Red Hot Chilli Pipers

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are an ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers formed in Scotland in 2002. They entered and won the BBC talent show When Will I Be Famous? They are named after the American rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2004, the group appeared on the main stage at T in the Park with the headline band, the rock group The Darkness. Also, a track from the new Red Hot Chilli Pipers CD was recently played on BBC Radio 1. The band features Stuart Cassells, the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2005, Steven Graham - a twice world champion snare drummer. Three of the band members recently graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Stuart's piping has been featured on The Darkness album 'One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back' and on the soundtrack to the film 'Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire'. The group is in much demand performing all over the world from the USA to China at significant events and festivals. In 2010, guitarist Gregor James left to form his own act, entitled 'Bags Of Rock'. He was replaced in the band by Fife-born Nick Hawryliw. History edit: Ever since their formation in Scotland in 2002, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have been combing the sound of guitars, keyboards, drums and their rocked up bagpipes to create their own signature sound of 'bagrock'. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are one of the country's most exciting acts, winning praise from audiences across the globe with their showmanship and trademark fusion of traditional pipe tunes and contemporary anthems. The band is also known for its covers of world-famous songs as they add their own unique spin of "bagrock" onto the song. Notable covers include "We Will Rock You" by Queen, "Clocks" by Coldplay and ""Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have released 4 studio albums to date, of which their first, their 2005 release The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, was the least successful. Their second album, released in 2007, Bagrock to the Masses has gone platinum in Scotland and silver in Great Britain. However, their third album release, and first live album, Blast Live (2008), bettered the its predecessor by going triple platinum in Scotland. Their latest release Music for the Kilted Generation, however, is The Red Hot Chilli Pipers' best International record as it was Number 2 in a US Chart and was only held off of top spot due to Adele's record-breaking album, 21. The band have also been hailed by several respected figures, including the 5 time World Champion Pipe Major of the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band Robert Mathieson, in the Bag Piping world as for their part in increasing the popularity of Bagpipes. The band signed a contract in December 2012 for a new album to be released in 2013, including many famous tracks from bands like Coldplay, Journey, etc.

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