Neil Leyton

Neil Leyton was the frontman of Toronto glam/art rock group The Conscience Pilate (think Roxy Music, Suede, T. Rex) in the mid 90s. The Conscience Pilate made waves in the Canadian music press at the time by standing in direct philosophical opposition to the grunge image of the times; their debut CD, 1996's "Living in a Movie Scene", was the #1 Canadian Indie Record of that year according to Access Magazine. The Conscience Pilate opened for the Manic Street Preachers' "Everything Must Go" Canadian tour dates the same year.

Leyton went solo in 1998 and began developing not just his own career but those of other artists on his own imprint, Fading Ways Music. Fading Ways has now grown internationally and a brand new Fading Ways Music UK has been established by Leyton and label partner Ashlyn Eaton (Visit www.fadingways.co.uk).

He has released two full length albums (1999's Secret Ave. and 2002's Midnight Sun), several EPs and a UK-only collection issued on the late great ChangesOne imprint: Evolver: A Ten Year Collection was the brainchild of Ian Tunstall, and stands as a great example of how Leyton spent the last ten years - musically, spiritually, sexually, philosophically, you name it.

Leyton has also collaborated musically with several great Canadian indie rock personalities: from playing guitar in Barry Walsh's Galore (which now also includes ex-Conscience Pilate founder Edward Pond on bass), Jim Clements, Crash Kelly (on their UK tour with the Quireboys), to playing bass in Red Orkestra's "after the wars" album, as well as producing recordings by Sharpkid (Canada) and Silky (Portugal), Leyton has also collaborated on projects with Ky Anto (Intergalactic Rockstars, who are the band that carried on the glam mantle in Toronto after TCP called it quits) and Rich Jones (ex-Black Halos, Amen).

He is currently working on his third full-length album, "The Betrayal of the Self".