May, Featured Artist

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GMT are one of the Ten for 10 bands selected by Get Ready to ROCK! for additional promotion in 2010.

GMT

GMT, or Guy McCoy Tormé, are ROBIN GUY, JOHN McCOY and BERNIE TORME and formed in 2006.

John McCoy takes up the story..."I was writing songs with Bernie and we were jamming occasionally and we were asked if we fancied helping out by playing at a charity gig for Clive Burr’s M.S, we’ve both known Clive a long long time so of course we said yes...

Robin Guy was working with Bernie and Alex Kane (Antiproduct) and knew some of Bernie’s stuff so seemed the obvious choice...we had a quick rehearsal and jammed our way through the gig, which went down very well and we were asked if we would play at a festival in Cambridgeshire the next month, we had another rehearsal and played to a few thousand bikers between Wishbone Ash and Saxon, it went really well again and we collectively realised we had something very special..."

Bernie Torme is perhaps best known for briefly replacing Randy Rhoads after his tragic death, on tour with Ozzy Osbourne and Blizzard Of Ozz in 1982.  He also played guitar with Gillan in the late seventies/early eighties.

Bassist John McCoy was also with Bernie in Gillan and has lent his songwriting, musicianship and production talents to countless albums including his own Mammoth and solo projects.  He also has the meritorious distinction of being the only bass player that Atomic Rooster ever had.

Drummer Robin Guy completes this power triumvirate and has played with Bruce Dickinson, Faith No More  and Adam Ant amongst others.

GMT have released two albums, Bitter And Twisted in 2006 and Evil Twin in 2008 and a new album is scheduled for 2010.


Photos by Noel Buckley

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