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can be said about the Haunting A D ? Extraordinary, atmospheric, communing with spirits and generally dealing lyrically with the sharp end of life .. in touch with the strength of feeling about issues close to many peoples' hearts. | |||||||||
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| Caroline Hoare aka 'Witchy' : the driving force behind the band, songwriter, lead vocal, rhythm guitar and harmonica. The Divine Caroline has a distinctive bluesy vocal sound. Her approach is one of total immersion into the soul and character in the song, driven by the ideas behind the lyric, delivering a performance that leaves you wonderfully moved, swept up as the scenario unfolds. | |||||||||
| John Hoare : songwriter, lead guitar, backing vocals, musical arrangements. The dynamic, long-haired impressario, second half of the writing team. An inventive, fluid and versatile guitarist, his note-perfect musical interpretations and storming guitar solos seem to always match the mood perfectly. | |||||||||
| Scott Lomas : Bass Guitar: both tallest and next longest suffering band member: A consumate pro musician delivering 101% on the stonkometer, his driving bass lines completely under-pinning the band's sound. | |||||||||
| Tracey Simmons : acoustic & electric violin, backing vocals. Virtuoso classically trained fiddle-play plus electronic effects, make Tracey's space-age fibre glass instrument sound at times like an entire string section. Although not featured on the track Fade.mp3 (Robin Gillan), the interplay between John & Tracey onstage is an outstanding feature of the Haunting ADs live performance. | |||||||||
Ian Roberts : Drums, percussion, piano. Ian's energetic prescence ties all the Haunting AD musicians together. Currently off the road through disabling injury .. Get Well Soon Ian !! (Our previous drummer exploded !!) | |||||||||
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| From their earliest days as Anarchist Punk band 'Lick That !!', and feeding new rhythms into the London Acoustic Network, The Haunting AD began a life of its own in the mid nineties, as an outlet for the songs of Caroline & John Hoare. From the first demo sessions came a 6 track mini album of acousto-electric-gothica including 'Eat Stop' and the ghostly 'Stole his Past'. These 2 songs would later evolve into the full blown debut CD 'ManiFest'. During the making of Manifest a full band with Bass player Scott Lomas, Terry Cray on Drums and Julie Edgell on Backing Vocals was formed. Sporadic gigging including the Green Gathering and as overall winners of two North London Battle of the Bands competitions that year, impressing a lot of people, and with extra studio time on their hands .. but through the need for life (and nappy) changing decisions, Terry and July moved on to pastures (and baby) new. | |||||||||
| Like the Phoenix, a new, more hard-edged unit arose from the ashes and a new short 6 track C D 'Looking Back at You' was recorded at the legendary Scarlet Studios. This line up including new powerhouse drummer Jim Gardener, plus exceptionally talented electric violinist Tracey Simmons, helping fulfil an earlier promise by really nailing the light and shade, gothic textures, required for music of a strongly atmospheric nature. Touring followed though sadly Jim the drummer disappeared in a cloud of smoke, pouff he went .. but was ably replaced by our current beat keeper Ian Roberts. | |||||||||
| We have now completed our 2nd full 15 mind expanding tracks CD called 'Another Twist'. Ranging from the strutting swagger of 'Vain display' and 'Night Porter' to the rap & rifferama of 'Can I have some more'/'Make your mind up'. The new album also more reflective, taking a trip to bed-sit land in 'A single life', or the poignant environmental wake up call 'Oh Please !'. The Haunting AD are never afraid to tackle tricky, or topical subjects. One older song revisited 'Sooner or later' deals with problems of greed and debt, whereas 'Taste you' gives helpful tips on how to deal with a blood sucking vampire (.. and you never quite know when that might come in handy!) | |||||||||
| Independent
Films have provided the Haunting AD with an alternative outlet for their richly
atmospheric soundscape, including the independent short film production 'Vermilion
Vixens' and 'An Australian Vampire in London' (Shock Horror Probe films). >>> |  | ||||||||
| Future projects include a tour of theatre/arts centre venues, a modern dance choreographed piece and an installation, more details coming soon. | |||||||||
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