User:Peter.garry

Delaware are a Wigan based four piece rock / indie group all 4 members are from in and around wigan,UK. Members ;- Lead singer and Bassist Pete Garry, Lead Guitar and Vocal Mike Shannon, Lead / Rhythm Guitar Andy Goulding and Drummer Ash Molyneux. Forming on 03/03/2011 as a 5 piece group originally named the Spokes (chosen in drummer Ash Molyneux’ garden after looking round the garden spotting a bicycle and voila ‘The Spokes’).The band then went on to changing their name when the temporary singer of the group had left to pursue a solo career, the then 'Spokes' decided that they wished to continue with the original line up, and to opt for Bassist Pete Garry to take lead vocal and the band was back on track, they felt however they needed a new name as they were a different line up and after a lot of time and careful thought and Pete Garry’s determination to see America and wanted the band to be named after a state (e.g. Texas) the band opted for Andrew Goulding’s suggestion of ‘Delaware’. Although the band were still finding their feet at this time, the confidence and soul of the band started to develop somewhat with ‘Delaware’ continuing to play tracks from their covers options such as;

The Who - My Generation The Beatles - Sgt Peppers The Beatles - All my loving The Beatles - I saw her Standing There Jimi Hendrix - Along the Watchtower The Jam - Town Called malice Chuck Berry - Jonny B Goode The Beatles - Come Together Jet - Are You Gonna be my Girl Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my Way Buddy Holly - Oh Boy! Del Shannon - Run Away Oasis - Some Might Say Oasis - Live Forever The Coral - Dreaming of You The Beatles - She loves You Wizzard - I wish it could be xmas Slade - Merry xmas everybody John Lennon - Merry Xmas (War is over) Arctic Monkeys - Bet you look good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys - Whe n the sun goes down The Beatles - Feel Fine Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger The Beatles - Hey Jude Primal Scream - Jailbird Blur - Song 2

And many more..

Playing a range of successful and unsuccessful gigs in and around Wigan, Warrington and Darwen.

With the bands personalities and skills playing together were getting tighter than ever the band decided to use some of their original material in the midst of the covers set playing a song Written by Pete Garry - 'The time Has Come' and one written by Mike Shannon 'The Weight of the World' as the band had wished for some time to move over to the Originals side of music. Mike Shannon quoted ''It's fun playing covers but when you play something you've written yourself and you see people enjoying it, it creates a buzz far superior to copying someone elses songs ever could, any band can do that'.

'My Time Has Come' - (Vocals and music Written by Pete Garry November 2006) - Is a song Written by Bassist and Vocalist Pete Garry and is the first song ever written by Pete Garry, at the age of seventeen about all the problems you come across when you hit that age of moving out and getting a job and unsuccessful relationships, And how sometimes you wished you could run away to an easy life.

'Don't Go Away' - (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry August 2007) the second song written by Pete Garry, is written about loving Summer and hating winter basically, 'Please don't ever go away' referring to the sunshine and good weather.

‘Not Enough’ - (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry March 2012) Written by Pete Garry, is all about his Fiancee and lover and is a ballad of their relationship.

‘I Said Hey’ – (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry July 2012) Written by Pete Garry, has references to the death of someone quite close to Pete and the songs write about life on the side of a pessimist, then changing to an optimists side of life as just to say enjoy life while you can.

‘Baby, It’s You’ – (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry July 2012) Another song written by Pete loosely based on his love and romantic life and was written as a tongue in cheek song to his girlfriend about planning a proposal

‘She’s Got it - (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry August 2012) Another song written by Pete Garry with reference to his Fiancee, the video features Maralyn Monroe due to it’s ‘Sexy Girl’ content.

‘Keep it Alive’ (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry August 2012) Is a song written by Pete Garry reffering to keeping the dream of becoming successful musicians alive and not letting what somebody else says get to you Pete said ‘Music is a matter of opinion, I like my music, if you do that’s great, if you don’t no one is forcing you to listen’.

‘SEASD’ (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry May 2012) is a song written about a former band member who laid claims that he wrote Pete’s 1st song ‘My Time has Come’ This is not true.

‘Your Life’ (Vocals and music written by Pete Garry September 2012) is a song written about and using famous phrases and quotes historic figures have made and is basically about you get out of life what you put in.

More songs are currently being written by Mike and Pete, Also Andy and Ash are in the process of writing and will be ready to record as soon as possible,

The band are still in the process of writing music but have completed some Garageband style recordings, some of which are a regular feature on excellent radio shows such as Jam City America, NCB Radio Cornwall.

Delaware are currently in talks with Mr Terry Coughlin (DJQ Artist Development) from Ohio who likes the songs and has suggested we make a visit to a nearby recording studio to make a professional recording / professionally produced 6 track cd. Every year the people of Cornwall have a music festival called the looe festival (which the stranglers headlined this year) where they hand out hundreds and hundreds of cd’s with unsigned bands on, Delaware featured on the cd the festival were promoting and Delaware are potentially the headline act on the unsigned stage in 2013. NCB radio quoted ‘it’s crime Delaware haven’t already been signed’. Delaware are also getting regular airplay and creating a very small but solid fanbase over at jam city America, a worldwide unsigned acts radio station based in Kansas. Where we are getting a nice little following of fans from Kansas as far as Ohio and Illinois, Delaware featured as Jam City America’s band of the week on 19/10/2012 30  minute lunchtime special on Delaware where they played all the tracks, and had an interview with Andy  and played one of the tracks (the same song) twice one after the other then said ‘I played that twice, hell I don’t even care I love these guys’

For Delaware’s Websites see below:

www.DelawareRock.com www.YouTube.com/DelawareRock www.Facebook.com/DelawareRock www.Twitter.com/DelawareRock or @DelawareRock