Kassidy are a Scottish alternative folk rock band. The band consists of Hamish Fingland (vocals, guitar), Lewis Andrew (vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboard) and Chris Potter (vocals, guitar). The band was formed in late 2009 in Glasgow.
The quartet met through friends' bands and fortunate pub encounters.
Kassidy began writing and recording their music in a share house, which they later converted to a personal studio. They released three EP's, the second entitled
The Rubbergum EP Volume 2 on 16 August 2010.
To follow their EPs, Kassidy released their debut album
Hope St. on 23 May 2011.
They released their second album
One Man Army on 30 April 2012.
The band toured along with Lana Del Rey from 3 April 2013 to 31 May 2013 on her
Paradise Tour in Europe. The same year the frontman Barrie-James O'Neill collaborated with the American singer on a cover of "Summer Wine" originally composed by Lee Hazlewood, and appeared in its music video as directed by Del Rey, which was credited in her real name Elizabeth Woolridge Grant.
On 8 April 2013 the band released their EP album called
People Like Me on iTunes.
On 1 February 2014, the founder and frontman of the band, Barrie-James O'Neill, left the band to spend more time with his girlfriend and rumoured fiancé, Lana Del Rey, and has since adopted the stage name "NiGHTMARE BOY" as a solo artist. He has released two singles under NiGHTMARE BOY; "Mary", and "Paranoid".