Galahad (UK band)

Galahad are an English progressive rock band formed in 1985. They have released 10 studio albums, 6 live albums and 3 rarities collections as well as a couple of offshoot project albums in the guise of the Galahad Acoustic Quintet and the Galahad Electric Company. Over the last 32 years they have played with the likes of Pendragon, IQ and Twelfth Night. Galahad have performed their own shows and at festivals in Europe and North America, and have sold tens of thousands of albums despite never having had a major record deal. All releases are on their own 'Avalon Records' imprint other than some re-issues which are released in association with Polish label 'Oskar Productions'. In 2012 and after 27 years of existence Galahad released their first ever LP 'Battle Scars' in conjunction with Ritual Echo Records, on high quality 180 gram vinyl, in a gatefold sleeve, as a limited edition pressing of 300 which is already fast becoming a collectors item.^[1]

The band's vocalist Stuart Nicholson described Galahad's early days thus: "...the band was formed just after the so called second wave of ‘Prog’ bands such as Marillion, Pallas, IQ, Twelfth Night, Pendragon etc. of Prog bands came to the fore in the early Eighties. They all started around 1978 – 1981 and we started in 1985 after the bubble had effectively burst, but didn’t really get going seriously until 1990 onwards. To be honest we really did play just for fun in the early days and weren’t really that concerned about record deals etc. It was only after playing with some of the bigger bands when we thought. Actually, we are just as good as these guys so why not give it a go..." ^[2]

Founder member Roy Keyworth left the band in March 2017. Producer Karl Groom filled in for Keyworth on the band's Quiet Storms album released in May 2017,^[3] but will not join the band full time.

Lee Abraham was officially announced as the new Galahad guitarist on 23 October 2017 after having already recorded all the guitar parts for their new Seas of Change album, which was released in January 2018.

Current members

• Stuart Nicholson: vocals (since 1985)
• Spencer Luckman: drums (since 1987)
• Dean Baker: keyboards (since 1997)
• Lee Abraham: bass (2005–2009), guitar (since 2017),^[4]
• Mark Spencer: bass & guitar (2012–2014), bass (since 2018)

Previous Members

• Roy Keyworth: guitar (1985–1998, 1999–2017)
• Paddy O’Callaghan: drums (1985–1987)
• John O’Callaghan: guitar (1985) (deceased)
• Mike Hooker: keyboards (1985–1987)
• Nick Hodgson: keyboards (1985–1987)
• Paul Watts: bass (1985–1989)
• Steve Pearson: drums (1987)
• Mike Hewetson: keyboards (1987–1988)
• Mark Andrews: keyboards (1988–1991)
• Pat McCann: bass (1989)
• Tim Ashton: bass (1989–1992, 2014-2017)
• Karl Garrett: keyboards (1991–1997)
• Neil Pepper: bass (1992–2002, 2009–2011) (deceased)
• Craig Wilson: guitar (1998–1999)
• Peter Wallbridge: bass (2002–2004)
• Mike Kneller: bass (2004–2005)

Timeline

Discography

References

External links

• Official website;