About The Stairs
The Stairs are an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1990 by vocalist and bassist Edgar "Summertyme" Jones, guitarist Ged Lynn and drummer Paul Maguire.
The band released one album and a handful of singles, prior to Lynn's departure in 1993 and their eventual split the following year.
The Stairs reformed in 2015, playing a one-off gig at The Kazimier in Liverpool before announcing a 2016 UK tour and headline appearance at the Le Beat Bespoké festival in London.
Following a stint as bassist with Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch, Edgar Jones set about forming a Nuggets/Pebbles style band, influenced by the likes of The 13th Floor Elevators, The Seeds, The Chocolate Watch Band as well as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Initially set to release their debut EP Weed Bus on local independent label Imaginary Records , the band ended up signing to Go! Discs, home to The La's and Paul Weller with whom they would issue the album Mexican R'n'B along with three EPs, all recorded in mono as a nod to their garage rock influences. The band's manager, Jason Otty, although not a proper member of the group, would often play harmonica and appear in press shots.
The band would also release an EP featuring the Del-Vetts song "Last Time Around" and provide a cover version of the Captain Beefheart version of the David Gates penned "Moonchild" for a compilation for Imaginary Records to make up for not releasing the Weed Bus EP with them. They had also intended to record a full album of garage rock covers for the label, but their contract with Go! Discs prevented this.
Following numerous aborted studio sessions for a second album after their departure from Go! Discs in late 1992, including stints at Toe Rag Studios, changes in personnel , the departure of Ged Lynn and moving away from mono production and into blues rock and psychedelia, the band split in 1994.
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