In early 80’s, four young guys from Glasgow decided to move to London and create what they will call a ‘real band’ back then. A band composing personal and emotional songs to touch people.
Barely settled and already tired by the neverending changing trends of London, they decided to create a timeproof and lasting music: timeless music.
The Silencers was born and between 1987 and 2004, they released seven albums, a Best Of and a Live album and almost the same amount of hits such as the singles Painted Moon (on air during more than 7 weeks in a row on BBC Radio 1), The Real McCoy or Bulletproof Heart and I Can Feel It.
The band also toured across Europe and United-States beside The Pretenders, Squeeze, The Alarm or Simple Minds and had been rewarded by three Golden Records.
The Silencers naturally stepped back while its leader, Jimme O’Neill, decided to leave Scotland to Brittany.
It’s in France that he will multiply collaborations and bands such as Jimme O’Neill et Les Balles d’Amour (with Baptiste Brondy, 16 at the time), Red Cardell, The Honkytonk Hicks even the Celtic Social Club all-star band with which he’ll travel the globe.
All these adventures lead Jimme O’Neill to work on a new Silencers album.
And it’s when Covid hit us that The Silencers remotely returned to the studio and recorded be-tween Rennes, Nantes and Glasgow.
For this 10th record, Silent Highway released in October, 13 2023, Jimme O’Neill made it a family affair and gathered Baptiste Brondy on drums, his daughter Aura for singing and backing vocals, his sons James and Connor on guitars and Stephen Greer on the bass.
This latest release sounds as the nearly-perfect synthesis of all that has been achieved by The Silencers since their beginings.