The Motorcycle Boy

Artist: The Motorcycle Boy

Song: Run Run Run (Originally by The Velvet Underground)

Album: Heaven & Hell - A Tribute To The Velvet Underground - Volume 1

THE MOTORCYCLE BOY: In 1987 Scottish band, Meat Whiplash recruited vocalist Alex Taylor from The Shop Assistants and changed their name to THE MOTORCYCLE BOY. They signed to Rough Trade releasing one single for that label before signing to Chrysalis releasing two singles and one album for that label. From Chrysalis they moved onto Nymphaea Pink releasing another couple of singles before calling it a day in 1990. The definitive line up was Alex Taylor, Paul McDermott, Michael Kerr, Eddy Connolly and David Scott. In 1989, Alex did some vocal work with the band, RIDE, the outcome was the Motorcycle Ride Cassette, cover versions of Blondie's Union City Blue and Atomic. The cassette was originally given away free at the 22/12/89 private party, where Ride played a set of (mainly) Blondie covers with Alex. In 1993 it was reissued as a semi-official bootleg 7" on Fierce Records.

Comments

9 years ago

Sabrina McDonnell

SO GOOD

10 years ago

BadDreamFancyDress

Wow - loved 'em, but never heard this before xxxx

12 years ago

boogiesteve100

This isn't just good - it's brilliant

13 years ago

Justen1980

it takes an obscure band to cover an obscure song from VU

14 years ago

Miki Loarte

Apenas saliio este tributo me lo pedi, de hecho esta es una de las canciones mas pajas del disco, Motorcycle Boy.. no conocia el grupo, despues indague mas, y de hecho es un grupazo!

14 years ago

Stefano Cordova

i like this cover!! nice job

14 years ago

Ali Whitwell

Can't believe I have not heard this band before. Superb.

15 years ago

jlee9000

Just when I thought I had tracked down all their records.... First time I ever heard this...thanks!

15 years ago

SilverPiller

this is great! actually

15 years ago

Gaffer96

Does anyone remember Echo and the Bunnymens version? This is superb though.

15 years ago

denitopoopy

I agree. Thanks from the USA. I may be the only one on this side of the Atlantic that knows who MB is and I think it's a shame they didn't get more attention.

15 years ago

fechner

i love the feeling of this video

15 years ago

prospectus

can someone add she comes. please!

15 years ago

guitarmanchiangmai

good to hear again, nice one, supported them with my brother in a band called "rich boy perfection" sometime in the 80's at chaplins in middlesboro,was a good night

16 years ago