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Freezone are an alternative rock band from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham in the North East of England. What began in 1981 as a hobby of 5 friends, later became one of the most exciting and well followed bands in the area. Roll forward 40 years and two of the founding members are reigniting the Freezone flame in the spirit of it's former years.

Freezone were formed in 1981 with Ian Summers (Lead Vocal), Anth Bryan (Guitar & backing vocals), David Hodgson (Guitar and backing vocals), Stu Hindle ( Bass guitar and backing vocals), Jonnie Hart (Drums) . Members of the band had grown from the true punk days of 1977 combining original topical material with energetic performances. The band recorded their first 5 track demo at Guardian Studios at Pity-Me Durham in 1981. 1984 was a year full of gigs, with the band embarking on a GB tour in August supporting another local band "The Edge" (Michael Chesters, Scotty, Gem Archer and Jeff Walker). Jonnies' inpromptu departure in 1985 saw Dale Greenan take up the sticks n skins. 1985 was a year for more writing and recording with "Deadly Bride" and "Bare your Soul" recorded at "Off Beat" studios in Leeds, which featured Ian "Wrighty" Wright on Sax. The bands final demo recording with this line-up being "Knife" in 1985, recorded at Fairview studios, Hull.

In late February 2020, Anth flew back to the UK from Australia, just prior to the UK's Covid 19 lockdown and teamed up with original Freezone member Dave Hodgson to discuss a new project. Realising the lyrics in Freezone songs are just as relevant today as they were in the 1980's, they decided, with a "thumbs up" from the remaining original members, to set about recording some of Freezone's back catalogue and previously un-recorded material, as well as writing some new Freezone material.

Rehearsals (Covid rules permitting) started in 2021, re-writing some songs and modernising others. Good friends who the pair have collaborated with in other bands over years agreed to fill the gap for the recording line-up with Paul Hopwood on Bass, Dave McDonald on Drums and Graeme Paylor taking lead vocals. Recording started at Broadwater Studios, Gateshead in October 2021 with the brilliant Gav Richards at the engineering helm, with the release of 3 songs expected mid 2022.