resulting in a toolkit of deft instrumental chops and tricked-out arrangements that operate on a level rarely found in guitar-pop

Versed in tradition

handling irony and iconoclasm as well as fuzz guitar and one finger Farfisa organ

and helped redefine what it meant to be in a band

V/A – Live At The Vortex LP Beats resulting in a toolkit ofThe compilation that started it all ! In October a series of bands have been recorded at the Vortex Club for a proposed live album along the lines of the first Live At the Roxy WC2 record. The record featured the Maniacs, Suspects, Wasps, Neo, Art Attacks, Bernie Torme and Mean Street who were all regular players at the Vortex and Roxy. Released in 1977 right after the punk rock breakdown the compilation made way for a revolutionary statement