{"id":268,"date":"2011-05-15T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinridley.groovemachine.net\/?p=268"},"modified":"2012-03-05T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T19:12:43","slug":"skyclad-re-release-a-decades-worth-of-music-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Skyclad Re-Release A Decade&#8217;s Worth Of Music Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It\u2019s been 20 years since the release of their first record, now <strong>SKYCLAD<\/strong> have joined with <strong>GLOBAL MUSIC<\/strong> for the digital re-release of nearly half of their back catalogue. All releases from 1996 to 2006 are now available to download from all major online retailers.<br \/>\nIncludes: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Irrational Anthems (1996)\t<\/li>\n<li>Oui Avant-Garde \u00e1 Chance (1996)\t<\/li>\n<li>The Answer Machine? (1997)\t<\/li>\n<li>Vintage Whine (1999)<\/li>\n<li>Folk\u00e9mon (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Another Fine Mess <em>Live Album<\/em> (2001)\t<\/li>\n<li>Swords of a Thousand Men <em>Single<\/em> (2001)\t<\/li>\n<li>Live at the Dynamo <em>Compilation\/Live Album<\/em> (2002)<\/li>\n<li>No Daylights&#8230; Nor Heel Taps <em>Compilation\/Re-Recording<\/em> (2002)\t<\/li>\n<li>A Semblance of Normality (2004) <\/li>\n<li>Jig-a-Jig <em>Limited Edition EP<\/em> (2006)\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SKYCLAD was founded in 1990 by then former Sabbat vocalist Martin Walkyier and Satan\/Pariah guitarist Steve Ramsey, the two&#8217;s aim was to put together the &#8216;ultimate pagan metal band&#8217;. Initial ideas for the band included such extravagances as traditional Robin Hood costumes, although these concepts were soon dropped. SKYCLAD are now considered one of the pioneers of folk metal.<\/p>\n<p>Current line-up:<br \/>\nKevin Ridley (Vocals &#038; guitar)<br \/>\nSteve Ramsey (Lead guitar, acoustic guitar and backing vocals)<br \/>\nGraeme &#8220;Bean&#8221; English (Bass guitar, acoustic and classical guitar)<br \/>\nGeorge Biddle (Fiddle, keyboards and piano)<br \/>\nArron Walton (Drums &#038; Percussion)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skycladmusic.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.skycladmusic.co.uk<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobalmusicgroup.com\">http:\/\/www.theglobalmusicgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release &#8220;It\u2019s been 20 years since the release of their first record, now SKYCLAD have joined with GLOBAL MUSIC for the digital re-release of nearly half of their back catalogue. All releases from 1996 to 2006 are now available to download from all major online retailers. Includes: Irrational Anthems (1996) Oui Avant-Garde \u00e1 Chance &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/?p=268\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skyclad Re-Release A Decade&#8217;s Worth Of Music Online<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kevinridley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}