Altanata Band

03/04/2026

Looks like an amazing start to MBF26 this year. Some great bands all weekend and we are so pleased to have been recently added to the lineup on the Sunday afternoon! Ned, Neil and Nick will be playing a special acoustic set of some of the bands euphoric original songs!

18/02/2026

Really looking forward to playing a special acoustic set as part of the first ever Moor Events on Saturday the 21st February at Honley Community Centre. 5 Bands, DJ, great food and drink! Helen Stevenson Nick Johnson Sharon Dunford-Foster Kristi Lime Fuller Thunderboob Band Tax Drone Debt Slave Sugar Crease Jesus Knievel Phil Ned Needham Angie Johnson

16/11/2025

Here’s some more footage from our performance a couple of weeks ago at The Fourth Fiend Taphouse. Big thanks again to Nick Royle for shooting the clips, Josh Stocks and the fiendish staff for being amazing, and the truly wonderful Sharon from Lillian Strange for joining us on stage for a number. Julian Soozy Nick Johnson Chris Broadbent Phil Ned Needham

02/11/2025

We had a great night at The Fourth Fiend Taphouse on Halloween. Thanks to everyone for coming down and here’s a some clips of the performance. Please share! Massive thanks to Nick Royle for the mobile rock shots and to Sharon Lillian Strange for joining us on stage for a song. Chris Broadbent Josh Stocks Nick Johnson Parish Events CIC Smile 90.4FM Julian Soozy Meltham Beer Festival Phil Ned Needham hmv

30/10/2025

27/06/2025

One day to go till we rock the stage in an alternative electro kinda way at the Longest Day Festival 2025 On stage at 8pm with some other great bands and performers through the day in various venues. Follow the QR code to check out a couple of 3 free demo tracks and the euphoric widescreen sound of ALTANATA.

17/11/2024

Thanks to everyone that came down to ALTANATA LIVE AT HUDDERSFIELD HMV in the Kingsgate Shopping Centre, Huddersfield yesterday to support our second gig. It was great to see so many familiar and unfamiliar faces as we performed in and amongst the vinyl! Thanks to Nick Royle for shooting a few clips. Here’s a montage we have put together……
Nick Johnson Phil Ned Needham Altanata Band hmv Lillian Strange

15/11/2024

Just one day to go until our live gig ALTANATA LIVE AT HUDDERSFIELD HMV tomorrow at 2pm in the Kingsgate Centre. Here’s an album that has influenced the songwriting of our lead singer and guitarist Phil Ned Needham and of course the heart and sound of Altanata Band. Here’s ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ by Depeche Mode (Mute Records - 1993)

…….. I love absolutely everything by DM and have seen them live on nearly every tour since their album Black Celebration in 1986. That gig at Sheffield City Hall not only confirmed how innovative and great Martin Gores songs were, but what an amazing electronic live act they were with ground breaking live production and visuals. Several fantastic albums later ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ landed taking the band off in yet another direction with an epic dirtier grungy edge that infused more traditional live drums and guitar with their signature electronic sound. Once again the live show that accompanied took things to a whole new level with amazing multi visuals and projections by one of my favourite photographers and filmmakers Anton Corbijn. This massive widescreen production set the bar even higher for some of my other influences like U2 and established Dave graham as one of the best lead singers and frontmen in the world. If Dave told you to stand, you stood, If Dave told you to sing, you sang, If Dave told you to …… you get the idea! That album and tour has inspired me ever since combining mind blowing electronics with darker alternative rock. Every track is brilliant but if I had to pick one ‘Walking In My Shoes’ totally moves me every time, wherever I am, whoever I’m with and whatever mood I’m in! ……