The Gyres

The Gyres were a band formed in the 1990s in Blantyre near Glasgow, just before the Britpop explosion.

Career

The Gyres played numerous gigs in the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan, supporting and touring with Cast, Oasis, Reef, Echobelly, Bon Jovi, and David Bowie. The band enjoyed limited success, and eventually disbanded after walking away from their independent record label, Sugar Records, whose funding had dried up. The remaining members renamed themselves Point Blank, and released an album called 50/50 at the start of the 2000s, then disbanded not long after the release of the album.

Several members are still involved in the music industry to some degree. Paul McLinden is now performing as solo artist 'Mr D', and was previously in the band Koba.

Their former manager Paul Cardow now breeds prize winning vegan chickens in Montrose, Scotland. He also finances a luxury leather goods export business, targeting the South East Asian markets.

Line-up

• Andy McLinden - Vocals
• Paul McLinden - Guitarist
• Peter Lyons - Guitarist
• Mark McGill - Bassist
• Paddy Flaherty - Drummer

Discography

Singles

• "Break" (1995) - UK #145
• "Pop Cop" (1996) - UK #71
• "Are You Ready" (1997) - UK #71
• "Sly" (1997) - UK #111

Albums

• First (1997)

1. "Sly"
2. "Hi-Fi Driving"
3. "Break"
4. "A Million Miles"
5. "Hooligan"
6. "Are You Ready"
7. "Falling Down"
8. "On A Roll"
9. "I'm Alright"
10. "Pop Cop"
11. "Downtime"