DERVISH
Some Monsterism
LP O.P.M. Records (2001) OPMR 1007
1. Warlords (1981)
2. Hold On (1982)
3. Cyclone (1981)
4. Dervish (1980)
5. Nightstalker (1981)
6. Angels One-Five 1982)
7. Sacrifice (1981)
8. False Heaven (1982)
9. Speeding Fine (1981)
10. The Mover (1980)
11. Back From The Grave (1980)
*The year in brackets is the recording year.
Line Up
Dave Montgomery (v)
Brian Matthews (g)
Gavin Matthews (b)
Neil Turnbull (d)
According to bassist Gavin Matthews, Dervish had a few more songs which were never recorded on tape: A few, however, namely ‘The Journey’ and ‘Break In’, WERE recorded in 1980. Unfortunately the tapes got damaged and thus are lost forever.
NWOBHM band from Kent. Some pretty good stuff here, namely Nightstalker, Cyclone and the instrumental Speeding Fine. The cover of the album features a very drunk guy at a Reading Festival back in the early 1980s. According to bassist Gavin Matthews he (the guys name was Stuart) came to the Reading festival with some mates of ours. He was a cider-based life-form who slept in his own piss for three days. We thought he should be immortalised. Not seen him before or since; he's probably a bank manager! The moral of the story - be careful when and where you pass out!