Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Infobox musical artist
Name = Red Hot Chili Pipers


Img_capt = Red Hot Chilli Pipers on BBC primetime show When Will I Be Famous in 2007. From leftt to right: Kevin Macdonald, Willie Armstrong, Stuart Cassells.
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Origin = Scotland
Genre = Pipe Band, "Jock & Roll"
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = REL Records Ltd
Associated_acts = Stuart Cassells
URL = [http://www.redhotchillipipers.co.uk/ Red Hot Chilli Pipers website]
Current_members = Kevin Macdonald
Willie Armstrong
Stuart Cassells
Gregor James Steven Graham Malcolm McEwan Steven Black Chris Russell| Red Hot Chilli Pipers are a Scottish ensemble consisting of pipers guitarists, keyboards and drummers formed in Scotland, UK, in 2004. In 2004 the group appeared on the main stage at T in the Park with the headline band, rock group The Darkness and a track from the new Red Hot Chilli Pipers CD was recently played on BBC Radio 1. The band features Stuart Cassells the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2005, a twice world champion snare drummer and with three of the band members being recent graduates from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the musicianship is first class. Stuart's piping has featured on The Darkness album 'One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back' and on the soundtrack to the film 'Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire'. The group is in much demand performing all over the world from the USA to China at the biggest of events and festivals.

Discography

tudio albums

*2005 "The Red Hot Chilli Pipers"
*2007 "Bagrock to the Masses"

Awards and honors

The Red Hot Chili Pipers won BBCs When Will I Be Famous prime time television show in 2007.
*2007: Live Act of the Year 2007 Scots Trad Music Awards.

External links

* [http://www.redhotchillipipers.co.uk/ Red Hot Chilli Pipers website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/whenwillibefamous/ When Will I Be Famous]