Pig’n’aif
 Pig’n’aif is the working name for a collection of projects and bands, put together and performed with, by Pete Bangert over the years. The name was originally born out of frustration and reflects the fact that it has often been a pig (and an ’aif) to bring these projects to fruition, or indeed to get the musos together to play the material, but it also reflects a lighter side to things.
Pete started his musical exploration on guitar and in writing with his good friend Steve Atkinson and then recorded his first demo track in 1969 on the Akai belonging to Steve. This started the Pig’n’aif collaborations and projects, initially with Steve and bassist Dave Hobson (who was a constant performer on the local scene). The first set of output was entitled ‘What’s In A Name?’ and contained a mixed range of rock ballad, boogie and progressive material and was on very limited cassette format release.
Pete worked away in Scotland for a couple of years in progressive rock bands before returning to Sheffield to embark on the next of his collaborations with Dave and Steve. Pete and Dave took Pig’n’aif down to Oxford for a period of time, collaborating with a number of pro and semipro musos before returning it eventually to Sheffield. This was also a constant period of writing and generated output that would later surface under Pig’n’aif, Phoenix Rising and Dave’s own band projects.
Over the years there have been a number of releases from Pig’n’aif either as a means of publishing recordings prior to use in bands or as a form of musical documentation by Pete and his collaborators.
Pig’n’aif has recently released another album on Rising Records entitled ‘The Jester... thinks...’. This is a solo album by Pete Bangert and is about to form the basis of material for his ChinWig project along with other material.
There is more about Pete’s involvement and background with Pig’n’aif on his web site at www.petebangert.co.uk.
Click here to view the Pig’n’aif Catalogue
www.pignaif.co.uk
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