UK FIRST PRESSING OF 7"
Totally Useless / Horror Stories No. 5
Catalogue Number - EJSP 9262
Label - Ellie Jay
Year Of Release - 1979
Quantity Pressed - 1000
UK SECOND PRESSING OF 7"
Totally Useless / Horror Stories No. 5
Catalogue Number - EJSP 9262 (MHG GHM 109)
Label - MHG Records
Year Of Release - 1979
Quantity Pressed - 1000
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Psykik Volts was my first original music band & we were inspired/influenced by
bands like The Clash,
Sex Pistols etc. .We were aged around 17/18 at the time of releasing our
self-financed single & it was our first time in the studio, hence some of the
rough & ready bits of the single (feedback, bum notes etc.). I think we probably
formed just the year before the single (1978). We considered ourselves more ‘new
wave’ than ‘punk’ at the time as the initial wave of punk bands had died down by
then. Our bass player, Nathan, designed the picture sleeve & we stuck them all
together ourselves! We lived in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire which is near Leeds, by
the way.
John
Peel played the single quite a lot on Radio 1, & it was subsequently repressed
on the MHG label after the initial 1000 copies had sold. I think they released
another 1000 (in plain white sleeves) but we never saw any money if I remember
correctly. The band got signed shortly afterwards to Graduate Records (UB40, The
Circles
etc.), who recorded 4 songs. They were "Wooden Heart", "Nervous Men Whistle",
"(Rise of the) Appliances" and one other that I can't remember, but sadly they
were never released!
Myself & drummer Mick Reed
then got signed to Rockburgh Records in 1980/81 & released a single called
“Wooden Heart” backed with "(Rise of the) Appliances" which were re-recorded
versions to the Psykik Volts versions and we changed our name to ‘Poptones’
(after the Public Image song). This got a few airplays but didn’t sell many
copies & once again we never got any money (boo hoo!).
I’ve had quite a few more singles released under various pseudonyms until my
last single in 1993 (Club
X “WAM RIP” cd ), & almost made it in the early 80’s with a duo called ‘The Toy
Shop’ (signed to Towerbell), while living in Sheffield. I now live in Perth,
Western Australia and am currently working on recording old Psykik Volts (now
‘Psychic Volts’) songs that never saw the light of day originally (project title
“Psychic Volts – Revolting”).
Paul Metcalf (aka Victor Vendetta) 26th October 2004
Victor Vendetta – Guitar / Vocals
Nathan Teen – Bass
M.J. Reed - Drums
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Thanks to Paul Metcalf & Ian from Damaged Goods
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