KONCHORDAT WERE FORMED IN 2009 BY STEVE AND ORIGINAL VOCALIST LEE HARDING . INITIALLY, THE DUO WERE SIMPLY  INTENDING TO BE  A RECORDING PROJECT AND RECORDED  THE BANDS  DEBUT  ALBUM 'ENGLISH GHOSTS'.

HOWEVER, FOR VARIOUS REASON, NONE OF WHICH WERE THE FAULT OF THE STUDIO, THE ALBUM RECORDING QUALITY WAS SO POOR THAT IT WAS UN USABLE.

ONE OF THE 'HIRED GUNS' FOR THE ALBUM WAS A CERTAIN YOUNG CHAP CALLED STUART MARTIN WHO HAD BEEN ASKED TO RECORD SOME GUITARS ON THE ALBUM..

IT WAS INFACT STUART THAT WAS LATER ASKED BY STEVE TO TRY AND SALVAGE THE ALBUM, MAYBE  WITH A REMIX.

HOWEVER, IT SOON BECAME APPARENT THAT A SIMPLE REMIX WOULD BE USELESS AS MANY OF THE  ORIGINAL TRACKS WERE DISTORTED AND UNUSABLE.

STUART AND STEVE THEN PROCEEDED TO RE RECORD PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE MUSIC WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF KEYBOARD PARTS.

THE ALBUM ITSELF WAS RECIEVED QUITE WELL  WITH  ONE TRACK  'MOTION' BEING INCLUDED ON THE COVER CD OF CLASSIC ROCK PRESENTS PROG.

A SHORT TIME LATER, IN LEE'S PROLONGED ABSENCE, STU AND STEVE PROCEEDED TO WRITE WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE BANDS SECOND ALBUM 'THE NEW CRUSADE'.

AFTER A FEW HEATED DISCUSSIONS AND ONE HELL OF  A FINAL FALLOUT  STUART AND STEVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITHOUT LEE AND CRACK ON WITH WRITING NEW MATERIAL.

IN AUGUST 2011 THE BAND RELEASED 'THE NEW CRUSADE'  AND ALSO MADE THE DECISION TO PUT A LIVE BAND TOGETHER AND START PLAYING LIVE.

THE SEARCH FOR A DRUMMER AND KEYBOARD PLAYER WAS A SHORT ONE, AS THE BOYS ALREADY KNEW WHO THEY WANTED TO TEAM UP WITH.

A FEW CALLS WERE MADE, AND VOILA, A BAND WAS BORN.

FORMER BAND MATES NEIL HAYMAN AND NEIL WATTS FROM  80's PROG BAND ARQUE WERE DRAFTED IN  AND SOON STARTED REHEARSING.

THE FIRST LIVE SHOW AS A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT SUPPORTING MR SO&SO AT THE PEEL IN KINGSTON.

2 APPEARENCES AT DANFEST, 1 SUPPORT SHOW WITH THE TANGENT AND SEVERAL HEADLINE SHOWS FOLLOWED, AND THE BAND HAD FINALLY MADE A BIT OF A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ON THE LIVE CIRCUIT.

 

THE NEXT CHAPTER WAS THE WRITING AND RECORDING OF THE BANDS THIRD, AND SOON TO BE RELEASED  ALBUM 'RISE TO THE ORDER'.

THE INITIAL RELEASE DATE WAS TO HAVE BEEN OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT A HANDFUL OF HURDLES WERE THROWN IN THE WAY, AND THE RELEASE WAS PUT BACK, AND BACK, AND BACK.

FINANCIAL ISSUES, HEALTH ISSUES, AND HUGE PERSONAL DEMONS HAD TO BE SORTED OUT BEFORE  THE BOYS COULD EVEN CONSIDER A RELEASE.

THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM WILL COINCIDE WITH SOME LIVE SHOWS.

KEEP CHECKING BACK HERE FOR FURTHERE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPDATES  FOR LIVE SHOWS FOR 2017.

KEEP THE PROG ALIVE.

STU