Recording
on the new album is coming along - slowly but surely, have a
listen to some samples we have posted on our Sound Cloud page for a
taster of what's going on - let us know what you think :-) New
Album Samples
March 25th
No
Rest:No Mercy album is now also
available to download from iTunes and
Amazon.
March 20th
Stairway's
debut album 'No Rest:No Mercy'
is now available for the very first time as a download - available
from CD Baby http://cdbaby.com/cd/stairway4
and very shortly from iTunes & Amazon.
March 1st
There
are two videos of Stairway Live at Full Metal Osthessen Germany
16th Feb 2013 on the Official You tube site Click
here
And
there is also some taster snippets of brand new tracks from the new
Stairway album here on the Stairway Soundcloud page Click
here
Feb 18th
Full
Metal Osthessen 2013 - February 16th
& 17th - Weekend Goings On!
We
started off not too early on Saturday morning heading for Birmingham
airport to catch a 12:50pm (GMT) Lufthansa flight arriving in
Frankfurt at around 3:25pm local time; we were met by Christian at
the airport and travelled a 110Km journey to the venue - Wow those
roads are perfect!!
Andreas
met us on arrival and took care of our equipment after which we
settled in to our hotel rooms, and then enjoyed some of the bands on
the bill, drinking a few beers and enjoying a late lunch -
chatted with a few guys we hadn't seen for a number of years when we
played Metalfest in 2005, after which we prepared ourselves for the gig.
Went on
stage at around 11.30pm and had a blast on stage; thanks to everyone
in the audience for your enthusiasm and headbanging!! and to everyone
we met and talked with after the gig, you're all stars!!
Set List:
Battle
of Heaven
Under
the Gun
Spirit
of Guilt
Black Be
The Night
Lead Us
Stop The Pain
And The
Righteous Shall Be Saved
Red Alert
Bondage
Black
Night (Deep Purple cover)
Tie Your
Mother Down (Queen cover)
Walk Away
Fly With
The Spirit
Death
& Destruction
Great
Whore of Babylon
What
Lies Within
Anybody There
Wishing Well.
Packed
our stuff up and left the venue at around 1.45am (local time) and
walked to the hotel only a couple of minutes away - man it was dark!!
Awoke on
a cold and misty Sunday morning, had a lovely breakfast of coffee,
tea, orange juice meats, cheeses, bread rolls, eggs; thanks to our
lovely hostess who got up early to prepare for us :-) - we were then
driven to Frankfurt airport for our 11.20am return flight home,
arriving back at Birmingham airport around 12.50pm (GMT) to a bright
sunny morning.
Thanks
to everyone at Full Metal Osthessen who made us so welcome: Andreas,
Christoph, Christian our driver, all the staff, stage hands,
sound guys, lighting guys and most of all, you the fans, it was a
real honour to be able to come and play again in Germany - hope
to see you again soon! :-)
This
year is the 20th anniversary of the first release of the No Rest : No
Mercy; album. We shall be playing some of the songs we haven't played
in a good few years at the Fullmetal gig this month 16th Feb - and,
as it has never been available as a download, we plan to release it
for the very first time on iTunes and CD Baby.
Tony
Cummings caught up with Graeme Leslie and Andy Edwards from STAIRWAY
When
Midlands-based band Stairway step onto the stage at the Full Metal
Osthessen in Germany next month they will have clocked up a
staggering 34 years of hard rocking. Down the years the band have
become stalwarts of the classic Iron Maiden/Black Sabbath sound.
Stairway - now a three-piece, Graeme Leslie (vocals), Pete Jennens
(guitar) and Andy Edwards (drums) - are currently getting close to
finishing their new album and have posted a work-in-progress mix of
their song "Lucy Fuhr" on their website. Graeme and Andy
visited the Cross Rhythms studio where they offered some
reminiscences of the lengthy Stairway history.
The last
time Cross Rhythms spoke to Stairway was in 1993 when the band's
highly regarded 'No Rest No Mercy' album received an international
release. As it turned out, it was to be six years before the band
released their 'Bleeding Heart' project. Remembered Graeme,
"'Bleeding Heart' was the first album we'd done on our own. It
was self-financed, self-promoted. We were basically starting from
scratch and learning as we went along. When you're with a label the
label promotes it and you don't really get involved too much with the
background aspect of that sort of thing. It was very much a quick
learning curve for us with the 'Bleeding Heart' album and we
continued with the other albums as well."
Those
other albums were 'On Hallowed Ground' (2002), 'The Other Side Of
Midnight' (2006) and 'Interregnum' (2010), the latter being the last
album on which longtime bass player Rob Jennens recorded.
Intriguingly, the band decided to continue on as a trio with Graeme
switching to bass. Explained Andy, "I think if we'd got a new
member it would have taken longer to get where we are because I would
have probably come back off the drums onto the bass so I'd have to
learn the bass again and the drummer would have to learn the drum parts."
Graeme
commented on the responses that most veteran bands encounter.
"It's sort of come full circle really. In the early '90s we were
getting 'Stairway? Are they still around?' Now in 2013 we are still
getting 'Stairway, are they still around?' That's good to hear!"
Stairway's
classic old school hard rock sound is some way from the output of
the new wave of hardcore noisenicks. Admitted Graeme, "I like
some of it, some of it is great. It's a bit painful for the ears sometimes."
Stairway
is a band who have continuously proclaimed their faith in their
lyrics. Said Graeme, "We've noticed over the years, particularly
in the early days, that the 'secular' scene was more accepting of the
message than the Church was. They appreciated the music. We believe
in Christ and the message that the Bible gives us. They said fair
enough, that's what you do. We'll take that. We've never really had
that problem with that side of it at all."
29th Nov
Two
videos for your enjoyment, the first 'Stop the Pain' Live
...and
here's a short video of something very rare!
October 23rd
We are
still busy with the new album! We’ll post up-dates as and when
we have them.
In the
meantime we want to thank you all for your support! Thanks for all
the nice comments and emails you send us it’s fantastic! And
please spread the word in any which way you can.
We are
confirmed to play the Full Metal Osthessen Festival in Germany on the
16th February 2013, will be great to see some of you there – all
the very best!
October 13th
Sept 17th
We are
delighted to tell you that Stairway CDs are now available at a couple
of new stores in the USA: Best Buy, and Barnes & Noble. Although
these stores aren't stocking physical CDs, they are available to order.
We've
just finished up recording another drum track with Andy - and it's
all sounding extremely mega!
As we
are now getting closer to finishing recording the new Stairway
material, we will start posting new photos etc soon, thanks everyone
for your support.
If
you're new to the band, we've posted a youtube link so you can see
some Stairway videos.
We have
posted a couple of videos from the recent Elements of Rock show -
click here to go to Stairway's Youtube
site. Tracks are: And the Righteous Shall be Saved/Death &
Destruction and Fly with the Spirit.
March
27th 2012
New Photos
We have
posted 30 photos from our show at Elements of Rock - go to the
facebook page to take a look www.facebook.com/stairwaytheband
March
19th 2012
Elements
of Rock 2012 - March 17th & 18th
Set List:
Souls of Zion
Under
the Gun
Walk Away
Fly with
the Spirit
Lead Us
Stop the Pain
And the
righteous shall be saved...
The
Great Whore of Babylon
Death
and Destruction
What
Lies Within
Anybody There
Wishing Well.
Thanks
to everyone at Elements of Rock who made us so welcome and most of
all, you the fans,
it was a real honour to be able to come and play for you in
Switzerland - we had a blast! ;-)
Thanks a lot!
See ya soon!
Pete,
Andy & Graeme.
UK Stockists
10th Nov 2011
Stairway
is distributed in the UK by www.code7music.com
via PHD - CDs are available from High Street Stores , Amazon,
Play.com,
and all good record stores!
Please
Do Not download from Illegal Sites!
They are
giving away something that does not belong to them! We don't receive
anything from these sites. If you support Stairway please download from,
,
andAmazon.
Much Thanks!
Album News
Oct 6th 2011
Have a
gander at a blast from the past, complete with pics of the time ;-)
'No
Rest:No Mercy' and all albums are available from the Stairway
Store
Interregnum Vinyl
The Special
Edition Coloured Blue Vinyl version of the Interregnum
album is still available Go HERE
to order!
