Blind Pew (Trampled by a Horse)

About Me

Blind Pew staggered into existence in about 1976 when Dave Peddie and Paul Reaper asked fellow flares wearer Graeme White to join them and start a band. The guys were quicky joined by Neil McLaren on Bass. Kicking off with covers and playing anywhere that would have them, the band began to write its own material. Their music is a mixture of poppy post punk and tripy Wishbone Ash inspired prog.Later they were joined by guitar hero John Blair who added a new depth to their sound. Work commitments and 'creative differences' meant two new additions around 1980 when friends Gregor White and Barry Yule joined on Drums and Bass.By now the band was playing their own set at venues such as the Galleon, the Bowling Alley and the world famous Tayside Bar.Blind Pew only made one recording which didn't really capture the energy of them as a live band. A track from this appeared on the 'Dundee Compilation CS' (1980) ["AAGA" / Waiter Waiter / Erasmic Superfoam / R.T. Ripper / Atomic Grape / Blind Pew / Data DD1 4BS / Boo Hooray / Pigs Are Cute /Vex / The Blush / M. Kane / Brian]Women and work caused the band to break up in 1982.But watch this space. Instruments have been dusted off, creaking fingers lubricated and fat butts pulled of the couch and the Pew sound will be heard again.Update June 09: First gig in new format at Hustlers Dundee 6.6.09

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Member Since: 09/08/2007
Band Members: David Peddie (Guitar) Paul Reaper (Guitar) Graeme White (Vocals) Gregor White (Drums) Barry Yule (Bass) John Blair (Guitar God) Neil McLaren (Bass) Ed Muirhead (Keys) Steve Zwirlien (Drums)
Influences: Wishbone Ash, Cream, Zep, Lynrd Skynrd, Buzzcocks, Free, Kinks, Scrotum Poles
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Trampled by a Horse Video

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Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Trampled by a Horse

Well - we've arranged to play at Hustler's in Dundee on the 6th of June. It'll be the first gig (that is the right word isn't it - gig?) that Steve, Barry, Paul and Graeme have played in for over 25 y...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 14:12:00 GMT

New demo

We've just posted a track from the rough recording we've been doing. It features Ed Muirhead ..s, Steve Zwirlien on the drums, Paul Reaper on Guitar, Barry Yule on bass and Graeme White on vocals. We ...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:44:00 GMT

The Song Remains the Same

Another 2 weeks in the reharsal room and we've started writing some new stuff. Not sure weve moved on a great deal in 25 years! It has however great fun - nice to be a bit creative I guess. Barry is s...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:26:00 GMT

Teething pains

Reharsal 2 saw Barry and Gregor join Paul and myself. It was a great buzz to see everyone together again even if we couldn't remember chords or words - apart from that it was great! We manged to get o...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:52:00 GMT

Starting from scratch

Wow that was wierd - back in a rehersal room after all this time. Paul and I have written a lot of songs together but we were both mucho self-concious about sharing our new stuff. Paul reminded me tha...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:38:00 GMT

Feels just like starting over

Inpired by reminicing over the Scrotum Pole's video has inspired the original Pews to creep out from behind their desks, remove the shiny arsed suits and plug in their guitars once more. The studio is...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:56:00 GMT