The Defects reformed again in 2010 and played various punk festivals. Added to the lineup were Roy McAllister and Aidy “Fudge” Dunlop (replacing Duke and Smith). In 2012, they toured Australia , followed by appearances at the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Since…
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Murdock revived the Defects name in 1996 for a one-off performance at a punk festival at the Bath Pavilion, which was filmed and released on video by Barn End Video as Live at the Pavilion 12.10.96 . He later started the punk and ska covers band Doghouse.
With Curd looking for ways to gain crossover success for the bands on his label, he persuaded the Defects to record a cover version of Elvis Presley ‘s ” Suspicious Minds ” with producer Ray Shulman on keyboards. The single’s release in early 1984 coincided with the decline in popularity…
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A second single, “Survival”, was issued in 1982, reaching No. 8 in the UK Indie Chart . The band released their debut album, Defective Breakdown , in 1982. Christopher Owens (writing for The Pensive Quill) describes the album as one “…that epitomises the sound of (what we now call) UK82…
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After playing some gigs locally Gary Smith replaced Jeff Gilmore on bass and they recorded their first demo, at Downtown Studios, Newtownards, but when this failed to gain them a record deal, they started their own Casualty Records label and issued their debut 7″, “Dance (Until You Drop)”. The three-song…
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The band formed in 1978 with a lineup of Ian “Buck” Murdock (vocals), Marcus “Dukie” Duke (guitar), Greg Fenton (bass) and Glenn Kingsmore (drums). (Fenton was soon replaced by Jeff Gilmore.)