The Sons of Selina are the spawn of Neil Crud and assorted misfits. Crud spent his youth in various Punk rock bands, gigging all over the UK and eventually immersing himself in a local studio. The result of his experiments became Sons of Selina, a fusion of Punk, New wave and heavy, brooding Space Rock. The band's first privately released single "Anxiety"/"Climb" was extremely well received, picking up repeated airplay on Mark Radcliffe's and Annie Nightingale's late night Radio One slots. It even got a play on Steve Wright's day time show on the same station. As a result the band were flooded with offers from major indie labels but they turned all of these down, since none of the labels seemed to understand what the band were trying to achieve musically. In 1993, with help from Delerium records, the band released a second promo 7" "Life Is But"/"Plms To The Sky" which clocked up more airplay and resulted in the band signing to Delerium.

The bands debut album "Nour D'Oui" was released in Aug 1994 to enthusiastic press. Kerrang described the band as a "New Model Army-sounding Welsh Space Rock gallop that thrusts right into your face" whilst Metal Hammer called the band one of the best new acts of 1994 and one to watch out for in the future. In August of the same year the band performed live on Mark Radcliffe's Radio One show. 1995 was a quiet year for the band with assorted compilation appearances and live gigs in the UK and in Holland. Having spent time planning a new album the Sons returned in 1996 with a taster EP - "Terminus" - a diverse release that at times sounds like a hard insanity - from screaming volume to laid back angst...

The following three years saw the band gigging accross Europe and the UK, hohning their sound to an ever greater degree of intensity, and with their new album "Fire In The Hole" now released, the Sons are ready to continue their war against blandness. Possessed with a new energy and a dark menacing humour, "Fire In The Hole" continues the journey with the same intensity as their debut, whilst taking in influences as diverse as dance and folk, blending them effortlessly with their dark and cynical songwriting - it's like some kind of musical praying mantis, hunting down your brain. You can run but you can't hide...


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