Andy Delany is a Hertfordshire born singer who fronted bands from that area during the 1980’s. In 1991 Delany teamed up with the musicians of Fields of the Nephilim to form the alternative rock band – Rubicon. They made two albums while signed to the Beggars Banquet record label: What Starts, Ends – 1992 – followed by Room 101 – 1995.
Following the split of Rubicon, Delany gets involved in a number of low key projects over the course of several years but very little recording is done and there are no official releases. In 2016 he approaches local record producer, A J Davies, and together they work on an album along with drummer, Pat Walters. The album takes its name from the title song – MISSION CREEP – and is released under the name – DELANY - on 30th November 2018.
A live band was put together to showcase the album featuring: Andy Delany – vocals, A J Davies (Soho Roses) – guitar, James Quinn (Last Rites) – guitar, Tony Pettitt (Fields of the Nephilim) – bass, Paul Kimmett (SMASH) – keyboards and Nicholas Plews (The Best Medicine and Cage Fight) – drums. Live shows were well received with Iain Hamilton stepping in to play bass when Tony’s commitments with Fields of the Nephilim meant he was no longer available.
Work on the second album started in the summer of 2019 with an original plan to release in 2020. But we all no what happened next. Circumstances forced completion and release dates to be put back several times. Still, you never know, it might all have been for the best.
Andy decided he wanted the second album to be more epic than the first. Why? Because there isn’t enough of it in the world. There’s too much mush written to make your mum feel proud and the truth is that she’ll love you whatever crap you throw at her so why not make it stick. Our generation grew up with men landing on the moon and blowing up rockets on the launch pad trying to get there. A generation prepared to tear up the rule book and die trying to do something incredible – not content to worship every mummy’s boy winner of the latest meaningless T.V. talent show. Minds wide open and willing to be blown; every step a consequence of the last; no template just organic growth. So if it’s going to be done then it needs to be done in a big way.
It was suggested that the way to achieve this was to approach the new project as a bonafide band. Develop the songs in the rehearsal room and then record together. At first this worked well, or at least it did up to the demo stage. But then, with multiple disruptions caused by the pandemic and clashes between schedules of different projects that the lineup were involved in, the whole thing lost continuity and in January 2022 Andy decided to abort and start again. This decision was not taken lightly. A huge amount of work had gone into developing the second album. But sometimes you just have to admit defeat or else run the risk of wandering aimlessly on indefinitely.
That epic second album will be released in 2024/5 under the name ANDY DELANY and live shows will follow.