9th May 2025 - Roxxcalibur play 'Lean On 'Em Hard'
Roxxcalibur's latest release - NWOBHM From The Vaults
We are very pleased to announce that Roxxcalibur’s latest album is out today and includes their brilliant rendition of DENIGH’s Lean On ‘Em Hard.
The album is available to buy on CD - find it on eBay priced around €16 to €20, or via stream/download or get digital + CD on Bandcamp.
2nd May 2025 - Paul Smith visits from Oz !
A great day with Paul
DENIGH's first soundman (1980 to 1983) is in UK and joined us for a 'band meeting' today. Ian, Paul & Jon hadn't been together, in the same place, for over 40 years! Carl and Paul had never met in person but soon found acres of common ground - swapping tales of keeping Ian and Jon (especially Jon) out of trouble! The sun shone and we all had a great time!
Whilst in UK, Paul is hooking up with our good buddy and guitarist, Martyn 'Arry' Harris. Arry joined DENIGH around 1984, co-wrote songs with Jon & Phil and performs on the Fire From The Sky album. Paul will share the result of his meeting with Arry, so keep watching our Social Media for updates!
16th April 2025 - British Rock comes to TikTok
We join TikTok!
To coincide with the 2nd Birthday of our 2023 album release, Back In The Game, and ahead of the new album Sleep With No Sound, we have expanded our online presence by joining TikTok.
Being committed to promoting our brand of British Rock and reaching new listeners, we're optimistic and giving it a go! So If you are on there, please do come and say hello!
3rd April 2025 - LionHearts Live Recordings
We have released some rare recordings from the DENIGH archive for streaming on YouTube Music. A little known piece of the band's history is that in 1994, Jon coaxed Steve Maddock (guitarist and also a founder member) to perform a handful of local gigs.
The line up consisted of Jon (bass/vocal/keyboard), Steve (lead guitar), joined by Pete Yarwood (drums/backing vocal) - Jon and Pete being good friends, having worked together in two other bands:
NO REGRETS with Kev Partridge (lead guitar) and Dave Forward (keyboards), and
KINGS OF SIAM, which was Pete and Jon's Prog Rock band with Sean Gaffney (lead guitar), and Paul Barnes (keyboards). Incidentally, Ian Devlin also recorded and produced a seven song demo for 'Kings' back then.
We cannot recall all of the '94 gigs, but they included The Harp Club, Grace Hill in Folkestone, and the last outing being the White Lion in Cheriton. It is from the latter that these recordings were made, hence the title LionHearts.
We think Steve's playing on Fire From The Sky in particular is astonishing.
His guitar was an Ibanez Jem - an utterly blinding Super Strat, which had a lime green body, a rosewood neck with Tree of Life mother of pearl inlay - plus, it had a quirky handle hole cut into its body (see picture).
It was an unusual looking guitar to say the least, but the sound and Steve's prowess playing it, was amazing.
Jon recalls that Steve used a Marshall 2x12 combo amp.
Jon had his blond fretless bass, going through a Marshall Silver Jubilee bass amp with matching 1x15 and 4x10 speaker cabinets.
Pete was using his Pearl Export kit.
Jon added keyboards to the performances, using floor pedals while he was singing and playing bass.
The recordings were EQ'd and prepared by our own Paul Mackenzie-Smith, who many will know was our first sound engineer.
17th March 2025 - This Place Can't Be Beat!
We take a walk around our home town of Folkestone and make a new video
So, we found a dry but bracing day at the weekend to take a stroll through our home town of Folkestone, and Carl captured the event, of course!
There are well known locations in the video, which follows a walking route from The Leas Cliff Hall via the promenade to the Memorial Arch, across the road to the nearby Rock N Roll Wall Of Fame, ambling onwards to The Bayle, then the Old High Street, and ending at the harbour.
Along the way, we called in at Vintage & Vinyl record store, and Kollectiv Art Cafe in the Old High Street.
The sun struggled at times to break through the cloud, and the wind carried a bite, but the warmth and friendliness of Folkestone shone throughout.
The track accompanying the video is 'This Place Can’t Be Beat' which is a bonus track on our current 'Back In The Game' album - CD release.
As anyone will tell you, we are a rock band first and foremost. However, we love all styles of music, and we like to challenge perceptions about us by showcasing our creativity in different ways.
The song conjures up a sunny holiday vibe, which was its original inspiration, but the lyrics are equally valid for our home town of Folkestone.
Find the time, sit back, relax, put up your feet ..!
February 2025 - ROXXCALIBUR covers 'Lean on 'em Hard'
A little bit about ROXXCALIBUR
ROXXCALIBUR is a NWoBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) tribute band from Germany who contacted us last year, asking if they could cover / record 'LEAN on 'em Hard' from our back catalogue.
Said to focus on "lost gems" of the NWoBHM era, the band preserves the original arrangements of the songs and records them mostly 'live' in the studio - thereby creating an authentic sound, too.
The bands history and their releases are impressive so we agreed to the request, of course.
Well, this month Carl received a message and mp3 file from Holger Ziegler / ROXXCALIBUR - it was an absolutely stunning rendition of 'Lean on 'em Hard'!
We're very sorry that we can't share it with you right now, but believe us, you'll love it when it's released!
In the meantime, you can check out ROXXCALIBUR on the Internet.
January 2024 - Video Release for Mad Jack
Jon gets mad!
We had always intended making a video to accompany Mad Jack.
During filming, Carl had his own idea of who the Mad Jack character was based upon ...
11th December 2024 at Folkestone Rainbow Centre
A very proud day, today!
Ian, Jon and Carl visited the Folkestone Rainbow Centre and presented a cheque in the sum of £340.62 - DENIGH's 1st donation to the charity.
The money was raised through the sale of the re-issued albums Fire From The Sky and (the self-titled) DENIGH, both on CD. Jon and Ian are with Mary Stredwick, chief executive, in this picture.
So, a very big THANK YOU to those of you who have already bought one or both of the CDs - without your purchases, this would not be possible.
And it doesn't stop here. We still have some stock of both CD's for sale, the profits from which will continue to support the incredible work they do for the homeless and for people in need.
8th December 24: Folkestone Wall of Fame - Phase 2
Jon with Joe Ranger
A flippin cold day, but DENIGH was pleased to support Joe and Phase 2 of Folkestone's Wall of Fame.
Thunderstick and Rob Grain with Jon
Barry Purkis (aka Thunderstick) and Rob Grain were there to celebrate the addition of SAMSON - and Jon couldn't resist getting in the picture!
November 2024 - A Special Announcement
1st Donation to The Rainbow Centre - soon!
We will be presenting a cheque to the Folkestone Rainbow Centre next month. The donation is from the proceeds on the sale of the two ONR label re-issues of our CD albums: the self-titled DENIGH, and Fire From The Sky.
Anyone wanting to buy either of these CDs, which include bonus tracks and come with booklets containing lyrics and band photos, please visit our eBay shop ‘drawnhorse’ or see one of us in person.
This is ongoing, we still have disks for sale and will continue donating until they are all gone.
We are not taking any profit ourselves - all of the proceeds are being donated to this worthy cause.
See the Folkestone Rainbow Centre page on Facebook, there may be other ways you can help the charity to help those in need.
October 2024 - New Single Release For Halloween
Who is Mad Jack?
Jack is a composite of the many demons that we might encounter in a lifetime, both real and imagined.
He consumes the essence of humanity, leaving only hate and corruption in his wake.
Jack is the Master of evil works and deeds.
Mad Jack is out of the box ..
September 2024 - Fire From The Sky - 40th Anniversary
Special Edition Fire From The Sky CD
In 1984, DENIGH released a full length cassette tape album, Fire From The Sky.
To honour this, the band have agreed the release of a 40th Anniversary CD Edition, in collaboration with ONR (Obscure NWoBHM Releases).
Worldwide release is due September 2024, with a limited production of only 500 copies, and will include a booklet with info, photos & lyrics.
The line up for this album was as follows:
Phil Allchin - Lead Guitar
Martyn 'Arry' Harris - Guitar
Jon Everett - Lead Vocal & Bass
John Regan - Drums
As with our previous ONR release - DENIGH S/T - the band will have some copies available for sale directly from us, or via our eBay shop.
We welcome your support, as all profit from our sales will be donated to a local Folkestone charity, The Rainbow Centre, that supports families and individuals experiencing hardship.
August 2024 - Folkestone's Rock'nRoll Wall of Fame
And, here it is
For decades, Folkestone has been 'The Music Town' of Kent, and it has long been the ambition of 'the dedicated few' to provide permanent and deserved recognition for many of the towns musicians and bands.
Great turn out, the weather was kind, too
That ambition was achieved at 10am on Saturday 10th August 2024 when 'Phase One' of Folkestone's Rock & Roll Wall of Fame was unveiled, featuring 50 bands / 50 bricks.
Jon & Ian at The Wall
How pleased do we look?
Jon & Ian with Joe
Our thanks go especially to Joe Ranger,
the 'Main Mover' in creating Folkestone's
Rock & Roll Wall of Fame.
Marvellous!
What a great fella, utterly motivated.
Respect, Joe!
All smiles now, but Carl will have us back to work soon - no worries!
The location of “The Wall” is on The Leas, close to the memorial arch.
It is a “living wall” that will continue to grow, and already, funding has been secured for 'Phase Two' of the project.
DENIGH are proud to have been included in the project start up. Current and former members of the band enjoyed the well attended unveiling ceremony, and we caught up with old friends, too!
Here we are
So, who have we got here ?
Well, there's Jon & Ian
with Jess Garrett, Phil's daughter
plus
Johnny Regan (Drums)
Nick Milton (Drums)
Chris Daughters (Drums)
Pete Yarwood (Drums)
Plus
Martyn 'Arry' Harris (Guitar)
Hmmn, Maybe Arry should learn to play drums?