Chris Beales and the Heretics are a genre-defying rock band from Reading UK. We play some combination of acoustic rock / progressive rock / psychedelic rock / pagan rock … lots of passion and strong rhythms.

We’ve been busy in the recording studio for the last few months. As we approach the Autumn Equinox we’re in the final stages of mixing our new album. It’s been a big project – lots more to say when it’s ready to share.

The band brings me back together with Jamie from Avian and Eric from Static Rain. You can see more videos and links to past albums on my Chris Beales (music) page.

• Chris Beales : song writer, singer and effects-driven acoustic guitar player
• Jamie Mead : drums
• Eric Butcher : bass guitar

We are very much looking forward to more gigs over the coming months, hopefully with more pictures and videos to add to these pages…

Our first gig 18 Jul 26: Greenpeace fundraiser at the Rising Sun

We had a great first gig at the Rising Sun Arts Centre this evening. We’ve been busy in the background for the last few months, working on the new album, so it was a nice surprise to get the offer to play last minute. So happy to be ready enough. We had a fantastic evening playing with The Lurxx and Friesian. And I was very pleased to be supporting Greenpeace, who Nationally and Locally do important campaigning to make the world a better place. Big thank you to the audience: we had some lovely feedback after and a great reaction while we played. As first gigs go that was brilliant!

• Many thanks to Olly for the photo and Nick for video 🙂
• And do check out Greenpeace’s latest campaign on trying to control pesticides (link)