Sweet savage

Sweet Savage from; Belfast Active October 1979 – 1983
Style; NWOBHM
Line up;
Vocals & Bass; Raymond Haller
Lead Guitar; Vivian Campbell
Lead Guitar; Trevor Fleming
Drums; David Bates

Sweet Savage began with a line-up of Trev Fleming and Vivian Campbell on guitars, David Bates on drums and Ray Haller on bass and vocals. The band gained a support slot for Thin Lizzy on their Renegade tour and supported acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Wishbone Ash and Motörhead. They supported Motorhead on both the 1980 & 1981 Irish tours.
In 1981 the band signed to Park Records and released their first single “Take No Prisoners” which was limited to 1000 copies this single included the song “Killing Time”. Trevor Fleming left the band some time after this single was released. A self-released demo known as Demo 81 was released at this time, which contained a BBC session of four songs.
In early 1983, guitarist Campbell accepted an offer to join Dio and subsequently left the band. Vivan would later join Whitesnake, Def Leppard.