Blue Nation is an indie/blues driven outfit hailing from Birmingham’s vibrant music scene. Fronted by the powerful vocals of Neil Murdoch coupled with an exquisite and talented backline supplied by Jon Hooker (Hooky) and Ade Derbyshire, Blue Nation is a force of musical nature and should be heard to be believed.
Born out of the desire to bring people something they can hang onto (musically) they formed in late 2009. With heart pounding vocals, infectious melodies and sharp riffs Blue Nation have set themselves high Standards
Neil is the main songwriter, guitarist and singer and has enigmatic stage presence with vocals to match! Neil specialises in the truth when it comes to song writing. With love, life, hurt and sorrow its all wound up and created in Blue Nations songs. During a sound check “Big Mick” sound engineer for Metallica said “ where the F**kin Hell did that skinny kid (Neil) get that great voice from?” We still don’t know and neither does he…
Hooky definitely falls in to the category. “If you’re good enough you are old enough.” Drumming is in Hookys blood and music plays a major part in his life. Hooky has a degree in contemporary popular music from The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford. (Focused specifically on drums) so his drumming style oozes funk, soul and downright dirty blues, Hooky is the back bone of Blue Nation
Ade is a rare breed in which he is a lead bass guitarist.
