soilistic

# soilistic

members

kevin siddall guitar, vocals	matthew karas keyboards, vocals, guitar, harmonica	lee bennett bass guitar	gary farrell drums
information This is the website of Soil, a band founded in Manchester in 1984. If you are looking for information about the American rock group of the same name, their Facebook page is to be found at facebook.com/SOiLmusic. New for 2020, we've put up another recording from 1987. Head to the "Songs" page for a slightly wonky recording of Profoundly Unhappy Again. We didn't put this up before because we thought that a better-quality copy might surface from the Soil archives. The tape appears to have stretched, causing a not totally uninspiring audio effect, from about 3 minutes 30 seconds or so. In 2013, Matthew and Kevin reunited for a performance at Matthew's 50th birthday. Here's a quick sample if you want to see how badly we've aged: Indifference 1985 Matthew - Guitar/Vocal, Kev - Drums, Lee - Bass Indifference 2013 Matthew - Guitar/Vocal, Kev - Drum Programming, Bass
other members The people pictured above constituted the line-up for most of the gigs in 1985 and 1986. Kevin and Matthew have been in every line-up, and were joined by various others over the years: Rob Kerford DRUMS: 1984 to early 1985, plus some rehearsals in 1990. Ravi Low-Beer DRUMS: 1985, one gig and some recording. Phil Morris BASS: 1987 several gigs. Ged O'Brien DRUMS: 1987 several gigs and some recording. Howard Barber DRUMS: 1990 and 1991 recording.