For those of you who have been following us since the beginning, you’ll be aware of the drummer we’ve all known and loved since the beginning of time – Mr Calum McIntyre aka C-Mac. We’ve had our ups, we’ve had our downs, we’ve had our swings and we’ve had our roundabouts… but we’re sad to announce that we’ve had to call it a day with our loveable drummer. The reason for this sudden change in drumbeat is one simple reason, which may seem silly to you, but to us – it’s an essential factor for us as a successful band.

In short, Calum McIntyre’s head isn’t big enough.

Let us explain… We had our regular Tunesday session after the gig the other night, and… well, it was silly really. We decided to take everybody’s noggin to the measuring tape. Everybody’s head came up at OVER a staggering 44 inch circumference. C-Mac’s, on the other hand, only reached 40 inches. Call us superficial, but to be a true member of The Banana Sessions, your head must be as wholesome as possible. On top of this minuscule-head-circumference issue… our C-Mac finds it very hard to smile in photos. He tends to come across as aggressive, moody or just down right pissed off with the world and, quite frankly, that is NOT the image that we want to portray to the masses. We have our collective musical futures to think about and if our professional music careers are at stake when it comes to the possible fruition of a record label… well, we can’t take any risks.

Unfortunately, we’ve had to let C-Mac go. But he goes in good stead and onto much greener pastures, I’m sure. There are plenty of bands out there with less sizeable heads than ours and we think he’ll fit in just nicely. You know what they say, when God closes a door – somewhere he opens a window. So, we’d like to open the window to our brand spanking new drummer and ex-radio presenter, Kevin McHugh. Look at that smile! And that head! Beautiful, just beautiful. When taken to the measuring tape, Kevin’s noggin came in at a whopping 50 inches. Needless to say, we threw a hat party to celebrate when we found out this wonderful news. (Our hat parties consist of everybody trying on a bunch of hats and then laughing at each other because none of them fit onto our gargantuan heads. They’re really awfully good fun.)

We welcome Kevin’s big smiley head face into the band with massively open arms and say, with gusto, “MARE COWBELL!’ He’s got some massive boots to fill but we’re confident that if we knock all of our heads together, things could get massive… Bieber Fever? Banana Fever, more like.

See our first promo shot below. And some farewell photos of our beloved C-Mac. Sorry pal, what we can we say… we pity the foo’ with an average-sized head circumference. It’s not you, it’s us.