Geordie - No Sweat / Singles & Rariries (Reissue) (2005)

Geordie is a British rock band that formed in Newcastle, England in 1972 and played hard rock with elements of glam and blues rock.
In the early 1970s, guitarist Vic Malcolm (b. December 3, 1946) founded the group USA. In addition to him, bassist Tom Hill (born April 11, 1950) and drummer Brian Gibson (born March 6, 1951) entered there. In 1972, vocalist Brian Johnson (b. October 5, 1947) joined this band from Newcastle. A few months later, the team changed the sign to "Geordie" and, after moving to London, signed a contract with "Red Bus Records". Soon the debut single "Don't Do That" was released, which fell on the 32nd line of the British charts. The team was immediately noticed by the media and thanks to this, the producers of the group managed to attach their offspring to "EMI". At the same time "Geordie" made their first British tour in the company of "Mungo Jerry". After some time, the team bombarded the English charts with the bottom hole composition "All because of you", which took sixth place in them. After another one more hit, "Can You Do It" was released, also hit the top twenty. At the end of 1972, the debut longplay "Hope You Like It" was released. The style of this record could be described as heavy rock'n'roll. The greatest popularity of "Geordie" was achieved with the release of the second album "Don't Be Fooled By The Name". The disc, representing heavy rhythm and blues was much more interesting than its predecessor. But the most important hit of this program was the hard-rock treatment of the song "House Of The Rising Sun", which at one time was also performed by "Animals". Later released as a single, she also ended up in the British Top 20. "Geordie" tirelessly traveled around England and mainland Europe, exploiting her success, but the group's career was moving towards an end. The single "Wizard" somehow went unnoticed, and the attempt to publish the concept album "Save the world", with artwork rock, turned out to be doomed to failure. The team began to friction and in 1976, Brian Johnson left the team. Having signed a personal contract with "MCA", he, in the company of new musicians, published the album "Brian Johnson & Geordie", containing the processing of the songs "Geordie". This did not bring him much success, as did the release of the second solo album, "Strange Man". In April 1980, Johnson was officially announced as the new vocalist of "AC / DC" instead of Bon Scott and quickly became her integral component. A new surge of interest in the music of "Geordie" began in 1981, after the very first success of Johnson in the "AC / DC". "Red Bus" published a collection of the best things called "Geordie Featuring Brian Johnson". The very same sign "Geordie" after the collapse of the musicians tried to revive many times. The composition of these reanimated teams each time was different, but for a long time they did not hold on and quickly crumbled. One of the last such attempts was made by Johnson in 2001, when he used the name "Geordie" for a small tour of England with bassist Dave Robson, guitarist Deck Rutham and drummer Dave Whitaker.