Steve Percival

Steve Percival
singer/songwriter north east england

Steve began his musical career busking on the cathedral streets of Durham and ended up recording an album with legendary music biz raconteur Kim Fowley.

Along the way he sang and wrote songs for English rock band SUGARWOOD, toured in Britain and abroad, wrote songs with Ian McCallum (Stiff Little Fingers), played an Illinois Town Fair, recorded at the legendary Northern Recording Studios, received airplay in 12 european countries and the US, played in the US with Lowell Gentry & The Naked Apes, recorded a special for Danish student radio in Copenhagen, made the bill at Sound City (Newcastle) and the international In The City music conference (Liverpool) and helped record an album with young Zulu people from the Kwa Mashu Township of South Africa. He has released several cds of original music and made appearances on regional/international tv/radio.

Other musical outings have included The Country Irregulars (with members of The Farriday Fireballs, The Coyote Men & Staggerin' Jonny Lee) and Barking Billy & the Scrapyard Dogs.

Steve is recording and gigging original acoustic material with guitarist Nick Phillips and released a new 5 track EP ~ The Tambourine Tapes ~ in May 2008.

'5 piece rock band from Durham, North East England. Started out as an acoustic duo acquiring members as they went. Frequently with more than 150 live dates a year between 1997 and 2001, and several cd releases, they could be considered one of the hardest working bands to have come out of the North East. Winning over a massive audience and wooing the music industry at Sound City and In The City 2000. Split in 2001 after a (never released) album project with Producer Kim Fowley.' (Lifted from www.discogs.com)

The Country Irregulars

Country punk rock outfit from Newcastle, UK. Sober enough to record only once at Polestar Studios produced by Rob from late 70's North East punk band Penetration. The Country Irregulars went on to support Penetration at their reunion warm-up gig, Steve Wynn at The Cluny and later supported Sweden's seminal garage band, The Nomads, in London. The band hope to start work on a new album soon, if they're spared.

Barking Billy & the Scrapyard Dogs

Having just celebrated their 20th anniversary Barking Billy & the Scrapyard Dogs continue to ply their unique brand of rock n roll around the region with legendary harp player Bruce McDonald (also with The Alligators), Barkin' Billy Lee on vox, Paul Stevens (Mash) on drums and Nick Phillips on rhythm/lead/slide guitar.

~ Changes EP, 1995 ~ December EP, 1996 ~ Catch a Breeze & Fly, CD, 1997 ~ Love, Loss & Carparks, CD Maxi, 1998 ~ Smoke, CD, 1999 ~ Have You Ever Been Free? CD Single, 2000 ~ Devils & Sunlight, CD, 2001, unreleased ~ We Are Alive, CD, 2000 ~ Under the Same Sky, CD, 2000 ~ The Country Irregulars, CD, 2002 ~ These are our Streets, CD, 2004 ~ The Tambourine Tapes, CD Maxi, 2008 ~