Geordie

Geordie are a British rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne, most notably active in the 1970s. With notable songs, "Don't Do That", "All Because Of You", "Can You Do It", "Electric Lady" and "Goodbye Love".
The original Geordie line-up (from February 1972) included: Vic Malcolm (lead guitar), Tom Hill (bass guitar), Brian Gibson (drums) and Brian Johnson (lead vocals, who would later join AC/DC). Their first single, "Don't Do That" broke into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart in December 1972. In March 1973, Geordie released their debut album, Hope You Like It on EMI label. Trying to compete with such British glam rock outfits as Slade and Sweet (Geordie supported the former on a UK tour, as well as the latter at a concert at the Rainbow Club, London in March 1973), they achieved UK Top 10 status with "All Because of You" (April 1973) and had a UK Top 20 hit with "Can You Do It" (July 1973).They also had several appearances on BBC Television including 15 appearances on Top of the Pops, one of which was in November 1972.
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==Links to Peel==
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In Singles Reviews, published in Sounds music paper on 18th August 1973, when Peel was reviewing 'Electric Lady', he was worried that the band were trying harder to sound like Slade:
"Now I just know that Geordie are good enough to survive on the strength of their own identity. Therefore it's worrying to observe the following quickly on the heels of the flop that itself followed on the heels of the hit, trying even harder to sound like Slade. Instrumentally I think they're superior - or perhaps it's just that Chas Chandler's work with Slate underplays their roles as musicians." 
It is not known whether Peel played any tracks from the group on his radio programmes, as many of the playlists from the early 70's on this site are not complete.
==Shows Played==
*None, according to available tracklistings on this site.
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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