Hugh Winton (Winnie)

Vocals, Guitar and Keys

John Ross (Muff)

Drums

James Richards

Bass + B.Vocals

George Campbell

Keys + B.Vocals

Scottish Highland based band, The
The Side are: Hugh Winton (Winnie) - Vox & Guitar, John Ross (Muff) - Drums, James Richards - Bass & Backing Vox and George Campbell - Keyboards & Backing Vox.

Described by the Daily Record as - "A GREAT band from the Highlands who all at once seem to be Baggy, Britpop and Ben Folds Five wrapped up in pop melodies"

They have solidly established themselves as one of the top bands inthe North Of Scotland, with their indie mixture of rock, pop and funk. The Side have played with artists from across the UK such as the likes of Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), From The Jam (2 of the original 3 members ofThe Jam line-up), The Bootleg Beatles, The Complete Stone Roses,Tiny Dancers, The Bluetones and Inspiral Carpets frontman Tom Hingley, whilst keeping busy with regular jam packed gigs around Scotland.

In 2005 The Side released their debut ep, soon after they received the news that judges from NME, Radio 1 and LEE had selected the band for the Lee Sounds Unsigned Showcase Tour in association with NME. The band played the Glasgow leg of the tour which was filmed and along with 1 of their recorded songs, features on the Lee Sounds Unsigned DVD.

iN 2006 the The Side showed no signs of slowing down with showcase gigs at the goNorth Festival in Aberdeen and goHi in Inverness, an appearance at the BBC Seedlings stage at the Belladrum Festival, self released their second e.p, featured on Fat Hippy Records (Aberdeen) " The Sampler" compilation album and gigged across Scotland from Gairloch to Glasgow.

last year seen the band complete their first Scottish tour, appear at industry showcase goNorth and also feature on Music Week's accompanying goNorth compilation CD, self release their 3rd EP, perform at the Rockness Festival and only just recently, return from playing music showcase goMoscow in Russia.

The Side hope to release their fourth ep by the end of march.