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From The Desk Of Ash: Thirteen Seven

Ash is back after eight years with sixth album KABLAMMO! (Edel/earMusic). The Northern Ireland trio—vocalist/guitarist Tim Wheeler, bassist Mark Hamilton and drummer Rick McMurray—will be on tour supporting the LP in the U.K. starting later this month. Ash will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week.

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McMurray: This is a band I joined last year after our sound engineer suggested I give them a try. They’ve been going for a few years but had trouble finding a regular drummer. I’d say they were a little more riffy than Ash but still with a good melodic sensibility. We’re slowly working up to finishing the debut album. It’s great for me to have a musically outlet during Ash downtime. As the album started taking shape, it became really, really fun. We don’t tour as much as we used to, we used to be on the road for 10 or 11 months a year. But these days, with having kids and stuff, we have little pockets of touring. We’ve actually been really busy this year, but with Tim doing the solo record, it kept me drumming over the past year while I was at home. I can bust out all of my vintage kits with those guys. We ended up recording the first album with our sound engineer out in this old dilapidated farmhouse. We haven’t quite finished it yet—it’s taken over a year to do; we recorded an Ash album in the mean time. But this is what I do for a living, so I should do it as much as possible. They’re very good guys; they’re into conspiracy theories and weirdness and it’s quite entertaining to be around. I guess everyone who wants to be in a band is a little bit crazy.

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