Artist description What the American press would call "Soccer Hooligans".

Music Style Alternative (with pop, rock and techno flavours)

Musical Influences Football and violence (and we don't mean American football)

Similar Artists One fan described them as "Oasis meets the Ramones"

Artist History Malevolently formed three years ago, UK based SPEEDWAY release their first single independently. The song is about the only topics they understand – football and violence. The resultant furor (local councils ban them from gigging) sets their budding career back years. Somehow, both Melody Maker and NME raved about the song calling it “viciously articulate” and “addictively twisted” (perhaps a more apt description of the thousands who came to their underground shows). With nowhere to go but up or the U.S., the band cashes the last of their dole checks and lucks into a gig at CBGB’s. Their frightening performance leads to producer Godfrey Diamond and then to a world-wide big bucks deal at Atlantic / Lava Records. In a move typical of the American music industry, SPEEDWAY is tossed by the major and lands on the door steps of SoCal Records. Banned from the English towns where they once played and with but a small rabid fan base, their future is in your hands.

Group Members Paul Wells - Vocals, Electric Guitars Eddie Auffray - Electric Guitars Andrew Gorgan - Bass Guitars Sean McLusky - Drums and Percussion

Instruments Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, and Drums

Albums Available everywhere on SoCal Records

Press Reviews "Viciously articulate...addictively twisted pop, drenched with the all-too-rare dynamism of bile. There's a tooled-up hedonistic vigour to them that sets them apart from most of their peers." Paul Mathur - Melody Maker

Additional Info Produced by Godfrey Diamond

Location London - United Kingdom

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