Archie The Leper Heavy Metal / Co. Down

Offfical Biography by Peter Manly…

ARCHIE THE LEPER was a NWOBHM band based in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland (1980-1984).
This song (‘Ecstacy’) was written by John Manley and Danny Trainor in 1980. As far as I know this is the only recording of ARCHIE THE LEPER.
There were other recordings, but those seem to have gone AWAL.

This version was recorded in 1983 (apologies for the quality) and featured the following line up:
      Gary McClure – Vocals 
      Danny Trainor – Guitar 
      Pete Manley – Bass 
      John Manley – Drums 

1984 lineup of ARCHIE THE LEPER is also featured in the photos that make up the “Ecstacy” Youtube clip. The members of that line up were as follows:
      Brendan Kelly – Vocals 
      Jim Taggert – Guitar 
      Ed Hodget – Guitar 
      Pete Manley – Bass 
      John Manley – Drums 

Also include are versions of other ARCHIE THE LEPER songs performed live and re-recorded by some of it’s members.

Pete Manley went on to form WHITE ROXX. John Manley and Ed Hodget joined JOKER. Brendan Kelly and Danny Trainor played with Suit2CU. Jim (Chris) Taggert went back to Canada, he was playing in an Alice Cooper tribute band, then Mama Kin an Aerosmith tribute band.