Manchester band The Blazing Snowmen have been writing original music for over 40 years and have associations with Crawling Chaos (Factory Records), Marc Riley and the Creepers (Intape Records) and Tools You Can Trust and Ian (Moet) Moss, John Gill and Bill Leader.

They have published a book of their lyrics – illustrated by local artist Helen Mandel – and will have an official launch at the Whitefield Garrick theatre on 16th and 17th October.