The Defects has been played on NTS in shows including Barb Wire Halo w/ H0TF1RE, featured first on 10 December 2018. Songs played include Suspicious Minds.

It was way back in 1978, in Northern Ireland, that the DEFECTS first picked up guitars, playing covers of punk classics to their mates. The original line-up consisting of Buck(vocals), Dukie(guitar), Glenn(drums) and Geoff(bass). By 1980 Geoff had been replaced by Gary and with leathers, studs & bristles intact, the band were ready for their assault on the music biz.

The band recorded the obligatory demo tape, but the response from English records companies was zero. Enter Dennis MILLIGAN, a…