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Neil Pybus

Solo Artist From The UK

About Me

Guitarist/Vocalist & Songwriter Neil K. Pybus was born on March 20, 1981, in the suburbs of Sheffield. He was one of two children, and had an early affinity to music, beginning with guitar lessons and listening to borrowed Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Rory Gallagher and King Crimson records as early as age 5. Pybus followed his passion for music throughout his education by studying Popular and World Music at Leeds University and taking a PGCE in secondary music education and currently is the Head Of Music at a High School.Pybus first band, Obelisk, along with their own tracks, covered songs by Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses and Jimi Hendrix. It was his first attempt at being a vocalist, an interest which he would later pursue.By this time, Pybus was studying music at University and studied a wide variety of musical genres and broadened his musical ability and tastes. Soon Pybus was interested in expanding his talent as a musician, and collaborated with a variety of seasoned players on everything from film music soundtracks to jazz ensembles and latin groups.On his return from University, Pybus longed to re-connect with his former band mates from Obelisk. The reunion proved to be a fruitful one , the band renamed themselves as Electric Ocean and successfully played a series of gigs across the North West with Pybus taking on guitar and vocal duties. However, internal conflicts led to the band disbanding and left Pybus looking for a group that would be more musically open minded. House Of Cain were formed in early 2005 and have thus far played a series of well received gigs across the Northwest and are working on material for their debut album.As a solo artist, Pybus ensures that it is just that. All instruments on studio recordings including guitar, vocals, bass, percussion & keys are performed by Pybus alone. His debut album will be available in 2007. His music blends his musical experience and covers a broad range of styles including rock, blues, acoustic & folk music to name but a few.Enjoy the music! MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 6/1/2006
Band Website: apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Neil+Pybus
Band Members: Neil Pybus - Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Bass, Keys
Influences: Influences include; Led Zeppelin, Marc Ford, Rory Gallagher, The Black Crowes, The Mars Volta, Wes Montgomery, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Soundgarden, Cream, Audioslave, Funkadelic, Bert Jansch, Jeff Buckley, Josh Homme, Charlie Byrd, The Doors, Danzig, Portishead, Hendrix, A Perfect Circle, King Crimson, Bob Marley, Miles Davis, Chopin, Comes With The Fall, David Bowie, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Free, The Answer, Howlin' Wolf, Deep Purple, GN'R, Lynyrd Skynrd and loads more!
Sounds Like: Neil Pybus!
Record Label: Looking for a record deal.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bright Skies

Hi all, Another month and another new track. 'Bright Skies' is now uploaded on ilike and is a track I wrote after listening to some flamenco and classical guitar music. I recorded the tune with Chris ...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:43:00 PST

Been A Long Time

Hello to everyone,Been a while since my last blog, so I thought I'd post this to let you know what I've been up to recently. I have made my music available on ilike and there is now a Neil Pybus faceb...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:14:00 PST

New Photos - Jamming With The Daniel Smith Blues Band

Hey everyone,I've put up some recent pics from a gig last thursday. They were taken when I was jamming with The Daniel Smith Blues Band - they were cool guys and great players.All pictures were kindly...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:58:00 PST

New Music - Live Jam

Hey everyone,Just posted a new live track called 'Sunset Blues'. It's just a one take, on the spot, no frills, live jam - hope you enjoy it! The track was recorded September 18th - thanks to technicia...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:18:00 PST

Gig At Chequers

Hi everyone,Starting to book shows - the first is up. I will be playing an acoustic set at Chequers on Nov 3. The set will include some new and old songs with some tasty covers thrown in. Hope to see ...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:42:00 PST

New Song - Well sort of!

Hey everyone,A new edit of 'Spoonful of Sugar' has been posted on my profile. Hope you dig it,Neil
Posted by Neil Pybus on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:31:00 PST

Live Photos

Hey everyone,I've posted some recent live shots taken by Emma Bailey if anyone is interested. They can be found in the 'live photos' album. They are taken from a recent acoustic gig, and Emma came dow...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:17:00 PST

New Music

Hi there,I've uploaded two new tracks from a very recent recording session, really motoring with the new tracks and will be doing some live shows very soon. Special thanks to Chris Bailey for his inva...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:52:00 PST

In The Studio

Hello,Just an update to let you know I'm currently busy writing and recording in the studio - got some belting new tunes. Two of which are called 'Preacher Man' and 'The Border'. Hope to have some liv...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:35:00 PST

The Shape Of Things To Come

Hi all,Thought it only fair to keep you guys informed of what's going on at the moment. I'm currently finishging off writing tunes for the record. The plan is to hit the studio in Easter and get the r...
Posted by Neil Pybus on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:55:00 PST