The Gyres were a band

Musical ensemble

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 formed in the 1990s in Blantyre near Glasgow

Glasgow

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, just before the Britpop

Britpop

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 explosion.

Career

The Gyres played numerous gigs

Concert

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 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Europe

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 and Japan

Japan

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, supporting and touring with Cast

Cast (band)

Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power and Peter Wilkinson after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split...

, Oasis

Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...

, Reef

Reef (band)

Reef are an English band from Glastonbury. The band members includes Gary Stringer on vocals, Kenwyn House on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass and Dominic Greensmith on drums.-Early days:...

, Echobelly

Echobelly

Echobelly were a Britpop band, debuting in 1994 with their album Everyone's Got One. They were often compared to Blondie and were influenced by Morrissey, who himself was a fan of the group....

, Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

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, and David Bowie

David Bowie

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. The band enjoyed limited success, and eventually disbanded after walking away from their independent record label

Independent record label

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, 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

Solo (music)

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 artist

Musician

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 '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
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• Peter Lyons - Guitarist
• Mark McGill - Bassist
  Bassist
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• Paddy Flaherty - Drummer
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Singles

• "Break" (1995) - UK
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  #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"