Formed
in February 1995 by Stuart McCairney (guitar), Greg McSorley (bass), Derek Menmuir
(drums) & Paul Smith (vocals / guitar), Weird spent five years gigging and
recorded two demo's containing crowd pleasing favourites like "The Rain"
and "Vancouver". Weird played mainly around the Falkirk area, particularly
when the Martell was a big influence on the scene. Around 1996 Central FM took
a shine to the band, and they played "Summerhigh" live on air. The
band supported The Supernaturals at an all day festival at the Martell in December.In 2000 the band split after recording their third set of songs as an album, to be called "Cold Home Street", on a four track, with McCairney trying pastures new. The other three brought in another guitarist and started a new band called The Seventeenth.
Weird reformed in early 2004 and using a home studio recorded a new album "One More Solo", as well as re-recorded their first album "Whapper Stormer". In 2005 they began to gig further afield, which has continued into 2006.
2007 began with the release of the bands fifth album, "Riot Act". Later in the year the band recorded tracks for an acoustic album.
The band started it's own non-profit label, Home Made Records (HMR), to release their recordings, and Paul Smith also records and releases solo albums.
RELEASES:
"Whapper Stormer" (CD album, Home Made Records, 1995)
"Firkin Outburst" (CD album, Home Made Records, 1997)
"Cold Home Street" (CD album, Home Made Records, 2000)
"Cold Calling" (CD e.p., Home Made Records, 2004)
"One More Solo" (CD album, Home Made Records, 2004)
"Riot Act" (CD album, Home Made Records, 2007)
INTERNET:
http://www.weirdonline.co.uk/