The Fightblues
The Fightblues are:
Gary Stewart - Lead Vocals
Stevie Campbell -. Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Scott Duffy - Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards
Scott McKee - Bass Guitar, Synths
Steve Cairns - Drums
Hailing from Perth in Scotland, The Fightblues are a five-piece band and have established their sound as 'a fusion of raw guitars and compelling riffs with driving bass. This is complemented with hard beats, distinctive vocals and electronic effects'.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
We formed five years ago, whilst still at school. Five years, two name changes and a few demos later The Fightblues are fast becoming a locally established outfit
The band back up their sound with a superb live show. Local gigs have drawn in large crowds and led to support slots with established artists such as Medium 21, Easyworld and Adom.
The summer of 2003 saw the band embark on a mini tour across Scotland promoting 'The Dirty Angel E.P' demo. Playing across the country and coming away with rave reviews.
The promotion of the E.P led to the band being invited to meet with a London based Management Company. The meeting was successful and future involvement is likely.
Recently an independent record label also contacted the band. Their track 'The Gas Light' is to appear on a compilation album featuring some of the country's best unsigned bands.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We constantly tour across Scotland and have dates organised in England too.
Your musical influences
We are influenced by guitar bands with creative effects in the song. Bands like Primal Scream, The COoper Temple Clause, Pink FLoyd are our main influences but we like to think we have our own sound
What equipment do you use?
We are constantly updating our equipment.
So far we have:
Novation K-Station and Bass Station (Synths)
Korg EA-1 and ES-1 Electribes (Synth and Drum Machine) Drummer links with these using headphones.
Korg MS2000B (Massive sounding Synth!)
Boss 303 Sampler
Anything else?
We got 3 guitarist, Lead, Rhythm and Bass.
Lead guitarist has various FX using a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and Fender Jag going thru a Marshall Mode 4 + cab.
Fender Telecaster on Rhythm thru a Marshall JCM2000.
Bass is thru another Marshall setup with distortion FX used.
