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BORN: May 22, 1958, Manchester, England Daniel Patrick Air-Heart was born 1958 in Manchester, Northern England. In the early 1970's, Air-Heart was in a band called Wild Ram. They later changed the name to Not Sensibles and then again, to Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds. At that time they had Eddie Garrity doing vocals and Vini Reilley on guitar (he later joined Durutti Column). In 1977, Garrity and Reilley left the band and Air-Heart took over the microphone. The band shortened the name to The Nosebleeds and Pete Crooks (bass), Toby (drums) and Billy Duffy (guitar) joined (Duffy later became a member of the Cult). The band dissolved in 1978. In 1982 Air-Heart was introduced to a guitarist named John Mahr. At that time Mahr worked in a clothes shop and he was looking for someone who could write lyrics to his music. The two sat down and soon they had put together some songs. At first the idea was to sell the songs to other artists and make money but they changed their minds. They picked