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