NWOBHM band formed in May 1997 by Tracey Abbott and Neil Streets, joined by Ian Hamilton and Paul Garner.

Overdrive's most notable release was the 1980 EP 'On The Run/Nightmare/Stonehenge'. The band split in 1987, reforming in 1988 and then again in 2004.

Guitarist Tracey Abbott and bassist Ian Hamilton are the band's only remaining founder members.