About

"The rock n roll "Dante's inferno" for the 21st century!"

The 15 year old East Lancs rock n roll runaway Mel Outsider absconded from school to spin the waltzer cars on the fairgrounds and walked the ponies for the travelling circus.

A love of adventure and the open road saw him move on to form Brit Blues rockers as vocalist for The Outsiders UK and complete a staggering 286 live gigs in 365 days in 1991.

The Outsiders UK released 4 albums and were a popular live group on the European circuit. The final album was critically acclaimed Everything's Gone Vintage 2016.

The new Lancashire based group The Mel Outsider Reformation retains the services of musical director and bassist Matt Pawson and guitarist Liam McCartan.

Dan Arnold joins on guitar, alongside Karl Francis on drums.

Barney Williams from Boogie Williams /The Milltown Brothers / The Animals takes organ, piano and keyboard duties.

Andy Morell plays sax and leads the pocket central horns.

Powerhouse vocalist Hayley Gaftarnick and the sublime Ellie Coast (both Leeds) are on accompanying vocals.

The project was produced in Accrington by Real World Studios Mark Jones, who describes the album as "the rock n roll Dantes inferno for the 21st century."