Beecher Bio

Beecher was formed in October 2000 by Daniel Plant (Guitar - Rex Kramer), Will Shaw (Drums - Drmeatdic, Automatic) and David Hopkinson (Bass - Funereal, Ewoc, Drmeatdic). Originally Beecher was to be a collaborative group incorporating local musicians interested in working on a heavy and eclectic project. Mark Lyons (Guitar - Drmeatdic, Ewoc, Necropsy) was asked to bring his Experimental/Avant Garde guitar/ noise style into the group as a full time member. Songs soon began to take shape and by June 2001 they had found the perfect vocalist to round off the line up. Ed Godby volunteered his services as a frontman/ singer after seeing the band perform a one off instrumental show in Manchester. After only a month of rehersals the band recorded their first demo cdr which contained five songs spanning the entire sound spectrum, from quiet ambient melodies to full on heavy hardcore/metal to abrassive, discordant noise/ electronics. In August 2001 Beecher performed for the first time as a whole band. The demo was now slowly being distributed to labels and fanzines, When In At The Deep End Records got hold of a copy they decided this band was definitely worth an official release. "Resention is a big word in a small town" MCD Is that release recorded at Premier studios in Corby over four days with Iain Wetherell in January 2002. Beecher have backed this up with over 60 of their now legendary live performances in the last year and masses of critical acclaim from a wide range of the music press. A further limited edition split 7" was released with The Leif Ericsson which features 2 songs not available on 'Resention'.

On the 14th December 2004 Beecher joined Earache Records - Earache have announced the signing of Beecher as part of a multi-album worldwide recording deal. Early 2005 will see a re-release on Earache for Beecher's landmark 'Breaking the Fourth Wall' album with unreleased material, followed by the demo-ing of new material for the eventual recording of the debut for the label in the summer.