Formed as kids in 1982 by Keef and Tez in a childrens home. Tez wanted to be the drummer and Keef the guitarist song writer, so with no experience Criminal Damage was born. Two other members then joined “Tony Spud Murphy (Bass) and Chris Cotton (Vocals)” from a band called Noisz. Tez and Keef were about 14/15 years of age and still at school where “Tony and Chris” were 16 years old but we all thought we were tough guys LOL…

The local orphanage gave us their garage to practice in and so we started writing material. Back in them days everyone was in a band whether you could play or not, we had about 8 songs:

Then we started getting local gigs and some supporting the UK Subs, Partisans, Uproar, Toxic Waste and many other bands.