Cormac Neeson - Vocals Paul Mahon - Guitar Michael Waters - Bass James Heatley - Drums
The Answer are four lads hailing from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.
“F*@king stupendous,” wrote Kerrang! of an explosive live show by Northern Ireland based rock quartet The Answer. “Sounds as fresh as any debut album in living memory,” was how they greeted the U.K. release of the group’s first full-length “Rise”, slated for U.S. shores in early ’08. Another reviewer for the magazine said, “Uplifting and authentic, classic rock is safe in the hands of this brilliant young Irish band.” Classic Rock voted The Answer 2005’s Best New UK Band at their prestigious annual awards. They also ranked Rise 3 out of 2006’s 50 Best Albums, calling it, “phenomenal. In short, a world class debut that goes a long way to reclaiming Britain’s blues-rock credibility.”
Not bad for four country lads from Downpatrick, County Down, about thirty miles outside Belfast who, according to star-powered lead singer Cormac Neeson, “spent three or four years playing every shit hole we could find” before being signed in the U.K. to esteemed Australian rock label Albert Productions in 2005, famed for the development of rock icons AC/DC Since then, while they continue to blow the roofs off of clubs across the continent, they’ve opened stadium and arena concerts for such heavy-weight acts as The Rolling Stones, The Who, Aerosmith, Deep Purple and Whitesnake. The Answer has also triumphantly headlined tours in Japan, Australia and various corners of Europe, East and West. They are the real deal, passionate about their music, devoid of pretense and, as Neeson has said, “just doing what we do: playing every gig like our lives depended on it.”
RECORDING NEWS AND MORE
So after four weeks of intense pre production in Ireland with the producer John Travis the band are on a plane to Los Angeles to start recording the follow up to Rise. There were a few delays due to visas and George Dubya, but they are on the way. If it all goes well we would expect to have a finished album by early August, we will keep you posted as to progress. The guys have the camera with them so keep an eye open for updates direct from the studio. Some of you who were lucky enough to go along to the Spring and Airbrake a few weeks ago will have heard some of the amazing songs that will be on the album.
If the recording all goes well we would expect to be releasing something this Autumn, also some of you will know that 'Never Too Late' is due to appear in the next Guitar Hero game. With that in mind we will be announcing a run of european dates for november or december, news on this will be announced here very soon. The dates will take in most major uk and european cities.
For those of you who did not see the Other Voices TV show filmed in Ireland then you can now go to the website and see highlights, click here if you wanna have a look. It is well worth it.
Finally the new vault / gig archive will be live within a week so look out for it and if you spot any errors or missing gigs or set lists do let us know. The more we get from you guys the better it will be.
The Answer have teamed up with Activision, the makers of Guitar Hero to bring you the chance to be a character in the game! That's right, you could be imortalized on the consoles of back bedroom rockers throughout the world! Check it out at: www.ReleaseYourRockstar.com
The Answer: Real Guitar Heroes
At this years MIDEM '08, Activision had an open listening session to pick one track to go on the next 'Guitar Hero' game. Out of hundreds of hopefuls, The Answer's "Never Too Late" won and will be included in the next 'Guitar Hero' release. Soon fans will be able to pay homage to the Downpatrick four while rocking out in living rooms across the globe!
International Acclaim
The Answer are making waves around the world. In Japan they have been voted as the number 2 new artist in 2007 by influential Japanese "Player" magazine. The number 1 act is a domestic act so that means The Answer are the number 1 international new artist. Domo arigato to all the fans in Japan! Also, at last weeks Spanish Kerrang! rock awards, The Answer came 5th in the category of best new artists. Muchas gracias to all of you in Spain! Good job boys!
Free, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, The Who, The Faces, Spirit, The Pretty Things, Montrose, Grandfunk Railroad, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Vain, The Black Crowes, Little Feat, The Allman Brothers, Bad Company, Blue Cheer, Mountain, Kiss, The Cult
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totally awesome sounds dudes....great stuff.....keep it up.i really enjoyed.....cheers for that............. if you would like to check out some local irish bands try youtube.com/stephenlockhart
