The Red Hot Chilli Pipers

It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert
Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from
the glens and the mountains of Scotland.

It’s The Red Hot Chilli PIPERS – (NOT the Peppers!) — a 9-piece
ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers — who
have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and
everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a
passion for pipes that will leave you breathless. The band has four
music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all
the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.

Since they walked away with the top prize on the primetime TV talent
show, “When Will I Be Famous” in the U.K. in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli
Pipers haven’t stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their
bagpipes! Formed in 2002, The Chillis have fast become a global
phenomenon, taking their signature ‘Bagrock’ sound to the masses with
their unique fusion of rocked up Bagpipes and clever covers of popular
songs from all genres. Their trademarked sound is a unique fusion of
traditional pipe tunes – like “The Flowers of Scotland”, “The Hills of
Argyll”, and “Amazing Grace” (done Chilli-style, of course!) — and
contemporary anthems like Queen’s “We Will Rock You”, “Clocks” by
Coldplay, “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol, “Let Me Entertain You” by
Robbie Williams, and a fantastic rock medley of “Deep Purple”, “Smoke on
the Water”, and AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”.