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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 35+ 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 finally released in June 2022 - with some proper guitar work and real drums to acompany me. I'm hoping to do the same with the 2024/25 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)
