Biography

Seven Hard Years, or 7HY if you like, is the brainchild of ex-Shy drummer Alan Kelly but 7HY is no mere Shy clone. The first 7HY album, 'No Place in Heaven' released on Lynchburg Music in 2014, was well-received among fans and the press alike. The second ‘7HY’ album 'Stories We Tell' (2016) will no doubt please rock fans across the world. In 2017 'For The Record' was released followed by 'No Going Back in 2019. An acoustic "best of" was released in 2021, Rogues Gallery.

A transatlantic partnership: UK-based multi- instrumentalist Alan Kelly (ex-Shy) and American vocalist Shawn Pelata (ex-Line Of Fire) have come to release three albums under the name Seven Hard Years (7HY, if you like) 'No Place In Heaven' in 2014 (Lynchburg Music Group) 'Stories We Tell' in 2016 (Lion's Pride Music), and finally, after the addition of fellow multi-instrumentalist and producer Andrew Chick, ‘For The Record' in 2017. All three albums were very well-received among rock fans and critics worldwide. The trio of Kelly, Pelata and Chick, teamed once again with Lion's Pride Music, are back with the fourth Seven Hard Years album in March of 2019 entitled 'No Going Back'.
Musically, 'No Going Back' shows a significant growth in collaboration among the three members, with Chick contributing music and arrangement ideas and Pelata, for the first time within the Seven Hard Years mainframe, adding his own lyrical slant. The result is a melodic record with strong choruses, big guitars, and a furthering of what is becoming the classic Seven Hard Years sound. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.