Blast from the Past.."The Thanes"

You'd be surprised just now much music history is steeped in the walls of ye olde Edinburgh. Doesn't matter what kind of music you're into, I can guarantee that Edinburgh has spat out some great bands. You into punk? - You'll be aware of "The Exploited". Into alternative stuff? - you'll know who "Idlewild" are. Wear a big wooly jumper on the weekend? - I'm sure you've heard the odd "Corries" track or "Proclaimers" song once or twice.  There were also some great bands that probably didn't even make it to the "Where are they now?" category...."V9??" (lol)...Well, it is my blog and I can do some shameless promotion of my own band. You get the picture though..

So anyone who knows me will agree that music was, and still is, a huge part of my life. So I'm sitting here at work during lunch and I start to think back to the days of the local Edinburgh and Scottish music scene...The smokey venues, smell of stale beer and this band name jumps into my head..."The Thanes". So how do i know of these guys? Well, much of my teen years were spent hanging around with my good friend Jamie, who had 3 brothers all into various types of music. The most interesting of tastes came from Rob whose record collection had an amazing amount of Captain Beefheart albums. Even today, I wouldn't be able to distinguish Captain Beefheart from Captain Birdseye but he had a best friend who was known only as "Lenny". Lenny was in a band called "The Thanes". We went to see them alot. They were good and luckily for music as we know it....still are!

After going to the Thanes' official Myspace Page I quickly noticed that their distinctive sound hasn't changed a bit. There's been a bit of a change in line up and I was sad to see that Ian Binns (drummer) isn't with the band anymore. Over the past 3 or 4 years, the upsurge in the whole retro, 60's sound has been promoted by bands like "The Hives" but these guys are the real deal. I was also really excited to see the increase in U.S gigs. Needless to say that if they come anywhere near L.A, I'll be there like a shot with my "Thanes of Cawdor" vinyl ready for signing!

Ok, enough of the shameless promotion. Hop over to MySpace and get yer big fat groove on.