Name: Blackstar Falling
Start: 2024-11-26T19:30:00.000Z

BLACKSTAR FALLING formed in Edinburgh in 2023 after a chance meeting between two veteran musicians – Jack Turner and Andy Merry – who still wanted to make bold, original music. After writing and rehearsing for eighteen months, the line-up has stabilised as Jack Turner (drums), James Usherwood (bass/vocals) and Colin Salter (guitar/vocals).BLACKSTAR FALLING play all-original post-punk alt-pop indy-rock with their trademark tight, gritty rhythms and taut, witty lyrics. They sing songs of humanity rather than songs of protest, bringing three lengthy lifetimes of musical experience to the business of rock. With a collective age of 204, BLACKSTAR FALLING may be a new band, but they are not novices.BLACKSTAR FALLING recorded their first EP “Beyond” at Edinburgh’s Mark Morrow Audio Studios in April 2024. The four tracks are widely available for streaming and download online. They will be released on CD and vinyl on November 26th 2024 when the band play a special launch party gig in the Speakeasy at the prestigious Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. The band return to the studio in January 2025 to record a full-length album for release in the Spring. The band write all their own material. THE BOYS IN THE BANDJack Turner (drums) started his career at 14, and joined Wolverhampton band Hugh &amp; Cry at 16. They enjoyed success playing with luminaries such as Robert Plant, John Bonham and Noddy Holder and supporting Freddie and The Dreamers, Paul &amp; Barry Ryan, and Gerry and the Pacemakers on the Plaza Ballroom Circuit. Jack co-founded post-punk record label Lockjaw Records in 1997 and helped to guide his three sons to success in Europe on the alt-post-punk scene with their band Tribute To Nothing. He is a founder member of Blackstar Falling.James Usherwood (bass/vocals) was born in western Scotland but emigrated with his parents to the USA when he was 10. He played bass in high school bands and a series of West Coast garage bands. A qualified recording engineer, James built his own recording studio in Seattle, where he worked with three local bands and produced his own solo material. He returned to Britain in 2019 and to his native Scotland in 2022. At 62 he is the youngest member of Blackstar Falling.Colin Salter (guitar/vocals) is from Glasgow. He first played on stage with proto-punk band the Stick Insects, with whom he came third in the 1976 Melody Maker Contest Scottish heats. Colin pursued a career in theatre for fifteen years, composing songs for musicals and ambient electronic soundtracks for dramas, and playing bass for Yorkshire folk-jazz-pop group Jump the Pig. In the 1990s and 2000s he led resident house bands for open mic nights in Cumbria, and joined Blackstar Falling in June 2023.Andy Merry was Blackstar Falling’s original bass player. A lifelong Leither, he is a regular on Edinburgh’s spoken word and poetry slam circuit.https://www.blackstarfallingband.com/about-1

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