Blind Pew is a four-piece Scottish band formed in Largs in 2003. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Largs is a Town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about 33 miles (53 km from Glasgow. The band combines Andy McGregor (lead vocals/keyboard), Paul McGranaghan (guitar/vocals), Stu McIntosh (bass/vocals) and Del Lamont (drums) who in their own words "rocked their way free of small town life". The four met in high school and have been playing together ever since.
Blind Pew have recently been signed to A-List Records in London
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Blind Pew are now mainly based in Glasgow and have been met with enthusiasm by critics and crowds alike. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom There first release the "You're Claimed! EP" has also proved popular and air-time on BBC Radio Scotland and XFM Scotland have helped raise the band's profile. XFM Scotland is a regional Radio station broadcasting to Scotland 's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow The band is currently not signed but released its EP under its own record label Smokey Bear Records. After the release of there EP Blind Pew were featured as "Artist of the Week" on Karma Download and were invited to play a number of high profile gigs including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. They also supported numerous other band including The Subways, Littl'ans and The Hazey Janes. The Subways are an English Alternative rock band Their debut album Young For Eternity, was released on 4 July, 2005
Songs & Styling
Blind Pew songwriting duties are shared by Singer Andrew McGregor and Guitarist Paul McGranaghan. The band is well known for is dark humour, with songs such as "I Just Ran Over My Girlfriend". The band also has quite as diverse range of songs ranging form the rocky "Devil In I" to the softer "Memories For Show".
The band's styling is like that of meanly Scottish Indi band notably Franz Ferdinand. Franz Ferdinand is a rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001 They also express concern on there website that a record company will "try and enlist us into the skinny-tie brigade. " They describe themselves on there website as "the skinny one, the long-haired one, the scary one and the drummer"
Discography
References
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