Danny Cockroach

We are Danny Cockroach, an alternative/soft/hard/classic rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland. We have many diverse musical influences and we have our own unique style, transcending genres as we aim for our true musical objective. In our long path to where we are now we have played styles as diverse as funk, metal, rock, country and we are not afraid to write whatever we like, no matter the genre. We hope you too will enjoy our music and perhaps come and visit us at or perhaps at . Happy Listening!

Danny Cockroach, When two young bands collide, force, implode, devour, mash, entangle then rehabilitate, the outcome would be one of Danny Cockroach. When out of the ashes a savage fusion of talent hungry musicians join to congregate a rock band, Danny Cockroach would form. So what is Danny Cockroach? A pretentious bunch of talentless youth? We'll leave the answer up to you! 2003 marked the birth of the unnamed, untamed and over ambitious band's formation. It was then our hastly assembled, three guitarists, singer, bass and drum sextet of emo anatomy unleashed itself upon the world. But thankfuly we evolved: --- ----- (name unavailable for legal reasons), Kieran Milne and Craig McDonald slipped away and with them - but not particularly due to them - our early vulgar emo sound. The band as we now know it really started off in the Summer of 2004 when the two previous bands that Peter and Lewis were both in joined together, Melted Onion and LMNOP. With Melted Onion Peter and Lewis had been playing with bassist Duncan Sneddon but they had no drummer, an advert advertising for one went up in various shops around the city but we never got a reply. Before they hit upon the name Danny Cockroach, they went through many other names, a few being Terra Firma, Toka, Waterfall, The Void and White Noise. Since forming the band have been working nonstop, with most of their personal time taken up rehearsing and recording. Their first recording session was at Banana Row in October 2004, where the tracks Slide On Over, Insistent Iye and Out of the Ashes were all demoed in a rushed two hour session. These tracks were all soon to be re-recorded as they were not the best they could have been. In December they re-recorded these tracks, committing to CD far superior versions of them, along with two other tracks: Dreamscape and Jam 1 to make up their debut EP. Although having come a relatively long way, the band is still in its early stages. The ever evolving Danny Cockroach still experience fresh challenges. If we were to collectively amass our experiences it may not seem very impressive; the 80 capacity Hogmanay party at Jamie's house, the Battle of the Bands Studio 24 venue, the charity benefit gig for Rachel House Childrens Hospice or even Robbie Burns Caleidh at church. Still we are a growing band and are always getting bigger and better; we have plans to play at the world famous Edinburgh Festival this summer amongst our growing list of engagements. The band is continuing to work hard towards recording their first full album and are writing songs at a prodigious rate. Keep checking the news page and forums for updates on recordings and the writing of new songs.

We have, indeed, played several times live, although the majority of these have been small private concerts for friends. However, we did have the good fortune to be included in a local Battle of the Bands competition at Studio 24. Being the youngest band there, we had no illusions of winning, and the cards were stacked against us for being the only band who did not play screamo/emo but all in all it was an enjoyable night for all involved. Playing live is one of the great things for us, and probably most rock bands as we love to entertain an audience. At the moment we have plans for several concerts in the summer and are in the middle of organising those. We have also been approached by several concert organisers and asked if we would like to play at some of their concerts.

We take influences from such awesome bands as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Hawkwind, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chic and many more. Our musical influences are very diverse, from rock and metal to blues and country and this shows in the unique style we have developed.

Peter John Ellis: Guitar - Fender Telecaster Midnight Red colour(cant remember offhand what series but it cost 360) Amp - Marshall MG50 DFX Harmonica - Hohner Blues Harp Keyboard - Yamaha, I'll check the model later Lewis Rumney: Guitar - PRS Tremonti SE Amp - Roland cube 15 (Wow) Duncan Sneddon: Bass - Fender Squier P-Bass Amp - Fender 15W I think, but he normally uses at practice a big uber 100W amp! Jamie MacLeod: Drumkit - Tama Rockstar kit, Pearl-Eliminater kick Pedal, Zildjian K-Custom Crash, pearl hard-ware and vater sticks.