AirCrash Detectives

About AirCrash Detectives

01.23.2024

Before The Sun Rises - Out Now

10.01.2023

September 2023 First single Cocaine Baby from the new upcoming album Before The Sun Rises, Out Now! Featuring Josh Merryman and Steve Nieve. Upbeat and Fun. Ready for anything! Let's go.

04.15.2023
Monsters from Moscow will be AirCrash Detectives 7th studio release, as we finish up mixing and mastering it is time to reflect on the journey and the making of this record.
AirCrash Detectives turns 10 years old this year and with a low social media following, few downloads and what most people would consider unpopular, I have been asked recently why keep it going. Several reasons really. Mostly because I enjoy writing songs, I enjoy the people who help create some great sounds and there are a few fleeting moments when the hair on your skin stands up because it is just that good.

Monsters From Moscow
Many thanks to
Bob Boyle / Vocals + Words + Melody
Henry Gorman / Music + Guitars
Chad Lister / Music + Bass + Guitars + Backing Vocals
Bill Egan / Drums
Jeremy Harper / Bass
Keenan McKenzie / Saxophone
Paul Rogers / Trumpet
Jay Wright / Piano
Theresa Watson / Backing Vocals
Dick Hodgin / Recording + Mixing + Mastering
Tracks

1. What’s It To You
2. The Quiet Ones
3. Wank Bank
4. The Best Of Me
5. Painting Bridges
6. She Waits By The Window
7. Salt and Pepper
8. Fashionista
9. One Flick Of The Switch
10. Good Curling

What’s It To You

War is a terrible thing, yet it keeps happening to many innocent people. The people of Russia need to rise and stop the madness. I realize they have a monster in the Kremlin, but the scenes of devastation should make us all focus on freedom and appreciate its true value, not just for ourselves but for everyone. That requires sacrifice and I am not sure we are selfless enough to bring an end to this senseless war. These are just words. I hope the folks in the trenches get to hear this and feel some comfort they are not abandoned. They should take heart that after 1945 the world became a better place for many, hopefully the same will be true in 2025.
Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Henry Gorman
Trumpet Paul Rogers
Backing Vocals Chad Lister / Henry Gorman
Vocals Bob Boyle

The Quiet Ones

School shootings have become so commonplace in America its tragic and frightening all at the same time. We appear unable as a society to correlate the abundance of guns with gun violence. The guys back in the 1770’s would have been unable to foresee the automation and power being brought to the streets and neighborhoods of America. Prayers don’t work, background checks don’t work and blaming it all on people with mental health problems is comical. No one wants to take the gun away, but if you can’t protect the people who are not allowed to have them, that would be the children, then I think they should be removed until a workable and safe solution can be found. As matter of fact there have been no shootings on airplanes over the same period.
Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Henry Gorman
Backing Vocals Chad Lister
Doomsday Bell Dick Hodgin
Vocals Bob Boyle


Wank Bank

I first heard the phrase back in the early 2000’s in London and later saw it in the Urban Dictionary. It still makes me laugh. A very British phrase and kind of naughty. I began to craft an idea loosely based on Paul Simon’s ’50 Ways To Leave Your Lover’ I used a mixture of fact and fiction and some poetic license to create a fantasy worthy of the phrase. That’s the official version. It was unofficially created for Tik Tok because one my children challenged me to become more popular than them on Tik Tok. I think with your help this might do it.

Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman / Chad Lister

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Chad Lister
Trumpet Paul Rogers
Backing Vocals Theresa Watson
Vocals Bob Boyle

The Best Of Me
David Crosby died after a remarkable and somewhat tragic life, loved and despised in equal measures by those who knew him. His music and those who he made it with gave unbelievable joy to millions who listen to it, joined in community at concerts and festivals. Was it the drugs and the alcohol or a misguided childhood? Those possess this level of creativity often have unsavory personalities, I genuinely believe he tried to make amends later in life but as is often the case too little too late.

Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Henry Gorman
Piano Jay Wright
Backing Vocals Chad Lister
Vocals Bob Boyle


Painting Bridges

On a recent trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, I was fortunate enough to have fabulous weather and the view across the Firth Of Forth was spectacular. I was admiring the Forth Bridge and began to enquire how it kept its red color turns out it’s a special paint mix to match the oxidization from the original bridge. Painting the bridge would take between 3 and 5 years. Due to modern techniques the last coat of paint will last for 20 years. I was in a wee pub off of the Royal Mile and I told the storyteller to embellish away, its only going to end up in a song, he kept comparing painting the bridge to marriage and romance and claimed to ‘have a thing of beauty in the house’ ‘You better look after them’ he would excitedly proclaim ‘ Otherwise they will start looking like the bit that’s not painted yet’ It was hard to argue with his logic.

Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar [ Hero ] Henry Gorman
Backing Vocals Chad Lister
Vocals Bob Boyle
She Waits By The Window

U2 celebrated 40 odd years in the music business. I remember as a young lad hearing 11 O’Clock Tick Tock and going to see them shortly afterwards and thinking there is something there. You just kind of knew who had it and who didn’t. There were a multitude of bands back then who had it and they toured constantly to cement their place in history. I always wondered how spouses of touring musicians coped with the business, the waiting and the highs and lows of a good or bad performance. Were they empathetic or dismissive? Only she knows.

Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Henry Gorman
Vocals Bob Boyle

Salt and Pepper

I can still smell the aftershave and perfume my parents put on, right before they went out on a date. The babysitter always had something cute to say. There would be drinking and dancing involved usually into the wee hours. Some Irish, some disco and waltzing for sure. It always amazed me how well they both cleaned up from their manual jobs. Getting the ‘hair done’ was a must and sharp creases in the pants and shirt sleeves also a must, Suit and tie, heels and dresses, wallets and handbags. A couple of drinks from the fridge, with a couple of ice cubes, they were ready to roll, they kissed the kids goodnight, Hello New York.

Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Henry Gorman
Saxophone Keenan McKenzie
Backing Vocals Theresa Watson
Vocals Bob Boyle

Fashionista

The ultimate fantasy, one walk across the catwalk and it’s hard to imagine how you would not fall in love with 100’s of models all at the very same time. There is a lot to be said about hair, clothes and make-up, that are provocative and excite the senses. Went for a Roxy Music kind of feel, I can see Bryan Ferry stepping out from the shadows and showing us all up. Sometimes it’s fun to dress up and feel different just for the hell of it.

Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Henry Gorman
Saxophone Keenan McKenzie
Backing Vocals Theresa Watson
Vocals Bob Boyle

One Flick of the Switch

Mental health has finally got the attention is deserves. One Flick of the Switch was originally written about the brilliant to watch horse Shergar and how quickly greatness was extinguished. As the song developed it became apparent it was about the everyday greatness in every one of us. We all make choices some of them reasonable and rational and some life changing. Some you can’t take back choices. If you are having difficulty please contact 988 or talk to a friend. Be aware of yourself and your surroundings.
Words Bob Boyle / Music Henry Gorman

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Henry Gorman
Backing Vocals Chad Lister
Vocals Bob Boyle

Good Curling

The rise in popularity of curling is amazing, from humble beginnings, the game is still shrouded in scientific mystery. Trust the Scots to come up with an unstable on your feet drinking game, that the players would spend a lifetime trying to figure out. Having recently joined a curling league, I noticed the participants to be so nice until the last few ends of a game. You could see they wanted to win, more than anything. They turned from the world’s nicest people to born killers and then back again in the blink of an eye. Good Curling is a lighthearted, look at the intense world of curling. No offense is intended.

Words Bob Boyle / Music Chad Lister

Players
Drums Bill Egan
Bass Chad Lister
Guitar Chad Lister
Backing Vocals Chad Lister
Vocals Bob Boyle


04.21.2022

Broken Robots hones in on our expectations as a society and documents success and failure in equal measures. If only we were as good in real life as we are in our mind. As an eternal optimist I have hard time accepting failure but it is necessary to experience to grow as a person and within a society. They say that history repeats, I think we have real opportunity to break these cycles. Tell Your Mother You Love and Sorry are self explaining, Castles in the Sand goes deeper and asks some hard questions. She Still Walks on Water makes America the best place in the world to wake up, allowing for all of her faults. 14 tracks in total wind their way through some hard indie rhythms ending with the sultry Zombie Satellites. Enjoy!

02.01.2021

Wait What is five new songs created during the pandemic. Some juicy vibes coming off the sax and the trumpet. Get your dancing shoes on and grab your partners politely, it's time to move!


07.01.2020

Station Wagon out now! 6 new songs to enjoy. Live happy and stay away from people.

05.23.19

Formed in 2013 AirCrash Detectives are Raleigh based 4-piece indie band. New Single Yo Yo out now! Please feel free to dance away.

The new single ‘Be The One’ will be available 11.01.2018

The band’s energetic live set has been well received in recent years and they are looking forward to an interesting 2019. Comparisons have been made to a mixture of The Clash, Rascal Flats and Cold Play.

Steve Nieve from Elvis Costello and The Imposters has been a frequent guest on the studio albums and he has been known to show up for the odd live show.

The band’s lead singer Bob Boyle is also scheduled to publish his first book The Last
Spaceship to Heaven in January 2019 based on the song The Last Spaceship To Heaven which usually closes the show.