alloutguitarFEST Lineup
Guthrie Govan
Phil Hilborne
Kaos 7 - Andy James
Curfew - Nick Andrew
Simon Lees
Red Soxx
Vendetta
Chris Francis
Kelly Lee Band
Heavy Load
Plus Special Guests
Guthrie Govan
Phil Hilborne
For
the past 17 years Phil has been part of Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain's touring
clinic band and has done many successful gigs/tours with him including his 'Rhythms
Of The Beast' and 'Return Of The Beast' tours, Frankfurt Music Messe 1993, 1994,
2003, 2004, Drummer Live Show 2004, 2005, 2006 and the London Guitar Show 1993,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Music Editor:
Guitarist magazine (1985-1995)
Music/CD Editor:
Guitar Techniques magazine (1994-2003)
Contributing Editor (2003-)
MD:
Curriculum Director - Brighton Institute of Modern Music (2002-2005)
Musical Director - National Youth Rock Orchestra (NYRO) (2005-)
Vendetta
VENDETTA was formed in early 2006 by guitarist Edward Box. An instrumentalist of considerable repute, Ed wanted to broaden his musical base and return to the roots of his obsession - traditional metal.
Guitarist Pete Thompson and bass player Gary Foalle were swiftly recruited and in the absence of a permanent drummer Ed called in the services of longtime Box stalwart Mick Robson to temporarily complete the lineup. Not for this band the endless grind of low key gigs, experience had taught them that this was not necessarily the best plan of attack. The mission was set - to make an album of classic metal anthems, one that would capture the essence of the music that had driven these men since their youths in the rain swept hills of Cumbria and the industrial wastes of the North East of England.
New album: 
Nick Andrew
Nick
Andrew is a unique guitarist, MIdi guitarist and composer who has a wealth of
experience playing concerts and performing sessions with various people including
people as diverse as the Stylistics, Simon Dinnigan and members of Paul Wellers
band, Mott the Hoople and Napalm Death (no joke!).
Heavy Load
A still young(ish!) trio, started off in 1997, had our wilderness years and via various reunion gigs are now back playing live and writing new stuff. Known to most as a cover band, we've spent a majority of our stage time ripping out rock and blues classics and making men old enough to be our Dads weak at the knees. But we love making old men weak at the knees. We love anyone who'll enjoy our gigs and have a good time with us. Having been more about writing our own songs in our initial time together, now, only 10 F***ING YEARS later do we find ourselves getting our homegrown rock and roll together. As they say, better late than never.... And yes, we are aware there's no music on this site yet, virtual suicide for a band in this digital age we hear you cry! Well, whilst we muster some recordings with which we are happy with, we thought maybe some of you would like to discover our music "the old fashioned way" by actually coming to one of our gigs! Go on! Going out can be ! so much more fun than sitting in front of the computer; excluding porn sites perhaps. We will have some music on here for you quite soon however. Look forward to seeing you all, from those heavily loaded boys
Kelly Lee Band
Kelly Lee is a twenty-one year old Country/Rock singer and songwriter from Hatfield in the the UK.
When you ask Kelly how long she's been singing, she always replies with " Since I was a little girl listening over and over to my favourite Patsy Cline tape and singing along". Kelly has loved country music for as long as she can remember, listening to her parents tapes of Patsy, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Charlie Pride, and later on The Judds and Reba McEntire.
Simon Lees
After being a runner up in 1993, 1994 & 1995 Simon finally became Guitarist
of the Year in 1998. It was the performance of a tune from Simon's "My World" album
called "Crab Racing" which most impressed the panel of judges at the
Grand Final. The final was held at the Wembley Exhibition Centre as part of "Music
Live 1998" which is a large musical extravaganza involving top musicians
and equipment manufacturers. Simon's winning track was included on the cover
CD of the February 1999 issue of Guitarist magazine which sells many thousands
of copies all over the world. After winning the title, Simon was featured on
ITV's Central News, BBC Radio WM's Jenny Wilkes Show, and Wolverhampton's Wolf
FM.
