LIFESIGNS

LIFESIGNS are:
John Young – vocals, keys
Dave Bainbridge – guitar, keys
Jon Poole – bass, backing vocals
Zoltán Csörsz – drums, percussion
Steve Rispin – sound, production

discography:

Lifesigns is an independent UK band of virtuoso professional musicians.
The band is the brainchild of John Young (keys/vocals), Frosty Beedle (drums), Steve Rispin (sound) and Nick Beggs (bass/vocals).
Their first album, ‘Lifesigns‘, was released in February 2013 and sold well, briefly reaching the UK top 100 album chart.
Guests included Steve Hackett (Genesis), Robin Boult (Fish) and Thijs van Leer (Focus).
The band started touring the following year with Jon Poole joining to replace Nick Beggs who had other commitments.
The line up was completed by former Steven Wilson guitarist Niko Tsonev.
Fifty shows were played over the next year with highlights being appearances at Cruise To The Edge in the USA and Night of the Prog at Lorelei in Germany as well as the Ramblin’ Man and Cropredy festivals in the UK.
In addition to this Live In London, a DVD and double audio CD was released.
This was recorded at Under The Bridge at Chelsea Football Club.
In 2017 a new album ‘Cardington‘ was released.
The album was funded via a pledge music campaign that met its target in just 48 hours.
Album ‘Cardington‘ features guest appearances from Robin Boult (Fish), Dave Bainbridge (Iona) and Menno Gootjes (Focus).
Niko decided to pursue his own solo career after having played on the album, and he in turn was replaced in the band by Dave Bainbridge on guitar and second keyboards.
‘Cardington‘ reached the top ten in the Amazon national chart and was number 4 in the UK Indie chart, all without any mainstream airplay.
In 2018 Lifesigns took to the road again with a third appearance on Cruise To The Edge and a UK tour.
2019 saw the band perform further live dates both in the UK and Europe.
February 2020 saw the release of the single ‘Impossible‘, a radio friendly edit of the track from ‘Cardington‘, which brought the band to a new audience.
June 2020 marked the end of Frosty’s time with the band and the arrival of Zoltán Csörsz.
Their last studio album ‘Altitude‘ was recorded remotely without the band having met Zoltán in person (although you’d never guess that on hearing the intricate interplay between him and bassist Jon Poole) and was released in March 2021.
The current lineup finally played live together in late 2021 and early 2022, culminating in a triumphant performance on Cruise To The Edge in May 2022.
The summer 2022 tour resulted in a double live album, released in July 2023, with a blu-ray to follow.
Touring continues until September 2023, including a long overdue return to Germany and several festival appearances.
After that, the focus was on writing and recording the fourth studio album, which has already commenced.
The latest studio album ‘Altitude‘ was crowdfunded by their dedicated fans in 40 countries worldwide (including 36 US states) and has been compared to everything from Steely Dan to Pink Floyd to U.K.
Album ‘Cardington‘ got to number 4 in the UK Indie chart without so much as a play on mainstream radio.
On the 2024 cruise Simon Phillips (Toto, Protocol) guested on drums as their regular drummer was unavailable.