Undead Guitars (formerly Red Guitars)
"We've got sounds, can turn you inside out!"
I was invited to talk to Texas podcaster Greg Shanks for his Pale Blooms And Beyond show the other weekend. So, here I am burbling away about Red Guitars and other musical escapades. Thanks to Greg for the invitation.
I watched a few of his videos, very entertaining and insightful, Paul Trynka and Dave Wolfenden both notably good, so have a click around his channel for more. (Lou)
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We’re recording again this week. And eating cake. And biscuits.
New single ready for mixing on Monday, release day to be announced soon.
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Thanks to everyone who has watched, listened to, bought or shared our new single Blazing Zombies so far. It’s been great fun to record it and make the video.
But there is a serious side to the song too. This is Hal’s backstory:
“Blazing Zombies is part raucously cathartic rant, stirred by so much anger, disaffection, and hatred in the air, and part personal reflection on our complicity in the systems that drive that division and disconnectedness – and the dreadful effects that it can have. A response to the everyday dissonance of extreme mundanity (‘please prepare to push your trolley off the end of the conveyor’ playing on repeat in a shopping mall) and apocalypse (‘please prepare for climate catastrophe’ playing on repeat on the news). At the end of the song the zombies express retrospective sorrow and regret at the havoc caused – a smidge of ironic humour and optimism survives!”
Yep! Please help us get the word out and pass it on:
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We are very pleased to report that our new single Blazing Zombies by Undead Guitars is released today on all the usual digital platforms, Spotify, iTunes, etc. on Scratch Plate Records, distributed by LabelWorx. Don’t forget to search for us under ‘Undead Guitars’, and please give us a follow.
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So, here it is, the (epic!) video for our new single Blazing Zombies, released today.
You can get the single on Bandcamp now, and it will be on all the usual digital channels.
Get it from Bandcamp here: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/track/blazing-zombies
Hallam: “Blazing Zombies is part raucously cathartic rant, stirred by so much anger, disaffection, and hatred in the air, and part personal reflection on our complicity in the systems that drive that division and disconnectedness – and the dreadful effects that it can have. A response to the everyday dissonance of extreme mundanity (‘please prepare to push your trolley off the end of the conveyor’ playing on repeat in a shopping mall) and apocalypse (‘please prepare for climate catastrophe’ playing on repeat on the news). At the end of the song the zombies express retrospective sorrow and regret at the havoc caused – a smidge of ironic humour and optimism survives! Happy Halloween!”
The official Blazing Zombies video was filmed in the Meka Space gallery and Black Lion in Bridlington and O’Riley’s Music Venue in Hull.
We had loads of fun making the video. We played our first gig as a four piece at O’Riley’s and invited the audience to dress as zombies for the live shots. Our fans certainly came up with the goods. You were terrifying!
‘Blazing Zombies’ by Undead Guitars, Scratch Plate Records Cat No SPR666 distributed by Label Worx. Available now on all the usual digital outlets and Bandcamp at the link: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/track/blazing-zombies
Blazing Zombies: Hallam Lewis lead vocals and guitars, John Rowley guitar, Lou Duffy-Howard bass and backing vocals, Matt Higgins drums and percussion, written by Hallam Lewis. Recorded and produced by John Rowley and Undead Guitars. Drums recorded at O’Rileys Music Venue, Hull. Video produced by John Rowley, filmed by John Rowley, Simon Baxter and Richard Duffy-Howard at O’Rileys Hull, Meka Space Gallery and The Black Lion, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
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It’s always been great for us up in Scotland. Cheers to Mike at Manic Pop Thrills in Fife for his feature & background to our name change, click on the image below and head to the review:
Here it is, the (epic!) video for our new single Blazing Zombies, released today.
You can get the single on Bandcamp now, and it will be on all the usual digital channels from the 24th.
Get it from Bandcamp here: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/track/blazing-zombies
Hallam: “Blazing Zombies is part raucously cathartic rant, stirred by so much anger, disaffection, and hatred in the air, and part personal reflection on our complicity in the systems that drive that division and disconnectedness – and the dreadful effects that it can have. A response to the everyday dissonance of extreme mundanity (‘please prepare to push your trolley off the end of the conveyor’ playing on repeat in a shopping mall) and apocalypse (‘please prepare for climate catastrophe’ playing on repeat on the news). At the end of the song the zombies express retrospective sorrow and regret at the havoc caused – a smidge of ironic humour and optimism survives! Happy Halloween!”
The official Blazing Zombies video was filmed in the Meka Space gallery and Black Lion in Bridlington and O’Riley’s Music Venue in Hull.
We had loads of fun making the video. We played our first gig as a four piece at O’Riley’s and invited the audience to dress as zombies for the live shots. Our fans certainly came up with the goods. You were terrifying!
‘Blazing Zombies’ by Undead Guitars, Scratch Plate Records Cat No SPR666 distributed by Label Worx. Available from 24th October on all the usual digital outlets and 10th October on Bandcamp at the link: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/track/blazing-zombies
Blazing Zombies: Hallam Lewis lead vocals and guitars, John Rowley guitar, Lou Duffy-Howard bass and backing vocals, Matt Higgins drums and percussion, written by Hallam Lewis. Recorded and produced by John Rowley and Undead Guitars. Drums recorded at O’Rileys Music Venue, Hull. Video produced by John Rowley, filmed by John Rowley, Simon Baxter and Richard Duffy-Howard at O’Rileys Hull, Meka Space Gallery and The Black Lion, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
For more information and links to all our social media: https://linktr.ee/Undead_Guitars
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It’s always been great for us up in Scotland. Cheers to Mike at Manic Pop Thrills in Fife for his feature & background to our name change, click on the image below and head to the review:
Undead Guitars rise from the ashes of Red Guitars
Look out for our new single and video ‘Blazing Zombies’ out this Friday 10th on Bandcamp, and via Scratch Plate Records on all the usual digital platforms on the 24th.
In the meantime, here’s the spooky trailer 
Come back on Friday when we will reveal the full (epic!) video.
Thanks to @beatfilterpr
Undead Guitars: Hallam Lewis, John Rowley, Lou Duffy-Howard, and Matt Higgins release a new single with a new band name Undead Guitars.
Available on all the usual digital channels and Bandcamp: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/track/blazing-zombies https://linktr.ee/Undead_Guitars
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We are four founding members of Red Guitars, Hallam Lewis, John Rowley, Lou Duffy-Howard, and Matt Higgins and we are now called ‘Undead Guitars‘ 🎸🔥
We are currently working under our new name because one of our former singers, Jerry Kidd has trade marked the name ‘Red Guitars’ in his name only.
We clearly have equitable rights to the band name Red Guitars, but when we parted ways with Kidd in 2024, he registered it as a trade mark in his own name. Last December, when the four of us remaining Red Guitars released our single ‘Ho Ho Hum’ to raise funds for two refugee charities he used his registration to get our Bandcamp page suspended, and to prevent us releasing the single on other digital outlets. We challenged his registration with the Intellectual Property Office to the point of a tribunal case, and although we clearly have a good case, we have better things to do at the moment than to continue a protracted legal argument in a toxic situation. Life is too good and too short.
We have not given up being able to use the name Red Guitars in the future but for now we are having a great time together recording and preparing for more gigs. And we are delighted to be ‘Undead Guitars’ to release our upcoming new single and video ‘Blazing Zombies’ in October.
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After the video shoot last weekend we played our first gig as a four piece, with Hallam on lead vocals. And for this special first show Matt and John and I all sang lead on one song. We’ve had a great time putting this set together, and hope you enjoyed the new songs – as well as the old favourites and zombie songs. I wonder if we’ll get to play it again! Here are some photos of the night, taken by Richard Duffy-Howard and Mike Hood.
Now Undead Guitars, Hal, John, Lou and Matt. Find out more, visit our website home page here: https://redguitarsband.com/
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Night of the Dead Guitars!
Big thanks to everyone who came out to our Blazing Zombies video shoot and first gig as a four piece at the weekend. You all looked terrifying. We loved it!
After the video shoot we played our first gig as a four piece, with Hallam on lead vocals. And for this special first show Matt and John and I all sang lead on one song. We’ve had a great time putting this set together, and hope you enjoyed the new songs – as well as the old favourites and zombie songs. I wonder if we’ll get to play it again! Here are some photos of the night, taken by Richard Duffy-Howard and Mike Hood.
Great sound, lights and hospitality as ever at O’Rileys Music Venue, Hull, thanks to Darren and team. We had a blast. Without giving too much away, here are a few photos and screenshots from video. Can you spot any familiar zombies in the crowd?
Currently Temp Band Name Hal, John, Lou and Matt, find out more, visit our website home page here: https://redguitarsband.com/
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Just don’t know what to wear for our zombie gig? It would be great if you’d like to dress up for our gig and video shoot, and we’d love you to get creative with your own look. But if you’re stuck for ideas we’ll have a selection of masks at O’Rileys, collectors items, hand painted by John. Get there in good time to grab one!
We’ll be playing a special one off set of songs, some old, some new and some surprises, as well as filming the video. Sun April 27th at O’Rileys, Hull.
Not to be missed!
Info and tickets:
skiddle.com/e/40647406
Currently Temp Band Name Hal, John, Lou and Matt, find out more, visit our website here: https://redguitarsband.com/
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