The Motorcycle Boy - Run Run Run (The Velvet Underground)

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.

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Velvet
• Underground
• Lou
• Reed
• Andy
• Warhol
• Shop
• Assistants
• Meat
• Whiplash
• shoegaze
• creation
• RIDE
• MBV
• Jesus
• Mary
• Chain
• 80s

[boogiesteve100]

This isn't just good - it's brilliant

[Justen1980]

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

[TheArianaAlicia]

wow this is really goood.

[littlenem]

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!

[imgoing2hellcom]

i like this cover!! nice job

[aliwhitwell]

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

[jlee9000]

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

[SilverPiller]

this is great! actually

[RiceRokitOFFICIAL]

There was actually another band with the same name around the same period--in Hollywood, CA.

Motorcycle Boy were local heroes at The Whiskey A-Go-Go's (packed to the gills) free Monday 'No Bozo Jams.'

Other notable late 80's LA contemporaries: Celebrity Skin, The Nymphs, Electric Love Hogs (now Goldfinger), and Pygmy Love Circus.

Just a bit o' West Coast trivia for y'all...

Booyaka!!!

[Gaffer96]

Does anyone remember Echo and the Bunnymens version?

This is superb though.