- Album list
- Singer Intro
Levellers are an English rock band, founded in 1988 and based in Brighton, England.
Members
Current members
Mark Chadwick - lead vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica (1988–present)
Jeremy 'Jez' Cunningham - bass guitar, guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals (1988–present)
Charlie Heather - drums, percussion (1988–present)
Jonathan 'Jon' Sevink - fiddle, violin, tin whistle, sequencer, sample loop (1988–present)
Simon Friend - guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, vocals (1990–present)
Matt Savage - keyboards, backing vocals (2003–present)
Former members
David Buckmeister - guitar (1988-1989)
Alan Miles - guitar, mandolin, harmonica, vocals (1989-1990)
Solo recordings and side projects
Simon Friend had worked on one previous solo recording prior to joining the band: a demo cassette called 'Hérne an Cara' which contained eight tracks - recorded mainly at Dog Kennel Studios in November '89 and in August 1989 at his home. Three of these tracks became Levellers songs on the next album, and three more were recorded for later albums. These tracks include 'Battle of the Beanfield', 'Social Insecurity', 'Is it Art?', 'Cardboard Box City', 'Another Man's Cause', and finally 'To Be a Freeman' (later renamed 'The Boatman'). Other tracks on this tape that have never been re-recorded are 'Danny's Road' and 'The Deceiver'.
Between 2001 and 2004 Jeremy Cunningham and Charlie Heather worked with McDermott's 2 Hours, playing bass and percussion respectively on McDermott's albums The World Turned Upside Down (2001), Claws and Wings (2003), and Disorder (2004).
In 1991 the Levellers acted as session band on Rev Hammer's recording Industrial Sound and Magic and still often support Hammer in live performances. They also appeared on Hammer's concept album Freeborn John. The story of John Lilburne - The leader of the Levellers (2007). They sing on one song called the 'Burford Stomp', and they play the part of The Leveller Mutineers. Friend, playing the part of the Drunken Cavalier, duets with Maddy Prior on 'Elizabeth's Great Gallop'.
Mark Chadwick released a solo album called All The Pieces on 6 September 2010. A more folk than punk offering, this album features a series of songs written by Mark over the years. Produced by Sean Lakeman, the album is a collection of personal accounts of life as a singer / songwriter. A second solo album Moment was released 15 June 2014 by On The Fiddle Recordings.
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