Neal X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik guitarist has just hit the road with his new band The Montecristos. The band are touring in support of their new LP and lead single 'Born To Rock ‘n’ Roll' and will play London’s Shepherds Bush Empire supporting Marc Almond thisFriday night. Neal is doubling up on this tour as guitarist for Marc Almond’s Velvet Trail tour over 13 nights across the UK, with The Montecristos supporting the key dates. Check out following link: The Montecristos - Born To Rock ‘n’ Roll - Impact Date: 18th May 2015.
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The Montecristos Tour Dates
15 April - Brighton Dome
25 April - Manchester Bridgewater Hall
30 April - Basingstoke Anvil
1 May - London Shepherds Bush Empire
Tour Dates - Marc Almond – The Velvet Trail Tour / With Neal X
15 April - Hebden Bridge The Trades Club - Warm up
16 April - New Brighton Floral Pavillion Theatre
17 April - Birmingham Town Hall
18 April - Ipswich Regent
20 April - Cambridge Corn Exchange
21 April - Brighton Dome
23 April - Bristol Colston Hall
24 April - Leeds Town Hall
25 April - Manchester Bridgewater Hall
27 April - Edinburgh Queens Hall
28 April - Gateshead Sage
30 April - Basingstoke Anvil
1 May - London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
The Montecristos new record has already received the backing from MOJO, Q Magazine and Classic Rock to name a few. You can stream the record in full here and see what all the fuss is about. https://soundcloud.com/neal-whitmore/sets/born-to-rock-n-roll-the-montecristos/s-b72rp
The Montecristos are reinventing the shimmer and the throb, the tingle of illicit pleasure awakened by the sin-drenched echo of 1950’s guitars. The Montecristos are the midnight soundtrack for Jayne Mansfield; hips swaying like a storm at sea knocking at the Green Door of all your rock 'n’ roll dreams. At the helm is Neal X - former guitarist of million-selling, futuristic glam-rock potentates, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and long-term sideman of electro-burlesque starman Marc Almond (who appears on the album as special guest vocals on a cover of Brand New Cadillac).
Once renowned for the biggest quiff in London, Neal has always stayed true to the seamy essence of the originators: “I’m still totally head over leopard-print high heels in love with Rock 'n’ Roll. I wanted to form a band that took the energy and spirit of Little Richard in ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ and make it look and sound totally contemporary for the 21st Century. Glammy, trashy, classy and sexy Rock ‘n’ Roll – driven by my fist sized overactive adrenal gland.”
Indefatigable in his pursuit, Neal has gathered about him a glamorous and musically astute coterie of players: Ice Queen Emma Goss, a mean, slapping Double Bass virtuoso who never loses her cool or class when the fever rises. Luscious Gemma B whose trumpet playing rips the rafters off the joint. Sultry Sophie Freeman who uses her saxophone as a torch to the flame of rock 'n' roll. Exotic Orlando La Rose, a blast of pleasure from beyond midnight, on baritone sax. Dexterous, debonair drummer and percussionist extraordinaire Hugh Wilkinson who effortlessly evinces rhythm's primal thrall. The album is produced by Kenny Jones and Neal X and features a new version of Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s hit “Love Missile F1-11.
The last two years have seen The Montecristos on a stealth mission, gathering speed, poised to strike. Having made their debut in Andrés Dussan’s 2014 movie ‘Down Dog’ they commenced gigging in the UK and Spain to a rapturous response. Sidestepping a record industry that has purged rock 'n’ roll from their books, The Montecristos launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise £5,000 to make their album. They raised almost double faster than the roll of a dice.
Get ready, with ‘Born To Rock 'n’ Roll’ released in April the smoulder is back!
Tracklisitng: Atlantic Surf / Born To Rock N Roll / Hotel Pelirocco / Jayne Mansfield / Brand New Cadillac / Badfinger Twang / Good Lovin’ / Love Missile F1-11 / Dirty / A Little Bitty Bit Of Your Sweet Love / Pussywhipper / Dirty Little Lowlife / #selfie / I’m Going Home
Source: Press Release
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