SHOTGUN RELIGION

BIOGRAPHY:

Band put together in December 1987 by Ross Cunningham (bass / vocals, ex-Innocent Thieves), Eddie McKenzie (vocals / guitar, ex-...And Jane) & David Rourke (drums / vocals, ex-Innocent Thieves). After struggling for six months to find their sound (during which McKenzie hedged his bets by also forming The Gangsters), they recruitd violinist Emma Hunter in June 1988. From there the act developed an acoustic based "folk / rock / punk" sound, playing to crowds locally and in Edinburgh (at what is now the Liquid Rooms). The new sound led to a change of name to The Diesel Kings in April 1989.