Vice Squad

Created in Bristol, England, in 1978, Vice Squad surfaced from two local rings, Contingent and Television Brakes. The line-up originally comprised Beki Bondage (b. Rebecca Louise Relationship, 3 June 1963, Bristol, Britain; vocals) Dave Bateman (acoustic guitar) Tag Hambly (bass) and Shane Baldwin (drums). Their 1st EP Last Rockers premiered independently Riot City Information in 1980, and brought them some press within the every week music press paper Seems. Their EPs Resurrection and Out Of Reach had been distinctively melodic. Nevertheless, the debut recording No Trigger For Concern was unsatisfactory. After putting your signature on a agreement licensing the Riot Town label to EMI Information, for which they might can be found in for a good quantity of criticism from politically minded punk performers, these were rushed in to the studio room. Taking just three times, the finished item was hardly listenable. A lot more polish proceeded to go into the excellent Stand Solid Stand Proud, just six months later on. Despite Bondage’s progressively visible and naïve exploitation of her sex (she was voted ‘Punk’s Primary Minister’ within an absurd competition in Punk Lives! publication), EMI desired their success to transfer from your independent to nationwide chart. Bondage remaining amid some extent of acrimony, commenting: ‘It was very difficult. I’d wished to choose about a 12 months. I realised which i wasn’t performing anything. Looking back again, it appears a funny scenario. I joined once i was 15, others had been 17 and 18, and individuals were really nasty right away. I by no means liked them plus they by no means loved me.’ The singer formed the short-lived Ligotage and Beki AS WELL AS THE Bombshells, as the music group continued for a short while, recruiting a fresh woman singer called Lia and guitarist Tag Byrne. They released three superb singles and an recording, Shot Away, therefore. Bondage re-formed Vice Squad in 1998 with her ex-Bombshells partner Paul Rooney (acoustic guitar), with Michael Gianquinto (bass) and Tony Piper (drums) completing the line-up on return album GET YOURSELF A Existence. With Kev Taylor changing Piper on drums, Vice Squad provides continuing to tour and record frequently.