Atomic Rooster

Legendary Prog Rockers ATOMIC ROOSTER stop off at The Old Courts for the first time with support from McHale's Permanent Brew.

Atomic Rooster features original members Steve Bolton (Guitar) & Pete French (Vocals) who are joined by along with Adrian Gautrey (organ), Bo Walsh (drums) & Shug Millidge (bass.)

One of the seminal British prog rock bands of the 70s - they owed much of their success, appeal and writing to Hammond Organ maestro Vincent Crane. Originally playing with The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown on huge hit 'Fire' with Carl Palmer, Vincent left Brown and put together Atomic Rooster. Although Crane has passed, Bolton & French from the Rooster's peak 70's line up have - with Crane's widow - Jean's blessing reformed the band and taken to the road.

Support on the night comes from McHale's Permanent Brew. Formed in 2017 in honour of Frank McHale’s love of 60 & 70's inspired guitar based blues rock, an early line up of The Brew, would see them secure a series of support slots that included Dr Feelgood and Triple J (Feat: Jeff Rich of Status Quo.)

A forced hiatus of the band in 2018 resulted in a complete line up change. When McHale was able to continue, it lead the way to Cat Called Dog's drummer Chris Orrell taking over on drum duties, brother Paul McHale (Sellenium, Serpico) sharing guitar and vocals, with the line up completed by bassist Stephen Houghton (The Brandon Lee Webb Band).