Glyder - Brief Biography
"Take a huge slab of hard rock with heaps of melody, a notable bluesy element and even subtle shades of punk and 90's rock and you get Glyder"
Metalteamuk.net"Irish band Glyder began its musical journey in 2004 at the annual Phil Lynott tribute gig "Vibe for Philo" in Dublin. Three albums and two EP's later Glyder have developed a very distinguishable and unique sound, blending their classic rock influences with a fresh and modern sound.
Over the past six years Glyder have toured the UK and Europe and opened for and shared bills with some of the finest names in rock, Metallica, Slash, Motley Crue, Thin Lizzy, Wishbone Ash, Dio, WASP, Thunder, Fish (Ex Marillion), Y&T, Michael Schenker, Hawkwind, Saxon, Gotthard, Blue Oyster Cult and The Answer. Glyder played their first headline tour in Spain in 2008 and headlined to 10,000 rock fans in India in October 2008 proving that they can win over any audience in any live situation.
Glyder released their third album "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" in 2010 on SPV. A&R Olly Hahn: "With Glyder we signed one of the finest rock bands from Ireland. They rock, they have catchy melodies and they play live their asses off. What more can you ask for!" The original lineup of the band split in late 2010 and in January 2011 a new lineup was announced. The band are back with a new fire and a fourth album will be released through SPV in September 2011.
PRESS QUOTES ETC
"It might not be particularly surprising for an Irish band to look to Phil Lynott's peerless legacy for inspiration, but Glyder manage to deftly emulate their heroes without ever descending into artless theft. Smothered in sublime guitar harmonies and delivered with grit and precision? with an added tough and virile metallic edge that often verges on (early) Maiden. At its heart this is an album for people who never tire of hopelessly romantic rock'n'roll songs laden with duelling guitars and wistful street poetry." KKKK Kerrang!' Dom Lawson.
"With a solid twin guitar attack ripping out the harmonies with aplomb and more swagger than Clint Eastwood, they are the Thin Lizzy to The Answer's Zeppelin and even Phil Lynott's mum likes them! And it's easy to see why as tracks like" Walking My Own Ground" and "For Your Skin" have the same stadium gallop and romantic nuances that Lizzy exuded with glorious result". ? Classic Rock Magazine
"The quality of the songwriting really does separate Glyder from the vast majority of up and coming acts that would be viewed as their peers, which augers extremely well for their future" HARDROCKHOUSE.COM
"Glyder are one of the best kept secrets of the European rock scene. Seek their CDs out... you really won't regret it" Jason Ritchie Blogs Critics
"Songs like "Gamblers Blues," "Sweets," "Puppet Queen," and "Walkin' My Own Ground" are filled with THIN LIZZY-esque melody lines, upbeat riffs, and absolutely killer lead guitar playing". The Metal Observer Canada.
"Take a huge slab of hard rock with heaps of melody, a notable bluesy element and even subtle shades of punk and 90's rock and you get Glyder" Metalteamuk.net
Long Biography (From Wikipedia)
The band formed in 2004 after a one off gig at The "Vibe for Philo" in Dublin. Originally called Hollywood, the band toured Ireland with Thin Lizzy. An EP was released in February 2004 called Black Tide Silver Path and the band convinced legendary producer Chris Tsangarides, who worked with Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne to record their debut album.
The album was released through French label Bad Reputation Records on April 2006 and was critically acclaimed in the UK and Europe.
A '5K' Kerrang live review, a'4K' album review, reviews, and coverage in nearly every rock magazine in Europe firmly established Glyder as an international hard rock act.
Glyder hit the airwaves in the summer of 2006 with regular airplay on the Bruce Dickinson BBC6 rock show. The track ?PUP? was playlisted on most UK rock shows from XFM and Total Rock to BBC, and tracks have been played on Norwegian, Swedish, and UK national radio as well as countless independent radio stations all over the world.
Glyder toured Ireland with The Answer during the summer of 2006 and did their first UK headline tour in October 2006. During 2006 Glyder also opened for W.A.S.P., Bob Catley, Wishbone Ash and shared stages with Eric Bell and Brian Robertson.
In November 2006 Glyder won a text competition to open for UK Rock stalwarts Thunder on three dates of their UK tour in November. Also in 2006 the band played a small headline tour of the UK with Manchester band Fury UK as opening band.
In January 2007 Glyder announced they were to tour Europe with Thunder.
In 2008, they released their second studio album Playground for Life on True Talent Records.
In March 2008 they toured with Fish in the UK. In May/June 2008 Glyder toured Scandinavia with Gotthard, opened for Dio in Stockholm and played the Gibson tent at Sweden Rock Festival.
In September that year Glyder opened for Blue Öyster Cult in France and played the Raismes festival in France with Saxon and Y&T and continued to the UK with Y&T as special guests.
After the UK tour with Y&T Glyder headlined an eight date tour in Spain before they headlined at the Synchronicity festival at IIT Kanpur, India. In December that year Glyder opened the Classic Rock stage at Hard Rock Hell 2 in Wales.
In Aug 2009, they opened for Metallica in Marlay Park Dublin.
Most of 2009 was spent writing and recording the third Glyder album ?Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow". The band was signed to SPV/steamhammer after they heard some cuts from the album. The album was released in March 2010 on SPV/Steamhammer and featured a guest solo from Y&T's Dave Meniketti on the title track.
In June 2010 they opened for Slash in Vicar St Dublin, on the same day the band reached the number 1 spot on 89.5 FM WSOU Seton Hall University's college radio station. WSOU is the most influential hard rock and metal college radio station in the country and was recently named the United States #1 college radio station by Playboy Magazine. Alice Cooper also took to the band and played an exclusive track on his "Nights with Alice Cooper" show that was syndicated all over the USA and the world. Rick Wakeman also played the band on his show on Planet Rock and has supported the band since he first heard "Love never Dies" on the "Weather the Storm" EP
"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" was well received in Europe and got a lot of airplay all over Germany and mainland Europe
Due to financial strains and frustration with the music business singer/bassist Tony Cullen and Drummer Davy Ryan quit the band. The band reformed in January 2011 and Jackie Robinson, Graham McClatchie and Des McEvoy joined the band.
The fourth album was written over using home recording software and a few gmail accounts between Kinane, Fisher and Robinson due to the fact that Robinson comes from Northern Ireland and rehearsals were not practical. The album was recorded in April in Bluebird Studios Straffan Co Kildare and mixed by Peter Brander in Mediasound studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. The album entitled "Backroads to Byzantium" comes out on SPV/Steamhammer in Oct 2011.
