Credo Press Release Biography

It doesn’t seem unusual in the world of Progressive Rock for a band to take years to record a new album, although in the case of Credo, the said album should maybe have been called The Band That Wouldn’t Go Away!

As it is, their new album - Rhetoric, features three of the original band members, who released the critically well-received Field Of Vision in the mid 90’s.  

But now with the addition of keyboard maestro Mike Varty (Janison Edge, Shadowland & Landmarq) and drummer extraordinaire Martin Meads (just about everybody at some point!), the band has moved to another level altogether. 

The music press has always highlighted the excellent musicianship of guitarist Tim Birrell (top ten in a greatest guitarists ever poll in one esteemed music mag!) and the original ‘Ace of Bass’ Jim (Mudrock) Murdoch, who have been playing together for over thirty years and whose musical story would make a great movie in itself. 

These four musicians when combined with the powerful presence and masterful performance of Mark Colton, one of the greatest front men in Prog today according to various fanzines, have delivered an album of pure beauty and intensity which bears comparison to any of the great Neo Prog albums of the last twenty years.

The clamour for the band’s signature to release this, Credo’s second album, reflects the strength and promise of their first album and their powerhouse live performances.   

This in turn has been captured wonderfully by the legendary Thin Ice Studios with Threshold’s Karl Groom at the helm, and Gargoyle Studios where Mike Varty, who produced the album too, has ensured an album which is most definitely Credo but Credo on a whole new planet.

Prepare to be impressed!