Rod Vey (McVey) released one album in 1980 entitled Can You Hear Me Mother? which was only released in Germany on the Bellaphon label. It’s a highly unusual mix of new wave dynamics and electronic experimentation and comes on lovely pink vinyl! Belfast based McVey was a music student in Queens by day and professional sax player and session musician by night for the Rip Off Records label. Messing around with electronic equipment he put together some demos and Rip Off were impressed enough to facilitate the recording sessions that led to the album release. Metal Love was released as a single from the album in the UK on Rip Off Records in 1980, the flip side being Silicone City. Metal Love was also released in Germany as a 7” single on the Bellaphone label and featured the track “New York (1942) on the flip side.

Rod, born in 1958 has worked with artists such as Van Morrison, The Kinks, Kris Kristofferson, Ian Dury, Christy Hennessey, Maura O’Connell, Stockton’s Wing, De Dannan, The Corrs, Paul Brady, Dolores Keane & Shaun Davey. In 1992 he began a long association with the master uilleann piper, Liam O’Flynn, with whom he has recorded 3 albums & toured extensively both in Europe & the US. He has also written music for theatre & TV and is a veteran of 35 years of studio recording.