The Nosebleeds' precursor Wild Ram formed around the nucleus of Edmund Garrity and Phillip "Toby" Toman, later of Primal Scream, (where he was known as Tomanov, instead of Toman), who got together informally to play Beatles covers and later heavy metal........................................ [edit] Ed Banger and The Nosebleeds........................................... On July 20, 1976 fellow Wythenshawe band Slaughter & The Dogs supported the Sex Pistols along with the Buzzcocks at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall.