NervousBreakdown1982

Nervous Breakdown were from Penarth, South Wales. A small town near Cardiff known as rock'n'roll city. The band was started towards the end of 1980 with, Richard and Rob Minchin. Rockin' Wilb played bass. In the spring of 1981 the 'first' Nervous Breakdown was formed with the addition of The Bellhops drummer, Mark Tucker. The band gigged a lot around the UK, playing one nighters, all-dayers and weekenders. They also topped the bill at a few festivals in Europe and their first New Years Eve gig was in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1984 a new bass man Chris Georgealas and another guitarist/vocalist, Howard Coleman joined. After a good gig at the Cruise Inn, a disgruntled Rob left. In 1985 Richard left the band and was replaced b...