JUNE 08
ATOMIC BITCHWAX / LEAFHOUND BORDERLINE GIG CANCELLED
Due to circumstances completely beyond the control of the band, the previously announced gig at The Borderline in London on July 6th is cancelled. The band were really looking forward to this gig and apologise on behalf of those responsible for any inconvenience caused to those who wished to attend. The band will still be appearing at The Peel in Kingston on August 2nd and will be trying to line something up to compensate for The Borderline cancellation. See gigs page for a list of upcoming gigs.
MAY 08
MOONFEST 2008
Leaf Hound have been added to the bill at this year's MOONFEST festival in Wiltshire. The band will appear on main stage on Saturday 30th August alongside Australian Pink Floyd Show, Ozric Tentacles, Pete Doherty, Zenyth and Jetking amongst others. The festival is a three day event in association with BBC Wiltshire ans takes place between 29th and 31st August. For more info check out their website at WWW.MOONFEST.CO.UK and our gigs page.
APRIL 08
SUMMER GIGS ANNOUNCED
Leaf Hound have announced the first shows in a series of Summer gigs, starting with a show at London's Water Rats Theatre on June 4th. Check out the gigs page for more details.
PETE FRENCH INTERVIEW
The latest edition of LOW CUT webzine freatures an article on Leaf Hound by Stephanie Thorburn with a full interview with Pete French and a previously unseen pic of the band taken by Hugh Gilmour. To check it out click here.
MARCH 08
MELLOTRONEN MELLOBOAT
A big thanks to everyone for a great reception at the Mellotronen Mello Boat 2008 Fest. The band had a lot of fun and were delighted to be joined on stage by Per Wiberg from Opeth who added some superb keyboards to Breakthrough & Growers Of Mushroom. Thanks Per & good luck on tour!
It was great to meet so many friendly faces in Sweden again & we hope to see you again before too long. Thanks to Ronny Svensson and of course Stefan Dimle and all his crew for looking after us so well.
'UNLEASHED' WORLDWIDE DOWNLOAD
'Unleashed' is now available in all territories for download via iTunes.
MELLOBOAT VIDEO CLIPS, PICS & REVIEW
Some video clips of Leaf Hound's performance on the Melloboat have started to appear on YouTube. As and when we spot them, we will post links to them on the VIDEOS page. The first 3 are on now - thanks to whoever filmed and posted them.
We have also posted the first review of Leaf Hound's performance on the reviews page. There are also some excellent pictures now published on the internet, courtesy of Harald Bjervamoen and rockprog.com. To view them click here.
JANUARY 08
'UNLEASHED' NOW AVAILABLE ON DOWNLOAD
The new album Unleashed is now available as a digital download on iTunes in the UK & Europe. Just go to iTunes and search on 'leafhound'. The album is very shortly to be available worldwide as a digital download and we will post a news item when this is up and running.
DECEMBER 07
A BIG THANKS FROM LEAF HOUND!
Leaf Hound would like to thank all our friends for their fantastic support during 2007. The new album 'Unleashed' has been very well received and we would especially like to thank everyone who has taken the time to send us emails telling us how much they like the album. It is greatly appeciated, and we hope to catch up with as many of you as possible at gigs during 2008.
We would also like to thank all the journalists who have given us really positive reviews. Special mention to the writers of CLASSIC ROCK who named 'One Hundred And Five Degrees' as one of the TOP 100 SONGS Of 2007. We would also like to thanks KERRANG writer Alastair Riddell for naming 'Unleashed' in his TOP 10 ALBUMS of 2007.
See you at the next gig at the Eel Pie Club in Twickenham on Jan 23rd (see Gigs page) and dont forget to book your place on the MELLOBOAT for the MELLOTRONEN 21st ANNIVERSARY SCHIZOID BOAT FESTIVAL in March where Leaf Hound will be joining Opeth, Comus, Katatonia and many more for what promises to be a great party!. Check out their MySpace site at www.myspace.com/melloboat
NOVEMBER 07
NEW ALBUM FINALLY UNLEASHED!
Well it's been a long wait, but November 12th 2007 is here and Leaf Hound's brand new album 'Unleashed' is finally out! The album is available from numerous on-line retailers including HMV, Play.com, Amazon etc. The album will also be available for download in the very near future and we will confirm details shortly. The album has already picked up some great reviews in magazines such as Kerrang! and Classic Rock. These will all the added to the reviews page as and when they appear.
NEW LEAF HOUND TRACK ON CLASSIC ROCK CD!
'One Hundred and Five Degrees' from the new album 'Unleashed' is featured on the Best New Music of 2007 CD free with the December issue of Classic Rock Magazine.
LEAF HOUND ON NEW MOJO CD!
The original Leaf Hound recording of 'Freelance Fiend' from the Growers album is featured on the 'Heavy Nuggets' CD with the December issue of MOJO magazine.
EEL PIE GIG ANNOUNCED
Leaf Hound will return to the Eel Pie Club in Twickenham for a gig on January 23rd.
Thanks to everyone who came down to the Camden Underworld for the 'Unleashed' launch show. We're very greatful for the terrific response we had and thanks go to Litmus, Gentlemens Pistols and Earthling Society for making it a great Rockin night all round.
OCTOBER 07
PRE-RELEASE COPIES OF 'UNLEASHED' ON SALE!
There will be 25 signed pre-release copies of the new album 'Unleashed' on sale at The Underworld show this coming Sunday, 28th. First come first served, so get there early to bag a copy!
NEW GIGS ANNOUNCED - Manchester Date & Mellotronen Festival 2008!
Leaf Hound will be heading to Manchester for the first time in November with a gig at the Star & Garter on Nov 21st.
The band will also be appearing at the '21st Anniversary Schitzoid Boat' Mellotronen Festival on 8th & 9th March 2008. The 36 hour festival takes place on the Silja Symphony ship sailing from Stockholm, and Leaf Hound line up alongside 14 other bands including Opeth, Comus & Katatonia.
More details on the gigs page. Further gig announcements to follow.
NEW ALBUM COVER REVEALED
As you may have noticed on the home page, the cover art for the new album 'UNLEASHED' has been revealed. The band would very much like to thank Hugh Gilmour for the excellent job he's done with the artwork.
SEPTEMBER 07
RELEASE DATE AND ALBUM LAUNCH GIG FOR 'UNLEASHED' CONFIRMED
The official release date set for Leaf Hound's new album 'UNLEASHED' is November 12th.
To launch the release of the album, Leaf Hound return to The Camden Underworld on October 28th to headline the second night of the 'All Hallows Festival'. More details on the gigs page.
AUGUST 07
BARFLY GIG CANCELLED
The recently advertised gig at the Camden Barfly on October 7th has had to be cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. Rescheduled dates, including a London show should be announced shortly. Ticket refunds at point of purchase.
NEW ALBUM NEWS!!
Leaf Hound are pleased to announce that a deal has been done for the European release of the new album UNLEASHED on the R.A.R.E. label, a new subsidiary of Repertoire UK. Expected release is late September/early October. The album will feature 105 Degrees, Barricades, The Man With The Moon In Him, Nickels & Dimes, Stop Look & Listen, Overtime, Too Many Rock'n'Roll Times, Deception, Breakthrough (a reworking of the Atomic Rooster classic). More details to follow.
The band are currently lining up a series of gigs soon after the albums release.
Until then, see you at TAPESTRY GOES WEST FESTIVAL on August 10th!
MAY 07
2 SUMMER GIGS ANNOUNCED
Two summer Leaf Hound shows have just been announced. On July 25th, the band play the legendary EEL PIE CLUB in Twickenham.
In August, Leaf Hound will be appearing at this year's TAPESTRY GOES WEST FESTIVAL in South Wales, taking place over the 10th & 11th of August. More details on the gigs page.
APRIL 07
T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE HERE!
Leaf Hound T-Shirts are now available through this website. See the new 'Merch' page.
MARCH 07
FORTHCOMING GIGS - TICKET NEWS
Advance tickets are on sale for the Camden Barfly gig on April 29th with Winters & Invasion. You can get them from www.wegottickets.com or www.stargreen.com. Price is £6 plus booking fee. You will also be able to pay on the door on the night, admission £7.50. See the gigs page and www.myspace.com/kbyrocks for more details.
The Art Wood Tribute gig at York House on March 25th has now sold out. There will be no tickets available on the door.
FEB 07 - EXTRA!
LONDON BARFLY GIG ANNOUNCED
Leaf Hound will be playing the Camden Barfly on Sunday 29th April, promoted by KBY. Guests are Winters & Invasion. More details on the gigs page.
FEBRUARY 07
CHARITY GIGS ANNOUNCED
Leaf Hound return to the live stage later this month with the first of two charity shows. The first is on Tues Feb 20th at The Spitz in London where Leaf Hound headline the final night of three benefit shows for RESONANCE FM, who are in need of funds to keep broadcasting. More details at www.spitz.co.uk and check out the Resonance 104.4 FM website at www.resonancefm.com.
On Sunday 25th March, Leaf Hound feature in 'ART - A Musical Tribute to Art Wood' at York House, Twickenham. Leaf Hound will be playing a short set previewing some of the songs from the new album. Art Wood was a very close friend of Pete's and the band are pleased to be able to make an appearance. Check out the gigs page for more details of the show, which features a host of music faces.
These are the first Leaf Hound appearances since the band took a break from live work at the end of the Summer and are currently lining up more shows, soon to be announced.
CLASSIC ROCK ARTICLE
Leaf Hound are featured in the March 07 issue of Classic Rock, in an article on 'The Pioneers Of Heavy Metal' written by Sleazegrinder. It features a short interview with Pete.
JANUARY 07
NEW VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE - LEAF HOUND AT SWEDEN ROCK!
Two new videos have been added to the videos page - 'Too Many Rock'n'roll Times' performed at the 2006 Sweden Rock Fest, and 'Freelance Fiend' from London. Check out the videos page.
OCTOBER 06
SWEDEN ROCK DVD/CD
Leaf Hound's performance of 'Breakthrough' at this year's Sweden Rock Festival is featured on the live CD of the Sweden Rock 2006 DVD/CD set, released on Oct 27th. The DVD features a post-gig interview with the band. The set also features performances from Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Cactus, Krokus, Celtic Frost, Alex Harvey Band and Venom amongst others. You can get a copy from the Sweden Rock website via their online shop swedenrockshop.com.
LEAF HOUND ON YOUTUBE
There are currently some great clips of Leaf Hound live performances to view on You Tube. Tracks featured are 'Too Many Rock'n'Roll Times', 'Growers Of Mushroom' and 'Stray' from the Putney show in August as well as a clip of 'Drowned My Life In Fear' from the band's first gig at the Camden Underworld in Oct 2004. Go to youtube.com and search on Leaf Hound. We will shorly be publishing some links to these clips from this website.
SEPTEMBER 06
KEITH YOUNG
It is with great sadness that we have to report the recent passing away of Keith Young, the original Leaf Hound drummer. Every fan of the Growers Of Mushroom album will know what a superb performance he gave on that record and what a great and influential drummer he was.
He leaves behind his son Lewis, and everyone currently involved with Leaf Hound offer their sincere condolences to him.
AUGUST 06
WEBITE REVAMPED!
Regular visitors may notice that leafhound.net has undergone a slight revamp featuring new pics and brend new 'Reviews' and 'Releases' section.
JULY 06
METAL BREW
Thanks to everyone who attended the Metal Brew show in North London recently. It was a great festival, small but perfectly formed! The audience was one of the best we’ve had the pleasure of playing to so far. Thanks to all the other bands who made it a great day & special thanks to Stu and his team for all their hard work in making it a great day.
JUNE 06
SWEDEN ROCK
Thanks to everyone at Sweden Rock for making us feel very welcome back in Sweden – what a festival! Thanks to all involved in the organisation for looking after us so well and a special thanks to all the people who gave us such a great reception. For a review and pictures of the Leaf Hound performance, go to www.rockprog.com
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY GIG ANNOUNCED
Leaf Hound return to The Half Moon in Putney on Sunday 27 th August.
See you at Metal Brew July 22 nd!
MAY ‘06
LONDON SHOW IN JULY – METAL BREW 2006
Leaf Hound will be headlining this year’s Metal Brew Festival in Mill Hill, North London on July 22 nd. Its an outdoor event featuring 7 other bands. More info on gig page or www.metalbrew.co.uk.
ROADBURN
Thanks to everyone involved with this year’s Roadburn Festival in Tilburg. It was a great day and Leaf Hound would like to thank everyone there for the great reception. It was great to meet so many of our friends from all over Europe. Special thanks to Walter for taking the time to organise such a fantastic event and all the crew. All the bands kicked ass and it was great to catch up with our friends from Orange Goblin, Witchcraft and Gorilla.
Leaf Hound’s set featured the debut performance of new track ‘The Man With The Moon In Him’. The band should be returning to Holland later in the year.
APRIL 06
LEAF HOUND TO PLAY SWEDEN ROCK!
Leaf Hound will be playing this year’s SWEDEN ROCK festival on 8th June at 5.45pm.
LEAF HOUND ON TOTAL ROCK
Leaf Hound will be back in the Total Rock Studios as guests on Samantha’s ‘Royalty Of Rock’ show from midnight to 3am on Friday 14 th April. Tune in at www.totalrock.com
LEAF HOUND IN MOJO MAGAZINE
There’s a full page feature on the ‘Growers Of Mushroom’ album and an interview with Pete in the latest issue of MOJO, in the Buried Treasure feature.
MARCH 06
LEAF HOUND SINGLE OUT NOW!
Leaf Hound have a limited edition 7” single out now on Rise Above Records. It features the full live versions of Freelance Fiend and Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times and was recorded, with the assistance of Humbug, at the Borderline show last September. It’s available from freakemporium.com and riseaboverecords.com amongst others. But hurry! It’s a strictly limited edition!
Thanks go to Lee Dorrian and the guys at Rise Above.
JANUARY 06
LEAF HOUND PLAY THE ROADBURN!
Leaf Hound are pleased to announce their first show in Holland at this year’s ROADBURN FESTIVAL in Tilburg on Saturday 22 nd April. More details at www.roadburn.com and on the gigs page.
LEAF HOUND IN FILM SOUNDTRACK!
Leaf Hound’s Freelance Fiend is on the soundtrack to the new Neil Jordan film Breakfast On Pluto on general release from January 13th.
DECEMBER 2005
RADIO NEWS AND OTHER STUFF!
Check out Leaf Hound on Resonance FM on Wednesday December 21st between 5 & 6.30 when the band will be doing a live session of four songs and well as having a chat. You can pick it up in London on 104.4 FM or listen via the internet on www.resonancefm.com.
We hope you also caught Pete and Jim’s interview with Twang on Total Rock radio at the start of December. 6 tracks from the ‘Growers’ reissue were played. Many thanks to all the guys at Total Rock for that one. Check em out at totalrock.com.
Thanks also to all those who also turned out for the Leaf Hound festive shindig in Soho last week. We had a great night and had a great response once again. Thanks to Drew for some great DJing and also to Money Shot and Filthy Love for great sets.
We hope to see some of you at our ‘secret’ new year’s eve gig in London. We’ve been sworn to secrecy by the promoter, but here’s some clues... It’s a great club that we’ve been associated with at some point this year. Possibly a festival… bayeux. Carole King.
Remember to put the Putney gig in your diaries as well…Jan 29th
To everyone that’s dug the Hound this year…THANKS & HAVE A ROCKIN XMAS!
NOVEMBER2005
LEAF HOUND XMAS GIG!
Leaf Hound will be playing a festive shindig at the Soho Arts Club on 8th December. See gig page for more details.
The Re-release of the Growers Album is finally in stock and available from all the usual places including play and freakemporium.com
Recording of the new album should be finished by the end of the year
A January gig has just been announced at the Putney Half Moon
SEPTEMBER 2005
GROWERS OF MUSHROOM – NEW EDITION
The word from Repertoire Records is that the release date for the new edition of Growers Of Mushroom is 10th October. It’s being released in a digipac format, and features the entire original album, remastered, along with the previous bonus tracks and of course the new bonus track, ‘Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times’. It’s available just about everywhere online and in most good record stores.
SOUND CLIPS
Click on the new SOUNDS section of this site to get to our MySpace page where you can listen to three tracks – ‘Freelance Fiend’, ‘Stagnant Pool’ and ‘Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times’. More to come!
JULY 2005
LONDON GIG ANNOUNCED
Leaf Hound will be playing a show at The Borderline, London on Weds September 21st. Special guests will be Pig Iron. See gigs page for more details.
KAKTUS 2005
Leaf Hound would like to thank everybody at the Kaktusfestivalen for the great welcome and reception we received. The Swedish people definitely know how to rock! We look forward to returning to Sweden in the future. The set played was Stagnant Pool; Drowned My Life In Fear; Stray; Overtime; Sad Road To The Sea; Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times; With a Minute To Go; Freelance Fiend; 105 Degrees; Growers Of Mushroom; Hipshaker.
MAY 2005
LEAF HOUND IN SWEDEN!
Leaf Hound will be making their first ever appearance in Sweden in July. The band will be appearing at the KAKTUS 2005 festival on Saturday 23rd July. For more info, see the gigs page.
LEAF HOUND FOR TAPESTRY GOES WEST 2005
Leaf Hound will also be making an appearance at this year’s TAPESTRY GOES WEST festival in Cornwall. Looks like a lot of fun, so check out the gigs page for more info.
MARCH 2005
MICK HALLS APPEARS WITH LEAF HOUND!
Well the rumours turned out to be true, and the band’s recent show at the Underworld on Easter Sunday was made even more special by the appearance of Pete’s original sidekick and Leaf Hound founder member, the one and only Mick Halls, who was visiting the UK from his home in California.
Mick of course wrote all the original Leaf Hound songs with Pete all those years ago, and it was a real honour for the guys in the band to have him join them on stage for this gig. What made it even more amazing was the fact that before the gig, Mick had never even met the new guys in the band, let alone rehearsed with them. He just picked up his guitar and played the entire set superbly, linking up really well with Luke. It shows what an outstanding talent Mick is.
It was an explosive gig, and once again the audience reaction was brilliant. Thanks to everyone who came along and witnessed this special event. The set played was Stagnant Pool, Drowned My Life In Fear, Stray, Sad Road To The Sea, With A Minute To Go, Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times, 105 Degrees, Freelance Fiend , Growers Of Mushroom. Check out the pictures page for some pictures of the show.
As we write, Pete is currently on his way to Germany to finalise the ‘Growers’ re-release as detailed below. Next gig, Twickenham on April 8th, details on the gig page.
PETE ON THE RADIO!
Pete will be a guest of Malcolm Dome on TOTALROCK radio on Friday 25th March, from 3pm. As well as talking about the band, the interview will feature the first public airing of the new track ‘Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times’. Tune in at www.totalrock.com
IMPORTANT GIG NEWS!!
LEAF HOUND will be making another appearance at The Underworld, Camden on SUNDAY 27TH MARCH. Following the cancellation of Pentagram’s scheduled appearance there, Leaf Hound will be stepping in and teaming up with Sweden’s finest WITCHCRAFT for what promises to be a great night. And watch this space, because there may well be a special appearance by a VERY special Leaf Hound guest!
GROWERS OF MUSHROOM RE-RELEASE
We’re pleased to say that the wait is nearly over and Repertoire Records will be re-releasing the ‘Growers Of Mushroom’ album real soon. The album will be repackaged with extra pictures, liner notes and lyrics and the whole thing will be digitally remastered too. But that’s not all! As well as containing the whole original album in all its remastered glory along with the extra tracks from the previous release, it will also feature the first brand new recording from Leaf Hound in over 30 years! ‘Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times’ was recently recorded with Harvey Birrell at Southern Studios in London and is sounding rather fine. As the track had gone down so well at all the live shows, the band chose to get it recorded and put on the new release as an extra extra bonus track. A release date has not yet been confirmed, but expect it to be late March/early April.
FEB 2005
LEAF HOUND & MOUNTAIN
The gig with Mountain at The Underworld was another stormer, thanks to everyone who gave us yet another great reception. Thanks also to the legendary Lesley West and Corky Laing for a classic Mountain set. You couldn’t meet a nicer guy than Corky, who kept us entertained throughout the whole evening.
For the record, the Leaf Hound set for this one was Stagnant Pool, Stray, Sad Road to the Sea, With a Minute to Go, Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times, Freelance Fiend, 105 Degrees and Growers Of Mushroom.
The next gig will be at The Rose Room, Twickenham Stadium with the Art Wood All-Stars. More info on the gig page.
DECEMBER 2004
Thanks to everyone who gave us such a great reception at the Camden Underworld on the 19th, we really appreciate it. Thanks also to Orange Goblin and Sloth, who both played killer sets. A great night was had by all. The Leaf Hound set for this one was Stagnant Pool, Drowned My Life In Fear, Stray, Sad Road To The Sea, Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times, Freelance Fiend and Growers Of Mushroom.
Leaf Hound T-Shirts are now available and we’ll be selling them through this site very soon so keep checking the site for details.
A lot of people have been asking us about CD’s, so here’s the score. The reissue of ‘Growers Of Mushroom’ has completely sold out, so its not that easy to get hold of at the moment. We’re looking to get a fresh reissue out, hopefully repackaged and remastered, so please be patient and we’ll try to get it sorted as soon as possible. In the meantime, try to avoid the temptation of buying a bootleg. It’ll be worth the wait.
We’re about half way through the writing for the new album; January/February should see the rest of the writing finished, so that we can hopefully start recording around March or April.
Finally, we’d like to thanks all our Freelance Friends for the great support we’ve received since the return of the band. We hope to see as many of you as possible next year, especially those overseas or outside of London who haven’t yet had a chance to see the new band.
Merry Christmas and a Happy 2005 from all at Leaf Hound HQ.
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NOVEMBER 2004
- details of the next gig, which is a full set headline show are on the gigs page. Its in Pete's old stomping ground of the Eel Pie Club at the White Horse in Richmond.
OCTOBER 2004
– DEBUT GIG
Well the debut gig of the new band as special guests to Nazareth at the Camden Underworld was a real success. Thanks to everyone there for making it a special night for the return of the mighty Pete French. The band performed 8 songs – Stagnant Pool, Drowned My Life In Fear, With a Minute To Go, Stray, Freelance Fiend & Hip Shaker from the old stuff plus two newies – Too Many Rock’n’Roll Times & 105 Degrees.
Thanks also to our freelance friends overseas for all the messages of support. We've had messages from all over Europe, America and even Japan! It's nice to know you're out there and we'll do our best to see you in 2005.
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