Shotgun Wedding (87-94)

Series 1 Episode 8 of the podcast covers the work of Glam/Sleaze outfit Shotgun Wedding as well as discussing the Birmingham rock scene from the late 80s & early 90s. It features host Dean Vernals ‘in conversation’ with guitarist Gray Ettrick & Drummer Ian Danter from the band.

Formed in 1987, Shotgun Wedding were a five-piece and featured a number of different musicians over their 7 years as a band. Dean saw them live at legendary Birmingham rock club Edwards No.8 which they played a number of times.

Gray & Ian have selected three tracks to play from the Shotgun Wedding collection: Pushin’ Shovin’ , Ashamed & She’s From a Different Solar System and the songs chosen feature three different singers.

If you remember Shotgun Wedding or were in a Birmingham band between 1985 & 2005 and would like to take part in a future episode, then get in touch at: [email protected]. You could also follow the podcast on Twitter – just search for whenthenightcomespodcast to see some archive photographs of the bands featured.

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Shotgun Wedding Drummer Ian Danter has gone on to have a successful radio career since the break up of the band. You can hear him on both talkSPORT and Planet Rock. He was also the host of comedy show the ‘Barmy Brummies’ which is now available as a Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ian-danters-barmy-old-podcast/id1504136590