Brian Vasey's Ghostband
United Kingdom, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Brian Vasey's Ghostband
About Brian Vasey's Ghostband
The Ghostband began life in November 2014. The band consisted of Brian Vasey, guitar & lead vocals, Chris Bennett on drums & Paul Jefferson on Keyboards / backing vocals but at this time lacked a bassist. Paul called Barry, with whom Paul had worked with on numerous occasions in bands & sessions, to help them out on bass. The idea to form a blues rock band.
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Members
Chris Bennett
My career from punk, (when I started drumming to the public, pretty much never having played before) to Ghost, encompassing funk, my 1st serious band called Divided Camps, then on to Thrash Metal with Legacy(I still have demos on a 4 track reel to reel), Heavy Metal with the mighty VHF Derek Lyon (Vocals) some minor interest with Radio Play on local pirate stations in London and with the 2nd VHF incarnation a hit on Pappo Ripper 's radio show in Belgium, and Music (Take it to the Limit, Vocals Graz) featured in a German film Kleine Haie, Thrash / Blues Metal courtesy of Egypt with Alan Fish (Bass) and Eric Chipulina (Guitar), leading on to a stint with Tony McPhee as a Groundhog. Representing Heavy Rock, time spent with both Paul D'ianno's Battlezone and Paul Samson in a reformed Samson with Chris Aylmer (Bass). Then a couple of dates with Eric Bell, and after a break from the skins for a couple of years, I moved up to Middlesbrough where the Northeast music scene encouraged me back. The last few years I've been playing with local bands and musicians in many different genres. Joining local metal merchants Black Rose, currently writing and recording new songs for the next album, helping out Hammer at the last Brofest in Newcastle, and depping for anyone / everyone I can, eventually meeting Brian Vasey and Barry Skeels & now......GhostBand
Chris Bennett
DrummerMy career from punk, (when I started drumming to the public, pretty much never having played before) to Ghost, encompassing funk, my 1st serious band called Divided Camps, then on to Thrash Metal with...
Barry Skeels aka Bazza Nova
B J Skeels aka Bazza Nova - bass / backing vox: Originally from London, played with the first Iron Maiden (no relation, releasing 1 album - Maiden Voyage , enjoying a re-release & 1 single - Falling), Monument (1 album - Monument) and cult band Zior (2 albums - Zior & Every Inch A Man & 3 singles) also with the Blues Burglars, Gypsy, Mongrel & other bands. He was also offered the position of bassists to the Savoy Brown Blues Band in the late 60's after depping with them for a few months. Being invited to support Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac whenever the played in Essex, which was often. They were known as Steveson's Blues Department and could be seen at playing at Blue Horizon, Wandsworth, they were even offered support on Jethro Tull's 1st UK tour. In his career Bazza has also worked with Venom, Anathema, Riot, Trouble, Skyclad, Samson, Black Sabbath, Saxon, Manowar, Yngwie Malmsteen, My Dying Bride and others and in his later years Road Runners and in Nov 2014 formed GhostBand.. www.brainvaseyghostband.com
Barry Skeels aka Bazza Nova
Bassist VocalistB J Skeels aka Bazza Nova - bass / backing vox: Originally from London, played with the first Iron Maiden (no relation, releasing 1 album - Maiden Voyage , enjoying a re-release & 1 single - Falling),...
Brian Vasey
Grew up and still live in the North East of England. Learned to love music at a very early age, being shown the ways of the guitar at the age of 4 by my cousin Jack Rontree, who was a superb Rock & Roll guitarist. Sadly he is no longer with us. My first electric guitar was a Red Futurama Duo when I was 9. I have many guitars, but guitar of choice, is my Gibson Les Paul 59' Standard. Played in bands throughout my life so far and have had the privilege of meeting and working with some of the greatest musicians this world of music has to offer. A lot of my best friends I have met through music, be it fan based or other. I was Support for Peter Green with my band Bluzehouse on his comeback tour in '97 with Splinter Group. Fronted Officers Club, played guitar for Six of the Best, Six No More, The Return and Wizard in '85-'86, UK Rock Legends plus a number of years as a solo artist. Just had fantastic first visit to New york City playing gigs at The Bitter End...Bleeker street Greenwich village and Monster B's in Connecticut. I have seen many Ghosts in my life...I don't know why, but believe me they do exist ! Formed new band November 2014 " Brian Vasey's Ghostband" .....Blues Rock at its Best. Please check out www.brianvaseyghostband.com or our Facebook page, Ghostband for gig details.
Brian Vasey
Guitarist VocalistGrew up and still live in the North East of England. Learned to love music at a very early age, being shown the ways of the guitar at the age of 4 by my cousin Jack Rontree, who was a superb Rock & Ro...
Brian our guitar / singer is recovering from a heart op & we are using Jim Clare, ex Venom as a dep. Same great songs and show. How lucky are we......
Read moreJust starting to get hot here and about time. This means two things to me outside gigs and an electric fan to keep cool. For our friends over the water this probably won't mean too much to you but we'll be playing a few festivals over the coming weeks.
In the meantime I hope to be adding a video or two to my next newsletter, I've just purchased a full HD video camera and to make sure it sounds great a Zoom H4n, I only hope I can match the sound with the pictures.
I hope everyone out there in Musoland are also having a prosperous time, nothing better than getting paid for something you enjoy and if you could afford it, play for nothing just for the buzz. Rock on summer.
Ghostband
First a big thank you to everyone who's like our music, we've just started a new campaign promoting Undercover of the Blues from our debut album Set In Stone, available on iTunes. We continue to gig around the UK and hope sometime in the not too distant future to be playing in Europe and possibly the USA.
We are already working on new material and will soon be recording some of it for a new album, yet untitled. Again thank you for listening and to any new listeners welcome and we hope you like what your hearing. Keeping it live, Ghostband
Our new album 'Set In Stone' is selling well and as well as physical copies, tracks can be downlaoded via iTunes. We sold 30 copies at each of our weekend gigs, not bad considering we only perform one track from the album, at the moment. We are in the process of re-arranging two more tracks to play live, as some tracks were overdubbed and we are only a trio we need to work on the essentials of each song. We thought of using a looper for some parts but as our live shows are sometimes a bit of a mayhem we're trying to work without one. Stay tuned for further updates. Many thanks the Ghostband
Read moreOur debut album's now finished and mastered and together with the artwork is now being pressed & printed. We should be releasing this in Jan / Feb on Nightfall Records. I'll update where it can be bought. In the meantime have a great Christmas and New Year.
The Ghostband
With been busy in the studio's recording tracks for our debut album, 'Set In Stone', no release date as yet. We're recording it at Blast Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, where bands like Thin Lizzy, Therapy, Take That & Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) have also recorded tracks. We'll upload a couple as we mix them, although this may not be the final mixes. Thank for listening. Ghostband
Read moreAbout Brian Vasey's Ghostband
The Ghostband began life in November 2014. The band consisted of Brian Vasey, guitar & lead vocals, Chris Bennett on drums & Paul Jefferson on Keyboards / backing vocals but at this time lacked a bassist. Paul called Barry, with whom Paul had worked with on numerous occasions in bands & sessions, to help them out on bass. The idea to form a blues rock band.
They had a get together for a jam session at a local studio in Durham and from the beginning gelled into an almost fully formed, functioning band. All the band members had a great variety of music at the finger tips, covering artists like Gary Moore, Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Healey and many more. Unfortunately due to other commitments Paul left the band and they other members decided to carry on as a trio.
They are presently recording their first album of original songs 'Set In Stone' at Blast Studios in Newcastle. The first being 'Undercover of the Blues' which you can hear on their uploaded song list. You will be hearing a lot more of the Ghostband as they negotiate for various festivals around Europe and organizing a short USA tour. Watch this space, as they say.
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Cleveland Bay Hotel - Blues at the Bay
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Acklam Iron & Steel Club
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