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The Martians are an Edinburgh, Scotland based rock band, consisting of brothers John, Gerry and James Kielty. Their musical ''The Sundowe'' won the Scottish "Highland Quest For A New Musical" competition in July 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Highland Quest website )〕 It was then produced by Cameron Mackintosh as a full stage musical, with the world premiere in November 2007 at the new Eden Court theatre Inverness, Scotland.〔 Following a three-week run at Eden Court〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Sundowe is victorious ) 〕 it toured the Scottish Highlands in January and February 2008. ''The Sundowe'' is a musical set in Edinburgh about the rising dead, written by Edinburgh based writers and performers John, James and Gerry Kielty, and featuring their band, The Martians. ==Band members and origins== * John Henry Micheal Maximillian Kielty Head Martian and actor, writer and musician. John Kielty had a lead role in ''One Life Stand'' film, and performed on the stage in Edinburgh. He writes musicals and also co-wrote David Sneddon’s album ''Seven Years Ten Weeks''. Kielty developed his love of music at St Andrews school in Clydebank near Glasgow, where he learned all his instruments guitar, drums, keyboards, and bass. He acted in Youth theatre, and after leaving school he attended Drama college. He has performed in plays, radio, film and TV work in Scotland. He made his acting debut in Iain Heggie's play ''A Wholly Healthy Glasgow''.〔(the Martians Fansite )〕 In 2000 John had a lead role in the critically acclaimed independent and award winning film ''One Life Stand'', which was released on DVD in February 2006. He has acted in plays and musicals at the Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh, and additionally played the title role in ''The Dream Dealer'' (Edinburgh Fringe 2006). In 2001 he played Arthur in Merlin the Magnificent, the Prince in Cinderella, Charlie in Guys and Dolls, plus a part in the TV show ''Taggart''.〔 John met David Sneddon while performing in ''Romeo and Juliet''. He was acting Juliet's father and David was acting Romeo. After playing some acoustic gigs together at the Tron in Glasgow in 2001, they decided to start a band and called themselves The Martians. * Gerry Kielty John's younger brother, vocalist, performer and lyricist. Gerry frequently adopts an unusual "mouse" style singing voice. His main interest is in writing lyrics and scripts for Martian's shows. * Houston Banjo player, guitarist and vocalist. Generally known as "Houston". He frequently adopts a country and western style, as is well shown in "Mulch The Undead Cowboy".〔(the Martians Chronicles: Official site )〕 He co-writes much of the traditional Edinburgh Festival shows, along with the brothers Kielty. * Harry Ward Guitarist and vocalist. As a long-serving Martian musician Harry played himself during ''The Sundowe'' performances during the Highland Quest competition. * Crawford Logan A time-served actor well advanced in years compared to the rest of the band, Crawford supplies much of the voice-over work, in a style reminiscent of Richard Burton's work in Jeff Wayne's "War Of The Worlds" and Vincent Price in Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Recent examples include "The Journalist" in The Martians own version of H.G. Wells' ''War of The Worlds'', and as "Roothby", an old and decrepit Scottish parliament minister in "The Sundowe". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Martians (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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