Andy Hardie & The Free Radicals

About Me

Few bands deserve your attention more than this. Andy Hardie is the strongest most original songwriter to emerge from the North-East of England in years. His voice combines both a rich baritone and perfectly cracked higher registers. The style of the music lies somewhere between Tom Waits and The White Stripes and is a complete break from the mundane conformity of today's music industry. With echoes of rock, big band swing, alt country, jazz, dub and funk the music incorporates the darkness of Nick Cave and the lightness of Bacharach.

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Member Since: 18/12/2005
Band Website: www.andyhardie.com
Band Members:

Andy Hardie - Vox, Guitars, Keys, Bass, Percussion, Tech Support, Soldering, Writing, Recording, Production, Programming, Marketing, Photography, Web Design, Mastering, Publicity, Distribution.

The Free Radicals are,
Ben Gilbert - Keys.
Paul Susans - Bass, Vox.
Martin Douglas - Drums, Vox.
Dave Wilde - Sax, Flute.
Brendan Murphy - Percussion.
Graham Hardy - Trumpet.

Influences:

Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Primal Scream, Randy Newman, Johnny Cash, Mudhoney, Fun Lovin Criminals, Kasabian, AC/DC, The Clash, Iggy Pop, Bowie, Run DMC, Barry White, Shane MacGowan, Frank Sinatra, The White Stripes, Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, The Coral, The Darkness, Dean Elliot, Louis Prima, The Eagles, The Stone Roses, Led Zeppelin, Les Paul, Daft Punk, Leftfield, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Aerosmith, Paul Simon, The Pixies, Propellerheads, Syd Barrett, Captain Beefheart, The Who, The Zutons

Sounds Like: Orange
Record Label: yiTunes
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What's new?

Currently written and recorded new material. Has taken even longer to do this album than the last one. Well maybe not but it seems like 50 years. Apologies for the wait. Been busy with babies, work, l...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:36:00 GMT

What are we up to??

Currently writing and recording new material. Since it took us 18 months to finish the last album we thought we'd better get started on the next one straight away. Gonna be releasing a new single web ...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:49:00 GMT