Inverness Local Bands

Interview with Adrian Telfer

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The café at the Greenhouse in Dingwall offers a relaxed easy-going atmosphere making it an ideal place for iGiGs to have a quick chat with Black Isle musician Adrian Telfer… iGiGs- Can you tell us a little about your background, Adrian? Adrian- I was born in Northampton into a military family, moving every 2.5 years between Northampton and Berlin. I didn’t learn much German, but we did go on a school outing to East Berlin, right through Checkpoint Charlie. About that time, I was 11 or 12, my Dad gave me a nylon string guitar that he had bought in … Read more

6th Ironworks Summer Showcase – Review

2011, Reviews, summer showcase

Little bit of happiness

The Side Announce Farewell Gig

Inverness Local Bands

Following the surprising announcement of The Side splitting up earlier this week, details of their final gig have been announced. Friday the 30th of September, will see the guys take to the stage for the last time at the Ironworks. The Side have of course played the Ironworks on numerous occasions with the last being the Simple Minds after show party. Tickets are priced at the very reasonable £3 and are available via here

The Side announce The End

Inverness Local Bands

The Side have announced that they are splitting up. The following statement was posted on their facebook page: Hello Everyone…after a lot of thought…we’re afraid to say that we’re Officially Splitting Up :( We can’t thank you all enough for all your support over the years, we’ve had some amazing times!! But it’s now sadly the end of the road for us. We’ll hopefully see some of you at B Fest on Sat and we will def be having a final farewell gig very soon xxxx The Side have had some fantastic opportunities and gigs but it is a frustrating … Read more

Rhythmnreel Monthly – July

Inverness Local Bands

Hi boys and girls So now we have had July and what a month it has been for us. Summer is just about our busiest time what with the festival season and the gala dances all round the Highlands. Since I last wrote we have had a couple of riotous gigs at Kinlochbervie Games and Applecross Games – what a great bunch of (crazy) punters at these gigs. There are some photos and footage on our Facebook page. We had a quieter gig in one of our favourite haunts up in Achiltibuie – eaten alive by midge as ever but … Read more

Rhythmnreel and The Frues storm the Pavillion

Inverness Local Bands, Reviews

An audience of nearly 250 came together to raise funds for The Kids Of Kolkata Trust at Strathpeffer Pavilion on the 12th of August 2012. It was great to see businesses, bands and of course people come together to help fund raise. Around 250 people attended, with the current total raised well over £1000. It’s hard to review an event at the best of times especially one that invernessGiGs were so involved in arranging, so we were very pleased when one of our writers, Lori Williams, volunteered: The Kids of Kolkata ceilidh dance was organised by Chris Lemon to … Read more

Last Summer Effect EP Launch

Inverness Local Bands

We caught up with Last Summer Effect after the official launch of their EP ‘Say What You’re Thinking’ at Madhatters on the 12th of August: How are you guys feeling about your first EP? We are all feeling very proud of the new EP and hope that people will enjoy it, old fans and new. How did the night go for the band? The night went well, we were pleased to see our regulars there (who definitely don’t go unappreciated) and was good to see some new faces enjoying our set. And we all thoroughly enjoyed playing to Madhatters again. … Read more

Graham Brown speaks to invernessGiGs

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Graham first came to our attention after successfully negotiating the first round of Live and Unsigned. invernessGiGs took the oppurtunity to catch up with Mr Brown and find out how he is and what the future holds. It seems like ages since we caught up with you, what have you been up to? I have been very busy with my solo music and also my new band Midnight Glory (the other band members are Michael Kay, Drew Mackintosh, Callum Hickie and Phil Munro). I have been in the studio Robbie Dunsmore and Gareth Ince of GRID Studio recording a song … Read more

Local bands grow from Seedlings to Garden Stage

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Last year it was The SIde that were promoted from the Seedlings to the Main Stage, this year we have two local bands making the jump in He Slept on 57 and Iain McLaughlin & The Outsiders. invernessGiGS has a huge amount of time for Iain McLaughlin & The Outsiders and the promotion to the main stage is a great acknowledgement of the huge amount of effort the band have continued to put into the scene over the last year. They missed out on our ones to watch at Belladrum 2011 and for that we should be shamed. The other … Read more

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Zombie Militia talk to invernessGiGs

2011

Zombia Militia play the Summer Showcase at the Ironworks on the 4th of August, but before that they talk influences, awards and future plans…. Where do you draw your influences from? Earlier metal bands like Sepultura, and Slipknot’s early material to moremodern bands like Lamb of God. Some European bands too like Gojira and Trepalium. You have had a number of recent successes including Bloodstock Battle of the Band and Best Metal Band 2011, is there an award that has particular meaning for you and why? Both of those awards mean everything to us, the SAMA award was a public … Read more