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Artist Bio

Singer/songwriter Andy Gallagher was born in California to Mexican/Scottish parents. Growing up between America and the U.K., Andy is a truly transatlantic talent!

Growing up he was influenced by the likes of Dinosaur Jr, Neil Young, Violent Femmes, Soul Asylum and Sebadoh, Andy began song writing and performing and soon came to the attention of veteran music manager Darren Brown. Andy barely had time to re-string his guitar, before he recorded his debut album Hope Shines Through and was opening for touring bands such Dinosaur Jr, Langhorne Slim, The Tracie Hunter Band and Dom Brown (Duran Duran). He was also given the honour of opening for the Violent Femmes on their 25th Anniversary Tour in Ireland.

It was after a show in Ireland that Andy and Violent Femmes drummer, Victor DeLorenzo, decided to embark on a recording project of their own. Victor then drafted in his long time friend Mike Hoffmann of Semi Twang and E*I*E*I*O* fame who took up bass duties to become part of the project.

The guys met up in Milwaukee, hit the studio and recorded an album in a little under 9 days. Then, as it became time for the final mastering to be done, the trio could only think of one place in the world this could happen – Abbey Road Studios! So it was there that the album ‘Here and There’ received its finishing magical touch, by engineering supremo, Alex Wharton and was officially released on Mood Vertigo Recordings in 2009.

The following year (2010) Andy was contacted by Minneapolis based Micro Label After Music Recordings to record a limited Edition Split Vinyl album, so Andy accepted and contacted a few friends to help him out with the recording and had Mike Watt (The Stooges/Minutemen), Astrid Young (Neil Young), Brendan and Billy Ryan (The Bogmen/Gordon Gano & The Ryans), Steve Summers (EIEIO), Mike Hoffmann (Semi Twang) and Julia Francis to contribute to the vinyl release. The vinyl was officially released in Feb 2011 and the full album Achukma was released through Mood Vertigo Recordings in June 2011.

In the Summer of 2011 Andy was given the tremendous honor/opportunity to play bass for one of his biggest influences, Gordon Gano. His new band Gordon Gano & The Ryans had UK festival/club tour booked and need a bassist. So he happily accepted and enjoyed every last minute of the tour.

Throughout 2011 Andy has been writing material for his new album and has confirmed that Grant Hart (Husker Du) will play drums and Astrid Young (Neil Young) will take up bass duties when the time comes for the album to be recorded. It is hoped that it will be released in Summer ’12 followed by a UK/Europe tour.

So VERY busy times ahead.