Raised in a small village on the west coast of Scotland, Neil James Parkinson is blending his love of hard rock with his roots in Scottish acoustic music. At the age of 13 after his first live show he realised that music is the only career he wanted to pursue, so focusing on learning guitar and writing songs he progressed and started to put bands together to perform in his local area.
After years of performing locally he decided to apply for college to study music in 2012, and in doing so formed his band Corrupt The System who went on to gig across the UK at various venues and festivals, primarily in Glasgow and released their first studio album titled ‘Game Over’ in 2016, and a handful of singles in 2018. Neil also played guitar in the rock band Take Today. In early 2020 they released the EP ‘Visions’. Since mid-2020 Neil has focused on writing and recording his own music and started a YouTube channel compiled of acoustic covers that has gained a reasonable following so far, and with more original music in the pipeline he is looking to progress and expand his audience as a solo artist.
The main body of ‘Skylines’ was written during the pandemic and eventually finished in late 2024. The song is predominantly about life when you were young and would spend the majority of time with friends being young and living, and they become extended family then at some point feel like time has pulled the rug from underneath you and everything changes which brings on an over whelming feeling of being lost. Towards the end of the song come to the conclusion that regardless of how alone you feel there’s always someone there to bring you back.” – Neil James Parkinson
https://neiljamesparkinson.bandcamp.com/track/skylines
FOR FANS OF:
SHINEDOWN ● STONE SOUR ● SHAWN JAMES
