VARDIS were forged out of Glam, Punk, Heavy Metal, Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the crucible of 1970s northern England. They are a product of rock music across three generations: inspired by the great Rockers and electric bluesmen of the 50s and 60s, learning their trade rubbing shoulders with the young guns of Hard Rock and Punk in the 70s, and achieving prominence in the 80s as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The hard, ferocious attack of their sound directly influenced the development of thrash and speed metal across North America and Europe, cited by metal giants such as Metallica and Megadeth. Never losing sight of the melodic, boogie sensibilities of their earliest influences, the Vardis brand of Hard Rock retains a unique heavy groove, and has endured as truly original.

Jack grew up in a UK Northern mining town, to a ‘modern’ mining family, that consists of a tough but loving, old school father, a gay mother and her partner and 1 sister and 6 step brothers and sisters.

With access to his Dad’s record collection: Zeppelin, Hendrix and Prince he began his passion for music and the guitar.

He began gigging at the age of 11 and it soon became clear that he had a natural talent for holding an audience and telling an emotive story within a three minute pop song.

His love of playing live continues to this day. Jack gives a passionate, skilled performance, whether playing to a few or a few thousand. His fan base has grown and grown with a true dedicated core support and following.

Jack has been a record labels favourite, with extensive and continuous interest from majors such as Sony, Universal, Warner and Island to name a few.. Jack in turn decided that he would prefer and is more suited to an independent label where he would maintain creative control, working alongside his label and signed with The House Of Nanchang.

Jack has been working away behind the scenes to build a portfolio of hit material and has created a sound all of his own.

His impeccable and compelling vocal delivery will take any listener, with a love of well crafted, heartfelt tunes, to a happy place.

Bringing a completely new way to experience the Killers, The Killaz UK are the ultimate tribute to the live shows of the Killers. By using absolutely no pre recorded backing tracks, The Killaz UK can interact with crowds in a completely organic way, just like the Killers. For further authenticity, The Killaz UK bring a replica of the Killers famous ‘K’ sign, complete with multi channel light setup synchronised to the show.
As a 5 piece band, The Killaz UK create a powerful multi layered sound that brings to life even the most complex Killers songs. Recreating performances of hits such as ‘Mr. Brightside’ and ‘When You Were Young’ and even extended live versions of songs such as ‘Human’ and ‘Smile Like You Mean It’ The Killaz UK ensure the best Killers live tribute experience.

HUNG LIKE HANRATTY are the most talked about band on the circuit.
They sing about every day life what people get angry at, but say nothing.
Like picking dog mess up. People riding mobility scooters when there is nothing wrong with them. Etc.
They were voted as the best live band in 2016 by punk planet.
There album released in 2016 on the mighty FLICKNIFE RECORDS has been a huge success world wide.
There energetic hilarious stage show will have you in stitches,
Make a point of watching them. You won’t be disappointed.
Heavily influenced by 1977 punk attitude, and bands like Toy Dolls, macc lads, pork dukes, damned etc, HUNG LIKE HANRATTY are top of there game.
What you see is what you get