Artist: Wolfstone
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Terra Firma
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Over the course of nine-spot years, Wolfstone dragged Scottish music -- sometimes kicking and screaming, only invariably quite an obstreperously -- into the world of rock 'n' roll. They were loud and proud and transferred Seattle's filth ethic from the Pacific Northwest to the Highlands, applying it to both traditional and their original music. It all began when tinkerer Duncan Chisholm put together a ceilidh band to play dances in the Highlands, adding pipes and bass and drums into the mix -- a compounding that was well-received. Along with original bassist David Foster, Chisholm brought in Stuart Eaglesham on guitars, his brother Struan Eaglesham on keyboards, and the guitarist/songwriter Ivan Drever to round of golf out the lineup.
The group's 1991 debut, Unleashed, proved to be the biggest vendor ever for bantam Iona Records, garnering the band a silver platter (iI to begin with collections, Wolfstone I and Wolfstone II, circulated one time the band became famous. However, they distanced themselves from the material, recorded in their very formative stages). A year later they issued The Chase and took their more developed effectual international, with a more refined mix of blatant instrumentals grounded by the heavy cycle section and Drever's songs, including "The Prophet" and "Tinnie Run." They played around Europe and made their kickoff maraud to America, a station they'd visit several times over the side by side few age. Wolfstone: Captured Alive Video, a video of their alive show from the period, illustrates the power of their performances -- not to a fault subtle, simply able to catch to the the great unwashed.
1994 brought two U.S. releases, Wolfstone and the massive Year of the Dog, which had spate of scraunch on songs like "The Sea King." It also introduced iI new members, Wayne MacKenzie on bass part, and Steve Saint on pipes. It made them into even more than of a careen band, and producer Phil Cunningham let the guitars ring loud and deformed. The Half Tail, two geezerhood later, had a richer, slicker well-grounded, with one verbalize standout piece, "Bonnie Ship the Diamond." It put a raw stamp on Scots music. Unfortunately, the stamp in the buff but a yr by and by, thanks in large part to problems with the platter ship's company and management squabbles. However, that was far from the end of the tale. Drever and Chisholm worked together, and 1998 and 1999 both brought new Wolfstone albums, This Strange Place and Seven (the first reportedly a contract-filler), undermentioned on from a best-of set. While the stripe has played occasional shows since, they've non gotten back together.
