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  • Band of Georges: Leaving Me Here
    Leaving Me Here by George.
    From Volume III Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 18th May 1983.
    Recorded July 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    Leaving Me Here was performed by Wud.
    Ken could do over-the-top pretty well and did a good job of this song.
    The oddly jazzy instrumental break came in part from a guitar lesson George had.
    This lesson was his very first introduction to the phrygian mode.
    The original idea apparently came from a song by Barbara Streisand.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    5 min
  • Band of Georges: I Hate You
    I Hate You by George.
    From Volume II Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 20th January 1983, 5:02 to 5:27pm.
    Recorded June 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This is not a particularly serious song
    In fact, it is rather fun, in a typically teenage way.
    The sentiments within may be true, but this song is done as a parody or caricature.
    I Hate You is a punk song in the key of A.
    "I really cannot be dealing with your incessant mind-numbing foolishness any more, begone" is arguably not as good a title for a song.
    The guitar was the first thing laid down, in one take, with a little improvised solo.
    The vocal also was probably first take.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ii-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    3 min
  • Band of Georges: Hard Times (Flashback Part 2)
    Hard Times (Flashback Part 2) by George.
    From Volume III Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies / M. Greatorex.
    Lyrics by G. Davies / R. Holloway.
    Orignally composed 27th January 1983.
    Recorded July 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This is an art rock/hard rock song in A minor.
    There is a break where the chords are Dmaj7 and Fmaj7.
    Hard Times was part of the set of Wud and they would use it to close their set.
    It is the second part of Flashback, which had three parts.
    Richard helped with a few of the later lyrics and the bass part was influenced by what Marc used to play.
    There was a drummer who couldn't understand the beat of this song and sat looking embarrased and uncomfortable on his drumstool until the end.
    He was sacked after the show.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    5 min
  • Band of Georges: Four
    Four by George.
    From Volume II Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed circa 24th January 1983.
    Recorded June 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    Four is a song that was inspired by a dream that seemed to have four separate acts.
    It had rather a grand scope and several of George's friends seemed to love this song, despite its apparently nonsensical lyrics.
    In 1985 it became a part of Wud's repertoire.
    George had heard bands such as Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult and Black Sabbath perform a song where everyone but the guitarist left the stage and the guitar played some sort of solo.
    This was incorporated into this song, to represent the time and the upcoming change in feel following an event in described in the lyrics.
    The piano was recorded at a very low gain for reasons now unknown, unfortunately.
    There is something causing a massive hiss on the vocal mic, possibly a low battery in the Selmer Scintallation reverb unit.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ii-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    8 min
  • Band of Georges: Flashback (Part 3)
    Flashback (Part 3) by George.
    From Volume III Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Lyrics composed 21st and 24th September 1982.
    Music composed 13th April 1983.
    Recorded July 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    These were the original lyrics for the song Flashback.
    When George asked Simon to write some new lyrics for that song, Simon obliged.
    These lyrics were kept and when this music appeared they were applied.
    Thus it was that this became Flashback Part 3.
    Flashback Part 2 was another song, also called Hard Times.
    This song is in the key of E minor.
    The idea for the shouting might have come from Adam and the Ants.
    The rhythm guitar part that plays lots of single notes was played as close to the bridge as possible using the bridge pickup, for maximum brightness and treble.
    It was never performed by any band.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    9 min
  • Band of Georges: Loving You
    Loving You by George.
    From Volume III Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 24th April 1983.
    Recorded July 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    Loving You originally had three verses of lyrics as well as the chorus.
    The chorus remains, but the three verses were discarded due to being "too vomit-inducingly yucky".
    Instead the guitar plays the vocal melody.
    The song was shortened to a single instrumental verse.
    Loving You is in the key of C major.
    The guitar is played through an EHX Electric Mistress and Guyatone Analogue Delay.
    The lead guitar also has a Boss OC2 Octaver.
    The amplifier is a transistor, an HH 5-Channel PA, with reverb.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    2 min
  • Band of Georges: I Don't Care Now
    I Don't Care Now by George.
    From Volume II Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 21st January 1983, 9:15 to 10:30.
    Recorded June 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    As this song was being recorded it seemed to grow in stature from something that was pretty ordinary to something that was actually pretty good.
    It is a song of healing, fortitude and moving on.
    The key is E major.
    This was the very first time that George had recorded two-handed tapping.
    Several months previously a girl who George was deeply fond of had been forced to move hundreds of miles away due to a new parental job.
    When the advent of social media many years later allowed them to get in touch again, it turned out the young lady in question was also devastated by the sudden move.
    I Don't Care Now was never added to the repertoire of any band and remained a piece of personal therapy.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ii-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    7 min
  • Band of Georges: One Day
    One Day by George.
    From Volume II Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 18th January 1983.
    Recorded June 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    A funky song about a perfectly normal day.
    The day was ruined by the news that the family cat, Lucky, had been squashed by a lorry on the main road.
    This song is in the key of B minor.
    Both Nicodemus and the Ice Maiden can be heard playing rhythm guitar, one each side.
    This was George's first ever attempt at playing slap bass.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ii-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    7 min
  • Band of Georges: Shadows
    Shadows by George.
    From Volume III Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 26th January 1983.
    Recorded July 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This is a song in B minor.
    It has elements of jazz, funk, progressive rock and a sixties vibe somehow.
    The lead guitar is played on Nicodemus and the rhythm on the Ice Maiden.
    The bass is a driving force and a new riff introduces the instrumental section.
    This song was never taken on by any band.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    8 min
  • Band of Georges: That's No Way to Pay a Bodyguard
    That's No Way to Pay a Bodyguard by George.
    From Volume III Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 1st May 1983.
    Recorded July 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This is a song that became quite well known and popular.
    It was written after George had spent a day fooling around and trying things out in the music room of a friend of his Dad.
    There were some more lyrics about sheep and grass in the key change section before the choruses, but these were soon abandoned.
    Instead, the lead guitar plays what was the vocal melody in this places.
    This song was performed live many times, by Wud, Lemming Meringue and others.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    4 min

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