The Electrics | |
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Origin | Dumbarton, Scotland |
Genres | Celtic rock, christian rock |
Years active | 1988–2005 |
Labels | Word Records, Pila Music, 5 Minute Walk, Pleitegeier Records |
Website | www.theelectrics.com |
Members | |
Sammy Horner Jim Devlin Jim Cosgrove Tim Cotterell |
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Past members | |
Dave McArthur Paul Baird Allan Hewitt Heather Negus Kris McEwan David Lyon Kenny MacNicol Robin Callander |
The Electrics are a Celtic rock band from Dumbarton, Scotland. They formed in 1988 when former Infrapenny members Sammy Horner (vocals and bass guitar) and Paul Baird (guitar) asked drummer Dave McArthur and sax/keyboard player Allan Hewitt to play a gig at Glasgow's Impact Festival. The band released a self-financed cassette album, Views in Blues, in 1989. Following this recording the band evolved a celtic rock sound, heavily influenced by The Waterboys and The Pogues. Subsequent recordings included Vision and Dreams (1990) which was distributed by Word Records, and Big Silent World (1993), on Germany's Pila Music label.
Renowned for their energetic performances, the band have performed in the UK, Europe and the USA.
The band have not officially disbanded but have no plans to play any shows in the near future; Horner is currently busy with solo engagements and Devlin has recently moved to the States.
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