Yeah he doesn’t deny being in a band with Duffy he just denies they were called the Nosebleeds. He claims they didn’t have a name and as they had a gig lined up and the other 2 members were in the Ed Banger version, that name went on the poster

 

[Paladin]

This is from Duffy's bio, on his own website:

"In 1977 he (Duffy) featured as guitarist in The Nosebleeds with future singer of The Smiths (Stephen) Morrissey, they only played two gigs after one of which Billy was asked to join a new band, Studio Sweethearts, which was being formed by Mick Rossi of Wythenshawe’s Slaughter and the Dogs."

You can appreciate how exact recollections might differ, almost half a century on.

 

[calumdown]

billy duffy posts on here.
why don't you just ask him.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

billy duffy posts on here.
why don't you just ask him.

Really?

 

[Paladin]

billy duffy posts on here.
why don't you just ask him.

What's his username?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

What's his username?

If he was a Liverpool fan and on RAWK, he’d be The Cult

 

[ballbag]

It’s mentioned in the Punk thread but (I feel) deserves its own thread.

Wythenshawe blue Eddie Garrity formed Wild Ram and then Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds with Vini Reilly in the band.
“Ain’t been to no music school” was the best known single but this song “Kinnel Tommy” appeared on a CD of City songs many years back.


Ed left The Nosebleeds and briefly fronted Wythenshawe’s Slaughter & The Dogs.

In recent times Ed became Edweena and still performed on stage.
RIP Ed / Edweena

Never heard this before, but I fucking love it!

 

[calumdown]

If he was a Liverpool fan and on RAWK, he’d be The Cult

he's city through and through.
lives back in manchester now.

 

[Barcon]

Still have my copy of “Ain’t been to no music school”.
I also still have my copy of "Cranked up really high" for that matter.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

he's city through and through.
lives back in manchester now.

I know!

 

[johnnytapia]

It’s mentioned in the Punk thread but (I feel) deserves its own thread.

Wythenshawe blue Eddie Garrity formed Wild Ram and then Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds with Vini Reilly in the band.
“Ain’t been to no music school” was the best known single but this song “Kinnel Tommy” appeared on a CD of City songs many years back.


Ed left The Nosebleeds and briefly fronted Wythenshawe’s Slaughter & The Dogs.

In recent times Ed became Edweena and still performed on stage.
RIP Ed / Edweena

Love that City CD. Mainly shite but couple pearlers, including:

 

[Kippaxpete]

he's city through and through.
lives back in manchester now.

Whoosh!

 

[stevemcgarry]

Having learned the news about Edweena's death and heard about the awful circumstances, over the next few days I found myself thinking a lot about my times with Ed Banger and The Nosebleeds. The friends I made, the compatriots we've lost along the way. I've written a piece that talks about designing the sleeve, being present at the recording session and all those colorful characters involved in that purple period at the start of punk in Manchester. As always, it's free to read on my Substack: https://bit.ly/3Cyn8lu