 Born through listening to its beautiful album by a grit singer songwriter Johnny Tanner and the albums How could we not have a song to sing? How could we not? There's 12 great tracks in it in total and well done to Joe and Donna Moray up there in sessions in the house in Castle Dawson and to see Johnny and his wife are here at the minute in the country So we wish them wish them all the very best and I hope they have a great time and a great stay here in Ireland And it's always great to have you with us Johnny. So safe journey on your travels wherever they take you Right, we move on at 13 minutes after 8 o'clock on this fine Monday night for now And we say hello and welcome our first to do a guest here this evening and it's a local band It's expedition and I say hello lads. How you doing? I'm very very good. So we've got Quaving. Yeah, I'm saying that right? Yes, correct. Yeah, okay You and Ruben and our sheen so the four of these letter County based I Give us a quick introduction. How long have you been together? Well, it was me and you and came for and a man back in like October 2020 Can they'll miss a lockdown stuff for gas so it's kind of hard to get things going man Yeah, but back down really just out right and stuff and Just kind of holding together put the skills again like getting tight And then after a long way Ruben joint that's you and brothers of this Mm-hmm, and then after in summer then we got Oshin and from there on I've just started gigging. I think our first gig was LK plus the festival and I said at the Jimmy Where we use where we used to end we used down just below the market square. I There's things dropping on my head and Jimmy tell you I'm the worst way people in names And now I remember the sound if he's coming out of there was a big green mark. He's well I think it's really really brilliant. I really enjoyed it. I was a great start Was that your first kind of I keep wasn't I could we were practicing for months really Uh-huh, but that was our first kind of public outing like and we're just coming a competition Third was it third third. Yeah, so experience. I had experience of the real price like book on thurs And like the music and stuff that you know, what would you class your music rock? You're rocking metal. Okay, you know, it's great. I love seeing different styles of music. You know, you can get very caught up in one stereotypical I know it's kind of good looks like we can like this music is really kind of No, it's very popular in here. We can like we can like that. It's kind of a bit different like, you know, I mean, so I'm why not right. We're only gonna do music for us So first track offers and this one is called the van conquist open 3p Repies out on Spotify. So anyone's listened to the can also Spotify. Yeah, and it's on all the other platforms Yeah, it's on like app music and all the stuff. I got in band camp and stuff. I got to so And usually coin it on Spotify. No doubt like well Everybody listening in this is gonna be loud. Okay, this is gonna be less. That's when you're ready. Thank you Well, I'm all denied right here in Highland radio and that's local band expedition and That's the only thing I can say to you a ticket from somebody who knows Get Get here and things in because I I wear hearing aids and I wear hearing aids because I used to listen to mental music Right up until me 50. So Get here protects Absolutely brilliant And I applaud Thank you applaud that. I just love it. I love the energy of that the fact that you're right Who does most the writing you did It's a joint effort like, you know It's all kind of things like no usually people come to the music and then Like we know I saw I ever a piece of music here after shows one of the boys like and then we all kind of jump in the Gala and start from there can The song how many songs have you written as to know well on the EP like there's six And at the minute we have two others for the next of comedy face was that hasn't been Those two are finished and there's Like, you know, like the writing process was like, you know, I'm asking obviously only commended in the summertime So, you know He wasn't there for that bit, but you know, like at the start was obviously are you there on your own? Ruben and keeping But like no, like it's you know, I was Giggs Where have you been? Well, of course great as we said earlier was that the Boston Festival. That was a great start. So was The great experience to actually play in front of a crowd was on rail and then after that then we played in Disturbance in central I know if you've heard that It's just like a movement and there can I for a local bands to play So tell me about that it's just this is for like it's not for Contrary Western It's a like it's a niche market like but of course, it is It was true lost like as well like so That's main things But you're gonna devane you there where people know that what they not to know what to expect But the music idea what's common now? I know after that then we moved on to Fibers and Dublin That was a huge one for us. Uh-huh because like Fibers like my biggest rock spot and I heard into bonus How'd you find that? It was on rail advance like it was a competition like it's called like metal for the masses and like we didn't get through but And it's honestly the experience because like when we saw the critic I'm angry on the stage And it's probably like a hundred to some people on like watching us. I was like, oh my god See now if you like but this was experience and like I feel more confident as well like so It's going for going from, you know You're practicing your front room wherever and then you go and to just say for example The bus confessor will there has to be a massive difference Would it be right and thinking it was a big boost for your confidence Just to look around and see people, you know, you're actually performing for people. Am I right thinking that? Yeah, definitely because It was like I always thought like over the years like I always really wanted to Any chance to play in front of anybody at all anything like Would just be the dream, but I remember then as soon as we we actually We opened with our first song on the day of the buskin and I drop one of my sticks And I said now, you know, that's a warm-up will scratch that new looks the bears But you know like then once you get going then, you know, it's a lot better But I remember hearing your sound coming down the main street No, I do remember because we were walking around like and I got this feel it. I just was I could feel it myself You know, this is different. This is class I love I love I like seeing people doing that style of music and having the confidence We were a bit nervous to start We went to anything. Oh, you know, that's music compared to all people like But then we start playing like and there's a fierce crowd towards them We're buzzing with it like That's a good way to go I don't The so what's the plans for the future then he is looking for gigs or well We actually have a good few guys come up and in the central Oh, so not central the cottage been the college in the 31st of May Uh-huh at 20 past 10 nights. So that's not long and we've unconfirmed one Well, I was just confirming the orchard around the 15th of June. That's come up I still need to vote in yet like is this your is this yourself performing or is there a collector The orchard we're doing it with a band who the main guy and he's a friend of ours Aiden Ward and his band called white rose. Okay. So I'm Aiden Ward He'd be he'd playing a lot of cover bands anyway You know, like what I mean, he is a really an equal shared passion for music as we do Oh, like I suppose we make even a friend of him how many months ago and we're like we all shared the same Passion for music. I suppose like, you know, like that we always thought geez We must always, you know, come the time whenever code was out of the way and everything We must always kind of get a gig of some sort together, you know, I suppose it was his idea and to be fair to him He did get most of it organized, but You know, like it'll be a great Find another band some of those around here because of course at the start. It's just kind of us. I know Yeah, like oh, but because there's not like in fairness. There's not a lot of Nothing against you know, everyone likes wrong music and you know, each their own like but if we do love seeing other bands It's good to collaborate stuff. I love the top. You've got the People can get them It's all social media. Yeah, we have an Instagram account. It's like underscore underscore expedition underscore underscore 20 It's gonna have a long one, but and then we have a Facebook engine expedition So it's if you want it's like the black and like it's a mountain Is that the merch? Yeah So Very good growing up, I know obviously it has to be someone in the rock sort of thing, but I'll start with yourself quick Quilling weaving My daughter's name's someone that's going to get mixed up on a slightly longer Who did you you know, how did you look up to in the music world? Well at the start like you know, that's why a big difference for me Because like you just listen to Queen I got sick I was like wait listen to Queen all the time, but then I actually give it a chance one day I actually really liked it and then we meet me names are jamming Queen songs after that Then I got master in the guns and roses. I'm actually going to see them and don't double so they're so we're gonna see that After that then every came across doesn't got more heavy them came across like Metallica and other metal band like Megadeth So at the minute then they're the biggest ones So still listen to them way like so for me You know, that's why I get most my like there's a lot of bands to like but it's mainly That's why I get my biggest you and what would you? Yeah, like even was saying like I mean Queen was such an influence to me not just for drumming but like for music in general there was It was some Roger Taylor the drummer like there's something about the uniqueness of his sound I mean a really cool thing with the I won't get into the nitty-gritty parts of the drums But he did a thing with a hi-hat in the snare drum and like yeah, you know It's rare that you would have a drummer and yet and just less by listening to the drums You would actually know who it is and I thought yeah, I want to do that I never knew it. Yeah. No, like he's a very distinct sound you would know what some kind of thing You know, it's kind of a backbeat thing But you know like Queen were no and I was going up the Queen were commercial as far as I was concerned and it didn't my music a lot of my music Landed mails is getting older and I had a total Appreciation respect for each artist who is part of Queen You know because of all something unique as much as growing up You thought it's Freddie Mercury flamboyant whatever you want to call it You know what I mean, but as you were getting older and and you were sort of appreciating and respecting music and musicians I found each one of them brought everything to the to the whole package, you know Queen were amazing Queen were like Abba. They never had a bad song Are you an Abba fan too? I'm not a gloat Ruben yourself Yeah, the first like rock artist I ever heard listen to was probably Bruce Springsteen And he's probably the reason I started playing guitar and then I kind of just started listening to heavier and heavier stuff over time And then just go into the music that I'm playing now. Yeah, and you still a Springsteen fan. Yeah, I'm so big fan I love Springsteen and Oisin Yeah um growing up there wasn't like too much like heavy metal or rock songs playing on or in my house but I kind of started listening to stuff by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana and the White Stripes and that's how I started playing like my first instrument which isn't bass it's drums. So I started learning drums and then after getting better at drums I started listening to that more heavy metal stuff like Metallica and Gojira and bands like that and then it was like you and popped up to me asking do you want to join our band and play bass and I said I don't know how to play bass and I said pick it up no bother. And so you picked it up no bother? I picked it up yeah. Good man well done. It's great that and I just want to ask you all together are you self taught on these instruments? Yeah well for me anyway like my first instrument was a mandolin. A mandolin? A mandolin. We small things always and I got bored with that and then like my dad is a big guitar player so I kind of got dad showing me first few chords like A's and G's but after that really just throwing them deep in just figure it yourself, YouTube videos and you guys are laying in a band on yourself. By listening to me play you would know that I'm self taught. Very good, very good. My paper had a drum kit and I just thought I learned of it. Good stuff, good stuff. Yeah drums I was getting lessons for a good few years now and bass was self taught just after you and asked me to learn and that's the difference. So as you said good man. And yourself Ruben? Yeah I started getting lessons and guitar when I started but I'm kind of just teaching myself. Too strict lessons aren't they? No it's great and the latest and it's an amazing sound, brilliant sound. We're going to take a quick abrig okay and we are going to come back. Are you going to do another track for us? Yeah sure why not. Right on the way after this break don't go away. There's a gavel of monsters you'll see around town in every colour from bright pink to brown and just like us they have hope, streams and wishes. A new car, new windows, a holiday diving with fishes. They know just where to go for their dreams to come true. The local credit union who can help you out too. 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And we've got loads of people saying hello. Connor Duffy said yes boys, how's it going? I love that. And Matthew Foley give that kind of saying there. And Thomas said certified hype beast. You get more of them things there. And Ben Hargis says rag on. Ben's watching Cairn Boy. And Maria McCormick says class. Absolutely class. Bridget Dordie. And everybody watching this here. Thanks indeed. And stay tuned because we've loads of great music coming up between now and ten o'clock tonight on Highland Radio. Right lads we're going to go for a second song. And this one is... This one's called Eye for an Eye. It's on EP as well. Is it the 6th song? I think it's the 5th song. 5th or 6th? Whatever. It's on EP. That's an important thing. Right lads whenever you're ready. Sudden stop there all of a sudden. Great advice. Well done. Absolutely amazing first class. If any parents are about the mountaintop and trying to get their children to sleep. Here we do apologise. That's an amazing song. Absolutely amazing. Loads of people saying hello here. We're going to get this over here. Rap on lads. Eden and more of these jokes here again. Michael hello. Matthew Foley says well done boys. Great stuff lads. Where can we see Matthew Foley? Where can we see Expedition Live? There you go. 31st of May in the cottage here in Leta Kenney. Brilliant. Well done. Hard guy. Brilliant. The drummer has some speed. There you go. Does he mean you're very fast or you have some speed? Very good. No that's brilliant. So many recordings have you done? Many EPs won? Just a one EP. We wrote that over the span of December 2020. June 2021. It was the second period. And then we recorded it then in Nigel Haggerty's studio. What's the Nigel Haggerty's studio? It's really really really good. And he wouldn't bust your bank either. And he's a really really nice guy as well. And he listens. Even if it's not right. Nigel's a great help for us as well. To start because we didn't know what we were doing. And he was like just getting us saying let's do this and do this. He was just a great help for us. And we're happy he had the EP tonight as well. And he's a rock man himself. Oh yeah definitely. You couldn't go on. You'd have to watch how you're going to do the recording. We knew rightly in there. He's in the band Kessler Effect. They're also a great listen as well. So if anybody's interested in that. Definitely give it a listen. Joe Duffy or a good friend Joe here. Woke us up in Highland here. So that's a brilliant electric guitar and drum sound. Thank you very much Joe. Long may at last. Do you have any plans to record anymore? Oh yeah. We're only getting started really. It was the most worth it to offer. As we said earlier we have two two new songs done for the next EP. We didn't know when we would record them. Usually we like to get the songs written first. Then record them because at least then we go into the studio. We have them like you know going into a tealock. It's not always that easy to record them. Do you use do you see the song that you've won the studio with? Yeah. Is that the song that comes out of the studio? Or do you listen to the change in there? There might be a tiny, tiny change. But more than 99% of the time we go on with the same song. The same song. Obviously it's much more record then. Any covers at all you do? I do like Metallica and Negative covers. A lot of arguments about what covers to do. I don't want to do this one really. But just kind of heavy metal kind of cover stuff. That's good. Who's that? Davina O'Donnell? And Aiden Ward said I love the broad span of musical tests with these lads. That's a solid one. It's not all but one genre music. We love to go right across. I do love the rock. Rock on lads reminds me of killer watt thrash metal band around Dublin in the 90s. Oh really? Reminds him of killer watt thrash metal band around Dublin in the 90s. And expedition on top. Thank you very much. How did you manage? It's actually Rubin's idea. I'll take it. Rubin said it means like a journey to success. It's like an adventure or a journey. So hopefully the Martin can I represent the journey? Ah yes, I get that. Brilliant. That's what's going forward. Use horror occupations. Oh yeah. I work in H&M there. I love it. I work in pennies. Pennies definitely helps afford the drum. Very good. I don't work at the minutes but I'm still in college. I just go to school. Get up in the morning and go to school. And fairness. Rubin you don't look too stressed too much. Don't get on wrong with that. Stay there for as long as you can. Let me tell you. We would love an origin. We'll take another quick abrick. If you just tuned in. It's a live rock on a Monday night session between 8pm and 10pm with that myself. Jimmy Stafford here as always. Quick abrick back with more live music. Don't down go away. We'll see you in the next video. The best music on your station. I have to go to God. Absolutely amazing. Very very much indeed. That was absolutely just on the money. Donegal Heavy Metal 11 Well it says here and a big shout out to the boys and expedition from the Doherty's and Bunkranna. So you see that's a good one there. Donegal Heavy Metal 11 Well of course it is. Are you selling merch? Yeah we are. Just contact the band page. DM on Instagram and we'll get a sorted feed out. Great tunes lads. Brilliant. Well done lads. We're going to get a last song before we hit the news at 9pm. Can I just say thanks very much for coming up. It's been an absolute delight having you in here. That's what it's all about. Anybody listening and they're worried about their sound or they're worried about you know they don't play that or they won't listen to that. You get in touch with us. Heavy Metal 11 doesn't matter to us we will have you up here and it has to be respected and we thank you very very much indeed. So Caving Hi Caving Ian and Oshin and Rubin thank you very much. Expedition check them out on the Facebook page of the social media or whatever else go to Spotify and they can listen to your music. And what is it going to say now before we go. Oh Cairn here too as well. Cairn is looking after their the back room stuff. Security man. Head of security and all. Thank you very much indeed. No it's an absolute delight. I love seeing young people coming out and music. And I thank you. So are we going to get one more tune? Yep 100%. This is actually the closer to the EP so it fits well. As long as it doesn't go over seven minutes. This will last thank you very much Thank you Cairn. And this is the final song, fourth song because we only paid them for three and they said they'll throw one in fourth for a suffrage you call good. Expedition take it away. That was absolutely amazing. You just blew the cobwebs out of the place here and we thank you very much that heavy metal music and live music is alive and well in Donegal. And support these people if you can. See them out and about. Go along and help them out and help them out. It's been an absolute pleasure. Thanks again. Ribbon solo before they go. We're out of time. Love at the time. And I'm breaking the news. 9 o'clock coming up. You're the cosy pile. Do you ever hear cosy pile? Check him out. He was a great drummer back in the 1970s. Live music is alive and well. Thank you very much indeed. Good luck.