Born in Chester and raised in Ellesmere Port, Ian has spent decades refusing to slow down, fronting cult bands Pele and Amsterdam with the enthusiasm of a man who still believes every gig might change the world (It deffo can!).

A master of rabble-rousing, Celtic-tinged anthems and emotional sledgehammer choruses.

Checkout where to catch him live here: amsterdam-music.com.

A self-styled “typical left-wing gobshite”, he somehow also squeezed in a history degree and a masters in Irish Studies.

Still touring, still writing, and still loud, he remains gloriously incapable of doing anything by halves, ever or otherwise.