Biography

ALAN BISHOP - VOCALS / GUITAR
ALEX KING - GUITAR / BACK VOCALS
RAY DALE - BASS / BACK VOCALS
ANDY SMITH - DRUMS / BACK VOCALS

THE RED EYES FORMED IN GLASGOW IN MAY 1997 AND TAKE THEIR INFLUENCES FROM THE MORE MELODIC EARLY PUNK/NEW WAVE BANDS. AFTER RECORDING THEIR FIRST ‘4-TRACK DEMO’, THE BAND WENT ON TO CONTRIBUTE A SONG TO AN ANGELIC UPSTARTS TRIBUTE ALBUM, RECORDING THE UPSTARTS’ 1982 SINGLE “WOMAN IN DISGUISE”. THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1998 WITH BANDS FROM THE UK, EUROPE AND CANADA CONTRIBUTING TRACKS.

THE RED EYES SUPPORTED STIFF LITTLE FINGERS ON THEIR MARCH 1998 UK & IRELAND TOUR AND FOLLOWED THIS UP WITH CONSECUTIVE SUPPORTS AT THE GLASGOW BARROWLAND IN 1999 & 2000.
THE BAND HAS ALSO SUPPORTED THE UK SUBS, THE VIBRATORS, 999, SPEAR OF DESTINY, T.V. SMITH, THE CARPETTES, THE LURKERS, MENACE, GOLDBLADE AND THE GUITAR GANGSTERS.

THE RED EYES RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM UP TO OUR EYES IN IT AT THE END OF 1998. THE BAND GIGGED EXTENSIVELY IN 1999 & 2000 TO PROMOTE THE CD AND AT THE BEGINNING OF 2001 PLAYED BOTH DAYS AT THE MINEHEAD BUTLINS ALTERNATIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL WHICH ALSO FEATURED THE DAMNED, BAD MANNERS, 999, UK SUBS, EDDIE & THE HOT RODS, CHELSEA, DR. FEELGOOD, TENPOLE TUDOR, BRIAN JAMES GANG, THE STIFFS, A.T.V, THE PITS, THE PINK TORPEDOES, SLUTCH & MORE.

FOLLOWING THAT WAS THE RED EYES WELL-RECEIVED APPEARANCE AT THE 2001 HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN 25th ANNIVERSARY OF PUNK FESTIVAL.
THE RED EYES RELEASED THEIR 2nd ALBUM ON PRESCRIPTION IN JULY 2001. THE BAND CONTINUED TO GIG ALL OVER THE UK IN 2001 & 2002 FINISHING OFF 2002 WITH AN ALL-DAYER IN NEWCASTLE WITH THE UK.SUBS, THE LURKERS, THE THREATS, THE PITS & MORE.

ALSO AT THE END OF 2002 THE RED EYES RELEASED A DOUBLE-A-CD SINGLE FEATURING ALL DRESSED UP (NOWHERE TO GO) / ROTTENROW BABY.

IN MARCH 2003 THE RED EYES AGAIN SUPPORTED STIFF LITTLE FINGERS AT THE GLASGOW BARROWLAND WITH MANY PEOPLE, THE BAND INCLUDED, SUGGESTING THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BANDS FINEST PERFORMANCES. THE BAND THEN PLAYED AT ANOTHER ALL-DAYER THIS TIME IN SUNDERLAND WITH THE LIKES OF THE DAMNED, DEAD KENNEDY’S, UK SUBS, VICE SQUAD, T.V SMITH, RED ALERT & MORE. THE RED EYES THEN RECORDED THE U.K SUBS SINGLE "TEENAGE" FOR THE U.K SUBS TRIBUTE ALBUM "BRAND NEW RAGE" FEATURING BANDS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2003 THE BAND AGAIN PLAYED AT THE HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN PUNK FESTIVAL IN MORECAMBE AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A GIG AT THE FAMOUS CAVERN IN LIVERPOOL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW FESTIVAL.

IN 2004 THE RED EYES RELEASED THE NORAH LOUISE KUZMA E.P. WHICH GAINED THE BAND A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. MORE GIGS FOLLOWED WITH A SUPPORT SLOT TO THE UNDERTONES AT KING-TUTS IN GLASGOW, PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR.

DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS THE RED EYES DIDN'T GIG AT ALL IN 2005 OR 2006 BUT STARTED TO GIG AGAIN IN 2007 WITH A NEW LINE-UP AND HOPEFULLY NEW RECORDINGS IN THE COMING YEAR.

THE RED EYES SUPPORTED THEATRE OF HATE ( 25th ANNIVERSARY OF WESTWORLD ALBUM ) & THE CHOKE ( NEW YORK ) AT KING TUTS IN GLASGOW ON APRIL2007. THIS WAS THE FIRST GIG FOR THE RED EYES IN 2 1/2 YEARS AND THE FIRST WITH THE NEW LINE UP!
THE RED EYES SUPPORTED THE ALARM AT THE ABC IN GLASGOW ON SEPT 2007. FOOTAGE IS ON THE RED EYES MYSPACE SITE.

THE RED EYES PLAYED THEIR FIRST EVER GIG IN LONDON IN JULY 2008 AT THE ICA (VIDEO OF NEW SONG "THIS IS MY LIFE" FROM THE LONDON GIG UP ON THE MYSPACE SITE). ANOTHER GREAT SUPPORT SLOT WITH 999 IN CARLISLE WAS FOLLOWED BY SUPPORTING SPEAR OF DESTINY IN GLASGOW. SUPPORTS TO THE LURKERS, STRAWBERRY BLONDES AND THE U.K. SUBS TO FOLLOW BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. NEW SONGS ARE BEING REHEARSED IN TIME FOR A NEW ALBUM IN 2009.

WATCH THIS SPACE AND COME AND SEE THE RED EYES PLAY FOR YOURSELVES IN 2008/09 YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!