LEGS ON WHEELS

Legs on Wheels biography
Legs on Wheels is a Manchester-based five-piece playing a blend of prog, psych, punk, pop and more which was born when singer/guitarist/flutist Danny "Hondo" Murgatroyd wanted some people to join him and play some songs he had written and recorded at home. At that time, he was living in Macclesfield, so the Internet seemed the best way to look for talent, and he placed an advert on the 'Join My Band' website. The advert eventually produced three fifths of the band.

Legs on Wheels had started out as a solo bedroom project in 2017, but despite successfully recruiting the additional musicians necessary to turn the project into a real band during 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic initially prevented the band from gaining any real traction. The music video for 'Milktop Mandy' was filmed in the absolute nadir of lockdown, which was a real challenge for the band, requiring much editing but also providing plenty of room for creativity.

The pandemic meant working from a distance with producer Steve Sahota on the band's first EP 'Idelia', which took a lot longer to complete than they had hoped. The lockdowns also encouraged the band to get to grips with a lot more of the administrative/promotional side of things, which was quite daunting at first.

There's a broad range of musical interest across the band members, but they all share a love of progressive rock. The songwriting takes a scoop from the classic 60s and 70s UK prog bands (Genesis, King Crimson, Gong, Jethro Tull, etc.) in as much as the band try to ignore - or at least play around with - the accepted conventions of songwriting, and there are sprinklings of lots of other styles too, such as World music, jazz, soul, punk and funk. The intention has always been to carve out their own little space within what is already regarded by the band as a pretty small niche.

A wealth of material built up during the pandemic, and the band were able to finally begin touring as a unit and performing in front of an audience in October 2021, with their first full length LP 'Legroom' being released as a limited edition CD or 12" vinyl, and also digitally, in April 2023. The debut album represents an expansion of the band's unique sound, being a heady mix of psychedelic pop, punk, prog, jazz, and more. With more space to breathe and experiment, the album packs in far more richness and diversity than could be expected from just five tracks.


- yam yam, December 2023