Rob Redhead Archives

Atomkraft - 1985 Demo Tape 1. Pour The Metal In* 2. Burn In Hell* 3. Carousel Tony Dolan - Vocals & Bass Rob Mathew (Rob Redhead) - Guitars Ged Wolf (Ged Cook) - Drums *Written By Dolan / Track 3 Written By Dolan And Redhead Produced By Keith Nichol, Impulse Studios Wallsend 1985 After listening to this for the first time in 35 years i'm instantly struck by how much better than the first album future warriors it sounds! with this demo and the first album being recorded by the same producer Keith Nichol.. i'm wondering whether this original demo was simply a live performance captured on tape, i bet that's what this is, so in that case it captures the essence and energy of the band way better than the album itself.. in my opinion. We should have recorded the whole album like this, also to note that the song "Carousel".. was written in the first meeting/audition of me dolan and cook, we worked this song out, and later i was surprised to see that it didnt make the final cut of the future warriors album.. which is a shame as it would have been the best track on there, strange band. Also listening back to this i'm reminded of keith nichols production style, for me at the time i thought that my guitar was too quiet in the mix, and yes here i am listening to this 35 years later and still think the guitar is too quiet, what he's done is add too much reverb to the guitar which has pushed it to the back of the mix, this was a trait with nichol recordings i can hear it in Venom and even Avengers albums of that time period, people will say that its very much a part of the Neat Records sound!.. low fi etc, kind of cool, i agree but i still think the guitar's are too quiet.

Atomkraft Tony Dolan And Rob Mathew Playing The Future Warriors Album 1985 1. Future Warriors 2. This Planets Burning* 3. Starchild 4. Warzone Songs 1,3,4, Written By Dolan & Redhead And *Dolan & White Atomkrafts Tony and Rob playing along together the songs for the first album "Future Warriors" in 1985 I had no idea i had this, i had just got out the original Atomkraft three track demo tape to convert to WAV File, i thought i better check the other side of the tape to make sure that its blank and this happens to be on there. I dont know where it was recorded possibly in my bedroom as we were both writing the songs or maybe in a rehearsal room, i think i may have recorded us doing them so i could work out lead guitar solo's etc for overdubs before we went into the studio. You can hear we were well rehearsed and had the songs tight together before we recorded the album. Also i have to say that dolan and myself sound like a natural fit playing along together like this.. very tight! in fact tighter than with drummer ged playing along. The picture showing me and dolan was from our first photo session, ged the drummer was disappointed that i didnt have much stage gear at that point but never mind he said ive got a box here full of Venom's gear. So the leggings and boots i am wearing are Cronos's.. i wasnt keen at all saying "Im not wearing some other blokes pants" to which ged replied "they've been washed!" so reluctantly i put them on. Not many people have ever come this close to Cronos. Tony Dolan [Bass] Rob Mathew (Rob Redhead) Guitar

The Shapes 1992 Demo Tape 1. Drop The Happy Bomb 2. Burning Bridges 3. Together As One Rob Redhead [Vocals & Guitar] Johnny Graham [Bass] Brian Waugh [Drums] Recorded At Mill Studios Alnwick 15/1/1992 Producer Alastair Lee

The Shapes 1992 Demo Tape 1. Drop The Happy Bomb 2. Burning Bridges 3. Together As One Rob Redhead [Vocals & Guitar] Johnny Graham [Bass] Brian Waugh [Drums] Recorded At Mill Studios Alnwick 15/1/1992 Producer Alastair Lee

The Shapes 1992 Demo Tape 1. Drop The Happy Bomb 2. Burning Bridges 3. Together As One Rob Redhead [Vocals & Guitar] Johnny Graham [Bass] Brian Waugh [Drums] Recorded At Mill Studios Alnwick 15/1/1992 Producer Alastair Lee

The Shapes 1992 Demo Tape 1. Drop The Happy Bomb 2. Burning Bridges 3. Together As One Rob Redhead [Vocals & Guitar] Johnny Graham [Bass] Brian Waugh [Drums] Recorded At Mill Studios Alnwick 15/1/1992 Producer Alastair Lee

The Shapes Live 1990 - Don Morten Demo Recording 1. Hide* 2. Wonderful World* 3. Out Of The Blue Sky* 4. Suzi Q 5. Mama Don't Go Rob Redhead [Vocals & Guitar] Duncan Ferguson [Guitar & Keyboards] Johnny Graham [Bass] Brian Waugh [Drums] *Written By Rob Redhead Recorded At Newcastle England By Sound Engineer Producer Don Morten In 1990 Listening back to this for the first time in years what struck me is how much guitarist Duncan is adding to the sound, because i was singing! i was playing guitar in a more direct crunching tone, whereas duncan was definitely pulling the sound back towards indie with his guitar sound and technique ensuring that we didnt get too early 1970s rock. The balance of all four of us and probably discussing where we wanted to be was 1968-1970 and we sounded like that period, although we still had that 1990s sound and feel as well, all very authentic a real individual sounding band, a great band. But its a real shame that we have no video footage of the shapes, i know we were video'd live at the broken doll music bar, but whether that exists anywhere i dont know. Its such a shame that this performance was'nt in front of a video camera!.. but back then they were a rare and expensive thing to own. But the performance and the music is here so thats the important thing.

Brian Waugh Drums Johnny Graham Bass 1991

Rita Mcnulty [Lead Vocal] Mags Allred [Backing Vocal] Traditional Song "She Moved Through The Fair" Recorded In 1994 Remixed Version 2022

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Driftwood - Live Session At Radio Sunderland 1994 1. Driftwood 2. Window 3. Land Of Constant Change 4. Is There Love 5. For Hannah 6. What Put The Blood* 7. Tippin It Up To Nancy* 8. She Moves Through The Fair* *Traditional Folk Songs Track 1-5 Written By Rob Redhead Rita Mcnulty [Vocals And Bodhran] Mags Allred [Vocals And Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals And Guitar] Diarmaid McGleenan [Vocals And Keyboard] A Live Performance Recorded At Radio Sunderland In 1994

Most of these photo images are either original photo's photocopied in a cheap scanner ten years ago or photocopy's of photos with at best a very two tone appearance, so its a sign of the technology that the AI can pick out any colour at all. Remembering what colour clothe's i had back then!.. shows that the ai has indeed got that correct, its amazing to think what will be possible in the next few years.

Most of these photo images are either original photo's photocopied in a cheap scanner ten years ago or photocopy's of photos with at best a very two tone appearance, so its a sign of the technology that the AI can pick out any colour at all. Remembering what colour clothe's i had back then!.. shows that the ai has indeed got that correct, its amazing to think what will be possible in the next few years.

Driftwood Website: https://driftwoodrobritamags.weebly.com

Driftwood - The Last Take (1995 live demo tape recording) [Full Album Original Tape] Rita Mcnulty - Vocals & Bodhran Mags Allred - Vocals & Fiddle Rob Redhead - Vocals & Guitar Setlist: Side One 1. Driftwood* 2. Window* 3. For Hannah* 4. Yes Are The Days* 5. The Slide~ 6. Fly High* 7. You Cant Say Its Love~ 8. Where Were Going To* Side Two 1. Your Still Here* 2. Is There Love~ 3. World Of Reason~ 4. Prince Of Darkness+ 5. Jane Delawney+ 6. Hand Me My Leather+ 7. Happy Phantom+ 8. When You Gonna Heal Me* *Written By Redhead, ~Redhead & Allred, +Cover Songs The last take was recorded at rita's house in 1995, we were student's at Sunderland University in England, we had been a band for nearly two years and this was the last performance as we were all going our separate ways out into the world of work, jobs etc, well some of us were i just went off ramblin as i always do. Driftwood were a great band and if recorded at the time in a professional studio with a pro producer the sound would have been outstanding.. but that never happened, fortunately thanks to mags who brought a dat tape recorder to the final performance we have this, mags also arranged for us to be filmed in a live performance some 6 months earlier which i hope will see the light of day some time in the near future. With music audio technology coming along with the help of artificial intelligence i believe one day hopefully in my lifetime i will get to hear driftwood in perfect sound quality, in the meantime i can only try and upgrade things as best i can. Driftwood Website: https://driftwoodrobritamags.weebly.com

Driftwood - The Last Take (1995 live demo tape recording) [Full Album Side 1] Rita Mcnulty - Vocals & Bodhran Mags Allred - Vocals & Fiddle Rob Redhead - Vocals & Guitar Setlist: Side One 1. Driftwood* 2. Window* 3. For Hannah* 4. Yes Are The Days* 5. The Slide~ 6. Fly High* 7. You Cant Say Its Love~ 8. Where Were Going To* Side Two 1. Your Still Here* 2. Is There Love~ 3. World Of Reason~ 4. Prince Of Darkness+ 5. Jane Delawney+ 6. Hand Me My Leather+ 7. Happy Phantom+ 8. When You Gonna Heal Me* *Written By Redhead, ~Redhead & Allred, +Cover Songs The last take was recorded at rita's house in 1995, we were student's at Sunderland University in England, we had been a band for nearly two years and this was the last performance as we were all going our separate ways out into the world of work, jobs etc, well some of us were i just went off ramblin as i always do. Driftwood were a great band and if recorded at the time in a professional studio with a pro producer the sound would have been outstanding.. but that never happened, fortunately thanks to mags who brought a dat tape recorder to the final performance we have this, mags also arranged for us to be filmed in a live performance some 6 months earlier which i hope will see the light of day some time in the near future. With music audio technology coming along with the help of artificial intelligence i believe one day hopefully in my lifetime i will get to hear driftwood in perfect sound quality, in the meantime i can only try and upgrade things as best i can. Driftwood Website: https://driftwoodrobritamags.weebly.com

Driftwood - The Last Take (1995 live demo tape recording) [Full Album Side 2] Rita Mcnulty - Vocals & Bodhran Mags Allred - Vocals & Fiddle Rob Redhead - Vocals & Guitar Setlist: Side One 1. Driftwood* 2. Window* 3. For Hannah* 4. Yes Are The Days* 5. The Slide~ 6. Fly High* 7. You Cant Say Its Love~ 8. Where Were Going To* Side Two 1. Your Still Here* 2. Is There Love~ 3. World Of Reason~ 4. Prince Of Darkness+ 5. Jane Delawney+ 6. Hand Me My Leather+ 7. Happy Phantom+ 8. When You Gonna Heal Me* *Written By Redhead, ~Redhead & Allred, +Cover Songs The last take was recorded at rita's house in 1995, we were student's at Sunderland University in England, we had been a band for nearly two years and this was the last performance as we were all going our separate ways out into the world of work, jobs etc, well some of us were i just went off ramblin as i always do. Driftwood were a great band and if recorded at the time in a professional studio with a pro producer the sound would have been outstanding.. but that never happened, fortunately thanks to mags who brought a dat tape recorder to the final performance we have this, mags also arranged for us to be filmed in a live performance some 6 months earlier which i hope will see the light of day some time in the near future. With music audio technology coming along with the help of artificial intelligence i believe one day hopefully in my lifetime i will get to hear driftwood in perfect sound quality, in the meantime i can only try and upgrade things as best i can. Driftwood Website: https://driftwoodrobritamags.weebly.com

Driftwood - Yes Are The Days [added backing 2022] Driftwood: Rita McNulty [Vocals & Bodhran] Margaret Allred [Vocals & Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals & guitar] Yes Are The Days Written By Rob Redhead 1994 Original recording from driftwoods "the last take" demo tape recorded at Ritas House in 1995. Drums, bass and electric guitar added to the audio for a 2022 remix. Original tape copied from Yamaha Mt44 into Roland VS added backing instruments and mixed down, burned to CD, converted to a Wav File, made individual audio tracks with Moises Software. Normalised and Limited through Audacity, mixed in Magix Movie Maker creating a final Wav and Video.

Driftwood - The Slide [added backing 2022] Driftwood: Rita McNulty [Vocals & Bodhran] Margaret Allred [Vocals & Fiddle] Rob Redhead [Vocals & guitar] The Slide Written By Rob Redhead And Mags Allred 1994 Original recording from driftwoods "the last take" demo tape recorded at Ritas House in 1995. Drums, bass and electric guitar added to the audio for a 2022 remix. Original tape copied from Yamaha Mt44 into Roland VS added backing instruments and mixed down, burned to CD, converted to a Wav File, made individual audio tracks with Moises Software. Normalised and Limited through Audacity, mixed in Magix Movie Maker creating a final Wav and Video.