Frantic Chant

Frantic Chant

Frantic Chant is a Scottish group playing psychedelic rock and rock and roll. The band forms around four members: Stazy, Colmac, O’Hara and Nick Paul.

Band members

Stazy is the singer and is described as the band’s frontman. Colmac plays drums and is presented as the band’s most politically outspoken member, with involvement in charity work and campaigns such as “Lock Up Jim Kerr” and “Bring Back Curtis Stigers”. O’Hara plays bass. Nick Paul plays guitar.

Background

The group’s members each have unusual personal histories in the band’s account. Stazy is said to come from a background connected to country music and later finds performance work with a Russian pygmy dance troupe before moving to America in search of a band. Colmac takes up drums during recovery from a broken neck. O’Hara works in a series of jobs before moving back to Edinburgh and turning to bass playing. Nick Paul begins the band after a long period of travelling and busking in a white suit, where he is struck by a bottle and takes the event as a sign to start playing.

Style

Frantic Chant are identified as a Scottish psychedelic rock and roll act, with a sound placed within indie and psychedelic music.