Speedometors

direct of the original reel to reel master tape these recently unearthed and thought to be lost in time EARLY recordings by this old London based band THE SPEEDOMETORS. These 1977 recordings PRE-DATE any releases and helped the band to secure a recording contract. Shortly after this recording guitarist Ian "Toose" Taylor joined the band. The band became increasingly busy gigging at all the usual Punk watering holes such as the Marquee, Speakeasy , Hope & Anchor, Vortex, Rock Garden, Music Machine and Dingwalls etc. They also supported a range of bands - amongst which Motorhead, Sham 69 and Ultravox. They played wherever and with whoever they could - even supporting newly signed Polydor band, Dire Straits, at the Nashville in West London. Though they did manage to get banned from the Roxy after Gellor allegedly mooned at a visiting Canadian TV News team. Things got a little more violent when they supported Sham 69 at the now notorious LSE gig. The gig saw a clash between Millwall and West Ham fans and the resultant damage got Sham banned from all London venues!