No Sweat was a three piece band formed in 1978 by Ballymoney born Clive Culbertson. The band also featured Clive’s brother Adrian on guitar and Paddy Scanlon on drums, with Clive on bass and vocal duties. Clive, an accomplished musician, had previously played in a succession of Irish showbands before moving to London in 1971 and forming a band called Maybe. However, when this band folded in 1975, Clive returned to Northern Ireland where he worked with a pop / rock band called Fantasy. They played the local pub and club circuit up until late 1977 when Clive joined local Showband Candy. Interesting, Candy’s guitarist at the time, Dennis Forbes, would later record with No Sweat on their one and only single, although be never joined the band. Denis was also guitarist with Pretty Boy Floyd And The Gems. Candy’s drummer, Rickey Bleakley would also feature in Clive’s next band, The Sweat!

No Sweat were essentially formed to have some fun on the local circuit playing original punk tunes with the odd cover version thrown in to stretch out their live set. They built up a sizeable local following in the late 70's, playing at venues all over the country. Their brand of lively power-pop appealing to a much wider audience than that of the numerous Punk bands vying for attention at the same time. No Sweat signed to Rip-Off Records later in 1978, with whom they released the excellent ‘Start All Over Again” c/w ‘You Should Be So Lucky’ single. The band also appeared on the Rip off Records compilation album and single “Belfast Rock”. However, despite good press reviews and a lot of air play, the single failed to trouble the charts and the band subsequently fizzled out.

Clive went on to record solo material for Rip Off Records in 1979 and form The Sweat in 1980. Details of these projects are detailed elsewhere on this web site.

In 2007 Japanese label 1977 Records brought out a vinyl album and CD containing all of the Sweat’s recorded material which included the No Sweat two track single released on Rip Off Records as part of the bonus material. It also featured the previously unreleased No Sweat track “Let Your Love Shine On”.