User:Pulcoman123/Pulco

Pulco is the solo recording project of ex Derrero singer / guitarist Ash Cooke. Ash started making ambitious home recordings in his adolescence before forming Derrero with Falmouth College friends Andy Fung and Dave Hirst in 1995. Moving to Cardiff a year later, Derrero released their debut album on Big noise records, with three EP’s and two albums to follow. Derrero’s Radar Intruder and Unstraightforwardtune singles gained healthy air play, and were particular favourites with John Peel and Steve Lamacq. Not to mention being b-listed on Radio 2 and gaining lots of plays on daytime Radio 1. Both videos for these singles were broadcast on MTV’s alternative nation. The band also recorded three sessions and a live broadcast for John Peel. During their career, Derrero toured with the likes of Super Furry Animals, Sebadoh, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Catatonia and Grandaddy before heading to Europe with ex Boo Radley Martin Carr’s Brave Captain Project in 2001. The bands last album, Comb the Breaks, was recorded and released by the Welsh group Melys on their Sylem label. The record got rave reviews and still stands as a confident and multicoloured collection of songs. With the birth of his son in 2002, ash left Derrero concentrate on the Pulco project, and has continued to record via his attic studio. His first album, Cactus Fog was released in 2003 by Cardiff label Musicbox records and received lots of support from the likes of BBC DJ Adam Walton and the BBC session in Wales. Second album Wengen made a few appearances on John Peels show before his sad passing. In 2006 Ash was signed to Folkwit Records. So far Ash has released 4 new albums on Folkwit – Wengen, Undersea Adventure, Sorepaw and Triceratops