Originally formed in Wythenshawe, Manchester in 1976 after Ed Garrity had worked as a roadie for fellow Wythenshawe band Slaughter & The Dogs, when supporting the Sex Pistols & Buzzcocks at the legendary Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall show on 20th July 1976. Due to crowd trouble Garrity and a friend were injured, someone said, “You’re a right bloody mob aren’t you? Headbanger here and him with a nosebleed”, hence the name Ed Banger And The Nosebleeds. The Nosebleeds single Ain’t Been To No Music School was a schoolboy anthem around Manchester in 1977, selling 10,000 copies. At the time the band featured future Primal Scream drummer Toby Tomanov. Ed Banger left in 1979, after which Morrissey (The Smiths) and Billy Duffy (The Cult) both famously passed thro...
