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May 2012

13 May. The next gig is coming soon. The band will be playing
in Aschaffel on Saturday 16 June.

Gig Aschaffel


April 2012

01 April. Well it's been a while since the last update. Unfortunately the 6 piece Highlander disintegrated at the end of last year. However out of the ashes has sprung a new, although familiar Highlander. After a break of 5 years Allan and Peter have got back together and with new drummer J.P. Thunder reanimated the old power trio version of Highlander. They played their first gig at Rendsburg's "Pub 'n' Roll".

pub 'n' roll


The set of Highlander songs from the old albums was very well received and the guys are looking forward to more of the same.

Set List
Set List


People who liked
"inneal siubhal tìme" can also look forward to future gigs which will feature reworked versions of songs from the album

Watch this space and the Highlander facebook page to see how the story unfolds in the months to come.



Band 2012

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In 1985 scottish guitarist Allan Murdoch (founding member of MESSAGE) visited friends in the USA (ex NEKTAR musicians Alan "Taff" Freeman and Ron Howden). Along with singer/bassist Drew Ross they had a band called OVERSEAS. They asked Allan to join which resulted in a short club tour in New Jersey and neighbouring states in the autumn of the same year. Allan returned home and planned a longer tour in Europe. Meanwhile Taff and Ron had to leave the band, but Allan and Drew decided to carry on as a trio with a drummer who, like themselves, just happened to be Scottish. It was Colin Jamieson. The name of the band was changed to THE OVERSEAS PROJECT, expressing the fact that the three band members were living in different parts of the world; the US, Scotland and Germany.

1986 saw the first European club tour which gained them their first recognition. On the road, the band recorded a few of their songs in different studios on the Continent which were used for their first record released in 1987. Parallel to the release of a Maxi-Single was a short German/Swiss tour, which was so successful, that the band played another tour in 1988 covering Germany, Belgum, Austria and Switzerland and released the LP "HIGHLANDER" later that year. Martin Griffiths (founder member of Beggars Opera and an old friend of Allan's) joined the band on vocals after Drew Ross left and Peter Campbell took over on bass. However Martin had to leave the band suddenly shortly before a tour and as there was no time to work in a new vocalist Peter took over as lead singer.

In this formation the band released 9 albums between 1991 and 2000 (including a reworking of the first Overseas Project album and a "best of" album).

After Allan moved his recording studio to the north of Germany he was followed by Peter but unfortunately Colin could not make the move. Highlander continued performing live with various line-ups and re-released their album Scotia in 2005.

After a visit to the Wacken Open Air festival in 2009 Allan was motivated to reforming the band and as a 6 piece highlander recorded the album "inneal siubhal tìme" in 2010.

The album was recorded in 2010 and released in May 2011. An interview with Allan explaining the concept behind the album can be found here


Unfortunately the logistical problems of getting 6 people together to rehearse and difficulties getting big venue bookings led to the distintgration of the band at the end of 2011. Just for fun Allan joined up with ex-Highlander Peter Campbell and started playing old Highlander songs as an acoustic duo. After a few months of playing every weekend both Allan and Peter were having so much fun together that they started toying with the idea of reforming Highlander as a power trio. Peter suggested they try out the drummer J.P. Thunder from "Third Teeth" and rehearsals started in February. They played their first gig in March at the "Pub 'n' Roll" in Rendsburg.

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