No Hot Ashes - Annexxe - Alliance
For quite some time now there has been speculation on
No Hot Ashes reforming to do a couple of gigs. Well,
that ain't happening (not yet anyway), so the next
best thing is a collaboration of a couple of ex-No
Hot Ashes members, and a couple of ex-Annexxe band
members !! Paul Boyd, David Irvine and Stevie
Campbell from No Hot Ashes and Eddie Currie, Brendan
McCloskey and Stevie Campbell from Annexxe (...hey
wait...Stevie!! You're such a tart!! ) got together
for a jam and a bit of a laugh. The result is
Alliance, a rock band dipping it's toes into the sea
of time, playing classic rock covers and some nearly
new tunes!
The guys have been loudly putting together a 40
minute set to perform at The Rosetta Bar, Cregagh, on
Friday 10th August as part of a charity event.
Unfortunately Davey Irvine is unable to make the gig
due to other committments but is gutted that he can't
be part of it. "I'm gutted not to be parted of it"
said Irvine...However, he is hoping to get some time
in the future when he can look forward to playing
with the rest of the guys.
Word has it the band are sounding really pretty good,
and thoroughly enjoying it, looking forward to
pulling shapes and rocking The Rosie. Be there on
Friday 10th August to bear witness. And come back
here to get a review of the gig and hopefully some
pics.
Snow Patrol - Belfast Odyssey - 21 December 2006
The band were in top form as you would expect them to be playing in front of their home crowd in Belfast. Snow Patrol have taken 12 years to get where they are and very well deserverd it is too, and jsut goes to prove that persistence is the name of the game in many cases.
My old mate Steve Strange, who was the drummer in our old band, Belfast based No Hot Ashes, organised the whole affair. Stevie has now worked the music industry for a some time and is a very well respected person in the music business dealing with acts such as Coldplay, Ash, Eminem and Snow Patrol among others.
Stevie rounded up some old rogues from the Belfast (and Scottish) Rock scene over the years, including Brian Waugh (Heavy Pettin), John 'Harve' Harbinson and guitarist Keith Harris (Stormzone), who were well pleased as their album has just been released in Japan (good luck guys), George Pringle (ex No Hot Ashes), Eddie Currie and Steve Campbell (Annexe) and the pics to prove it can be seen HERE.