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This is a colection of self-recorded demo versions plus a live* track recorded direct to cassette tape, of the various songs I've written over the last 34 years. The demos are all me and my trusty Zoom drum machine, with a little help from Cakewalk and a crazy metal guitar solo from Neil Mad Bad Macnab on Betrayer!
During this time I've been fortunate enough to work with a lot of very talented and inspiring musicians to whom I am very grateful for their endless patience with me and their wealth of musical knowledge that was so generously shared (esp. Simon aka Hillfish).
I was really chuffed that three of these songs made it onto PIG IRON's lock-down project album "Roc na Seann Sgoile", which was fianlly released in June 2022 - with some proper guitar work and real drums to acompany me. I'm hoping to do the same with the 2024 demos too.
The track Cut and Run is dedicated to the memory of Tim Smith (1961-2020) what with it being a shameless Cardiacs rip-off and all that.
PS (Pond Speak?) Kavus kindly explained to me how to do the widdly guitar tapping bit, so he must bear some irresponsibility!
Mind The Gap 1990-1991 (7-piece prog rock campus band featuring two drummers!)
Insomniacs 1991-1994 (4-piece electronic / rock band featuring three ex-members of Mind The Gap)
Quark 1992-1995 (4-piece instrumental prog rock band)
PIG IRON 1999-Date (3-piece classic metal covers band)
Do Not Panic! 2011-2018 (5-piece Hawkwind tribute band)
