Artist Website: www.celtic-legacy.com
About Celtic Legacy
Celtic Legacy, formed in 1997, is a five piece Celtic rock/metal in a similar vein to the likes of Cruachan and Waylander.
Celtic Legacy grew out of a covers band called Stomp which formed in 1994 and eventually began recording original material. Recorded a demo under the temporary name Mischief which eventually developed into Celtic Legacy.
The band were put on hold from 2001 to 2003, and only reactivated when a fan campaign raised the money for them to record a second album. Internal hostilites following the second album caused the line-up to fragment again in 2004 and there was no serious activity again until 2006.
Eoin Ennis (Ciaran's brother) temporarily replaced Keith Hendley for some shows in 2008 and was later added to the band's line-up permanently, taking them up to three guitarists (originally they had only one). By the end of the year though he had left again and the band were back to a five-piece.
Ciaran Ennis has sung in an Iron Maiden tribute band called Blest by the Beast.
Celtic Legacy announced that they were splitting on July 12, 2009 due to financial problems that would prevent them from recoding any new material in the forseeable future.
In 2011, Dave Morrissey started work on a solo album. Ciarán Ennis joined the project in 2013, and as things developed the name Celtic Legacy was once again reactivated, albeit only as a studio only project. The resultant album The Lie of the Land was released early in 2015.
2020 saw the line-up changing once more with Old Season‘s John Bonham taking over on vocals and fellow founding member Dave ‘Slim’ Boylan returning to the fold. This line-up released the album Redux on October 31 2022.
In 2023, Legacy looked to augment the band with new members for live shows. In February 2023, Dave Shorten joined the band on a temporary basis, finally deciding in September to stick around for the long haul. The final piece of the jigsaw was the arrival of John’s Old Season bandmate, Fuzzy on guitar in February 2024.
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Lost Soul (audio only)
Comments
gerry molyneaux wrote on 2013-11-06 00:00:00:still going?heard this in a vinyl store in franklin new jersey
Derschlimm wrote on 2012-10-04 00:00:00:
Mark Guildea - Vocals 2003/05 Keith Hendley - Guitar 2007/09 Steve Shields - Guitar 2000/01 Joe Farrell - Drums 2008/09 Dave Boylan - Bass 1997/2009
Derschlimm wrote on 2012-10-02 00:00:00:
Now re-grouped under the name "Keltic Legacy". Band consists of all ex CL members including an original founder member. New material being written plus back catalogue for live performances. Watch this space ! Keep the Faith
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