AKOLAYD

BIOGRAPHY:

Grangemouth based four piece formed in May 2004 by Alan Gilchrist (guitar / vocals, possibly ex-Five Park Drive) , Thomas McClung (drums), Suzy McMilan (bass) & Mark Page (vocals / guitar). The band continued to gig until 2006, when they recorded a demo at Homegrown Studios in Larbert.
2007 saw the band replace guitarist Alan Gilchrist with Bob Casement (guitar / vocals), and begin playing live again, despite a short break by drummer, McClung. Gilchrist, meanwhile formed Las Tuesday. At the end of the year it was announced that McClung had been replaced permanently by Ryan Yule (drums, ex-Break Nekk Speed), however Yule was replaced in early 2008 by Keith Thompson (drums, ex-Plan B).
Summer 2009 saw the band playing at the Grangemouth Homecoming Festival, which they returned to the following year. In 2010 Thompson & McMilan formed Stand 3.


WEBSITE:

http://www.akolayd.co.uk