MOYA

BIOGRAPHY:

Moya are a Grangemouth band who started off as a jam session in March 2004 in a tiny room built onto the back of a garage, involving Les Allan (drums, ex-Jeffries Fridge), Peter Gilbert (guitar / vocals), Dwayne Mallice (vocals / guitar) & Colin "Twiggy" O'Neill (bass), attempting to play versions of tunes by the likes of Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and The Stereophonics. The name only appeared after a few months of playing together, with a number of forgetable names suggested and ignored. Allen came up with "Moya", apparently meaning "Great Nation". With Allan & O'Neill learning new instruments, and Gilbert making the switch from rhythm guitar to lead, the songs took a few months to come together.
In October 2004 Moya headed for the recording studio for the first time. The result being the first four track CD demo, "Losing My Way". Next step after recording the disc was to get the music heard, and to get out and play live. After starting live work at Grubowski's, Larbert in December 2004, the band released their debut CD, "Losing My Way", in 2005. That summer saw the band refrain from live work whilst Twiggy recovered from a collapsed lung, however by the end of the year, and into 2006, Moya returned to the stage. Summer saw them complete their second EP, "Breaking Point", and then receive some airplay on Central FM.
At the end of 2006 Mallice & Twiggy left the band, as Allen & Gilbert recruited new vocalist, Mark Tierney, and Alloa bass player Stevie McCulloch (ex-Jeffries Fridge). Tierney then proved unreliable and was sacked, allowing Peter to take over vocals. The band then recruited Macedonian born Darko Aroski (guitar), and plan to record a new CD later in the year.
2008 began with a couple of dates, and ended with the act releasing their third single, "Down But Not Out".
Early in 2009 McCulloch left due to work commitments, however the band played at Big In Falkirk in May, and the Homecoming Festival in Grangemouth that summer.October saw them debut with new bass player, Adam Dunbar (ex-Slaughterhook?). The band returned to play the festival in 2010, before Aroski left.

RELEASES:

"Losing My Way" (CD single, 2005)
"Breaking Point" (CD single, 2006)
"Down But Not Out" (CD single, 2008)

WEBSITE:

http://www.myspace.com/moyarock