{{Short description|Scottish Celtic rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- For groups; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = The Electrics | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Dumbarton, Scotland | genre = Celtic rock, Christian rock | years_active = 1988–present | label = {{hlist|Word|Pila|5 Minute Walk|Pleitegeier}} | associated_acts = | website = {{url|www.theelectrics.com}} | current_members = Sammy Horner<br/>Paul Baird<br/>Davie McArthur<br/>Allan Hewitt | past_members = Tim Cotterell<br />Jim Cosgrove<br/>Jim Devlin<br/>Heather Negus<br/>Kris McEwan<br/>David Lyon<br/>Kenny MacNicol<br/>Robin Callander }} '''The Electrics''' are a Celtic rock band from Dumbarton, Scotland. They formed in 1988 when former Infrapenny members Sammy Horner (vocals and bass guitar) and Paul Baird (guitar) asked drummer Dave McArthur and sax/keyboard player Allan Hewitt to play a gig at Glasgow's Impact Festival. The band released a self-financed cassette album, ''Views in Blues'', in 1989. Following this recording the band evolved a Celtic rock sound, heavily influenced by the Waterboys and the Pogues. Subsequent recordings included ''Vision and Dreams'' (1990) which was distributed by Word Records, and ''Big Silent World'' (1993), on Germany's Pila Music label.
The band has performed in the UK, Europe and the US and has never officially disbanded.
Sam Horner has returned to live in Ireland once again, and spends much of the year touring the world performing concerts with his wife, Kylie Horner, as the Sweet Sorrows.
==Band members== '''Current members''' * Sammy Horner — lead vocals, bass * Paul Baird — guitar and backing vocals * Davie McArthur — drums, bodhrán * Allan Hewitt — keyboards, accordion, saxophone, whistle and backing vocals * Tim Cotterell — fiddle, mandolin
'''Former members''' * Jim Devlin — guitar, mandolin * Jim Cosgrove — drums * Heather Negus — accordion, keyboards * Kris McEwan — fiddle, mandolin * David Lyon — accordion, keyboards * Kenny MacNicol — highland pipes, uilleann pipes, whistles * Robin Callander — fiddle, mandolin
==Discography==
* 1991: ''Visions and Dreams'' (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Visions_And_Dreams/4966/ Cross Rhythms]<ref name="CM_07">{{cite journal |last=Massey |first=Dave |date=August 1991 |title=The Electrics - ''Visions And Dreams'' |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=7 }}</ref>) * 1993: ''Big Silent World'' * 1995: ''The Whole Shebang!'' * 1997: ''The Electrics'' (Reviews: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/The_Electrics/4964/ Cross Rhythms],<ref name="CM_41">{{cite journal |last=Cummings |first=Tony |date=October 1997 |title=The Electrics - ''The Electrics'' |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=41 }}</ref> [http://www.tollbooth.org/reviews/elec.html The Phantom Tollbooth]) * 1998: ''Livin' It Up When I Die'' (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Livin_It_Up_When_I_Die/4982/ Cross Rhythms],<ref name="CM_48">{{cite journal |last=Rimmer |first=Mike |date=December 1998 |title=The Electrics - ''Livin' It Up When I Die'' |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=48 }}</ref> [http://www.tollbooth.org/reviewm/electrics98.html The Phantom Tollbooth], ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20010222184244/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue74/74Albums.htm HM Magazine]''<ref name="HM_74">{{cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |date=November–December 1998 |title=THE ELECTRICS ''Livin' it Up When I Die'' |journal=HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=74 }}</ref>) * 1999: ''Danger Live'' (Review: [http://www.tollbooth.org/2000/reviews/electrics.html The Phantom Tollbooth] * 2001: ''Reel, Folk'n'Rock'n'Roll'' (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Reel_FolknRocknRoll/4513/ Cross Rhythms]<ref name="CM_68">{{cite journal |last=Cummings |first=Tony |date=May 2002 |title=The Electrics - ''Reel, Folk'n'Rock'n'Roll'' |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=68 }}</ref>) * 2005: ''Old, New, Borrowed & Green'' (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Old_New_Borrowed__Green/12633/ Cross Rhythms]) * 2014: ''The Norway Sessions'' (recorded 2005, released as a [https://sammyhorner.bandcamp.com/album/the-norway-sessions-the-electrics digital album on Bandcamp] almost 10 years later) * 2024: ''Big Pub in the Sky'' (recorded 2023)
;Samples *[http://www.theelectrics.com/audio/grassisgreener.mp3 Grass is greener] *[http://www.theelectrics.com/audio/rollinhome.mp3 Rolling Home]
==References== {{Reflist}}
;Further reading *{{cite journal |title=the Electrics |date=September–October 1998 |issue=20 |journal=7ball}} <!-- Feature Story -->
==External links== *[http://www.theelectrics.com/ Official Web Site] *[http://www.tagworld.com/theelectrics The Electrics @ Tagworld]
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