Niall Mc Guigan: [Vocals/Guitar]
Gerry Black: [Lead guitar]
Ronan Morgan: [Drums]
Paul McCabe: [Bass]
Influences
Alice In Chains, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Thin Lizzy, Soundgarden, Black Sabbath, Faith No More, Opeth, Metallica, A Perfect Circle, Masters Of Reality.... in fact far too many to mention!!
When Speedking were formed back in 1999, little did they know that a path of success lay ahead of them. By 2003 the results of this commitment began to appear as the first glimpses of original brilliance emerged. That summer, Speedking recorded their first demo EP; “Welcome To My Head”. This successful recording (now in its third pressing) is a symbol in itself of Speedking’s progression, from their musical inception on the local scene through to a breakthrough stint on US rock station Zeta 7, where the EP stayed in the top 5 of their request play list for 13 weeks.
Their Second E.P ‘Change of Scenery’ also resulted in critical acclaim for the band with Rock Sound magazine stating “riffs that Megadeth or early Metallica would have played if they had Layne Staley(Alice In Chains) singing for them”. On the back of the E.P s success Speedking have made two appearances on TG4 performing the title track ‘Change Of Scenery’ and new acoustic song ‘Tired Of Waiting’ with the help of Ruth O Leary from the band Sephira on violin.
Speedking are currently recording their new album which has yet to be tiltled. This will hopefully be ready for release in February/March 2010 and shows the band to have a wide range of styles ranging from heavy rock to more melodic groove based songs.
Speedking's EP Change of Scenery is one of the best i've heard in years, Layne Staley woulda love the song 'Down', I thought he was back from the dead, lookin forward to seein ya someday soon, everything i've heard from Speedking is just brilliant, class act for sure, keep up the great work lads! Regards JK.
great crack lads, we must do a show with ye again, shorter set wud suit with all originals haha yer cd is feckin rite good too boys. talk to ye..s soon!!
ABSOLUTELY FUCKIN SAVAGE IS ALL WE CAN SAY LADS - ye had the place hoppin for us - a serious amount of people gave ye the thumbs up as they packed up bikes and left this morning - hope ye get back safe and sound and thanks again lads. fuckin brilliant show
Excellent show last night at Free Spirit Rally lads. Very impressed. Anywhere I can buy your original stuff? Need to see you playing down this end of the country more often please!!
You guys sounded great on the website vids, proper class, real professional, can't wait to see n' hear ye with Castero soon, I think it's at the rally, keep up the good work! Bye for now! JK.
well lads hows things keepin her rightly?????? just wanted to say hello .... ive done it now so why am i still fucking typing???? not just any auld typing fucking one fingered granny typing its taken me a half hour just to type this much! any way hello like i said beforeand i may as well say bye as well just to be nice.
allrite rulyas, is the shebeen gig on saturday nite or are yehs gona cancel again? the cross crew needs their fix of the kings of speed, see yahs saturday. and remember if you cant be loud! be very loud!!!!
cheers for the gig on Saturday. It was good night over all. Really enjoyed 'going to california & inner self' two savage covers. The set was whopper as well. We have to get a few shows booked in the new year (get u's down to laois-you's would go down well) and rip it up yet again. In the mean time good luck with your remaining gigs and have a good xmas!!
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