Merkers Salt Mine, Facebook and gigs

Venue inside Merkers Salt Mine

Last week the band travelled to Merkers in Germany to play a concert inside a Salt Mine – there’s a new gallery from the gig on our images page. There’s also a video showing our trip in to mine and some footage of the gig.

We’ve also set up a new Facebook page where you can stay up to date with the band and share your photographs, videos thoughts and links. We’ve already got over 11,000 likes and so thank you for everyone that’s already visited.

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New Tour Dates Announced

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Returning for the third year with the very successful combination of Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar on vocals we are announcing a series of European dates through the Summer with a jaunt to South Africa.

To see all tour dates visit our live page.

The Living Years – A Tale of Two Generations

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“Now Michael, you’re the son of a naval officer, you must behave like a naval officer at all times…”

What Captain William Rutherford told his seven-year-old son, Michael, was to stay with him all his life. Born in 1950, Michael was truly his father’s son, even serving in the naval section of the student cadet corps at one of England’s top public schools, Charterhouse. Mike’s future lay in the civil service. But then something happened. Mike discovered rock music.
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