User:Mkelly1547/sandbox

The Retrofrets are a 5 piece rock band from Scotland. Based in and around Glasgow, they gigged heavily between 2006 and 2011 and have a number of self released Demos and EPs that where available for sale at their gigs during this time. Their style is quite varied and blends various genres including blues, garage and psychedelic rock

Career
Throughout their career, The retrofrets spent a great deal of time gigging, and often employed an overly enthusiastic "no gig too small" work ethic, which resulted in them playing sold out shows in venues like Nice n' Sleazys and the ABC as well as smaller audiences in bars and pubs like Pivo Pivo.

Mannequin Song
The bands first self published release "Mannequin Song" was a 4 track EP recorded at Stealth Studios, and handed out for free at gigs. This was also used as a demo for the band, and handed in to local radio stations.

Rockin for Rescue
The song "Wildcat" was picked from their previous recordings to be included on the complilation charity album "Rockin' for Rescue".

What you want...
"What you want..." was a lofi recording of the bands 14 track back catalogue. It was recorded and mixed by Niall Strachan of Bronto Skylift, and was sold on the bands website, as well as in person at their gigs.

Another Nothing to Say
The band recorded and self published the 6 track EP "Another Nothing to Say" (ANTS) in April 2010. The EP was recorded at Chime Studios and was generally well received. The EP was given 4 carrots in a review by the music website bluesbunny.com who criticised the "untidy playing and awkward tempo changes" but praised the band for "not following current trends and striking out down their own path".

Tearing me apart X loads
The bands final release in 2011 was a second 6 track EP "Tearing me apart x loads", which was again recorded at Chime studios and self published by the band.

Post Retrofrets
Although the band have never officialy split up, since the start of their hiatus in early 2011; some of the band members have gone on to other projects.

Gary Richardson/James Branigan
Gary officially changed his name to James Branigan in 2012. Since playing with the Retrofrets he has played lead guitar for Hip Hop group Scatterbrain both live and on a number of recordings, and is currently lead guitarist for the band The Tiawana Bibles. He has also played session guitar for a number of other artists.

Lisa Ferri
Lisa was recruited to play lead guitar for rock band The Hedrons in 2011. The band played a number of warm up gigs to try out new material. since then, Lisa has been writing and recording her own solo material.

Craig Meighan
Since the Retrofrets, Craig has concentrated on film and comedy work and has written and directed a number of short films since 2011. his first short film was the snappily titled "Would the last person to leave please turn out the lights... and kill the zombie", which was accepted to a number of short film festivals, and won the award for best horror at the 2011 Deep Fried Film Festival. his other short film credits include; Shut in (2012) and Death Threats are like echoes (2013). He also produced and hosted the 2012 web series Director's Cut; which took the form of a film based comedy panel show