Marc Riley - 25/02/2010

We've a real treat for you this evening super group The Climbers. Featuring members of The Leisure Society, Sons Of Noel & Adrian, The Miserable Rich amongst many others. Coming out of the Brighton based Willkommen Collective is the debut album by the band The Good Ship. The Climbers are named after trips to the Lake District taken by chief songwriter Tim West, his school pal Christian Hardy and legions of musical friends. Tim and Christian's friendship began on their first such excursion from their home town of Burton Upon Trent, a school field trip during which they found a shared fixation on OK Computer, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers and death. During Climbers rehearsals Tim introduced Christian to Nick Hemming who both went on to form Ivor Novello nominated The Leisure Society. All this and Mr Rob Hughes with his Parallel Universe and musical trip down memory lane with an old music mag.