An Aberdeen-based rock covers band – that featured as LoveFist in one of the world’s best-selling computer games GTA: Vice City – will take their final bow at the end of the month.

Pie Shop have become a popular name on the North-east covers circuit over the last 15 years, but have been heard by more than 17.5 million gamers in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

The band, who were only founded to play a one-off gig, are now set to go out with a bang with a Hogmanay gig in Aberdeen.

Drummer Andy Thomson said: “When we started off, we were only supposed to be a one-night thing at the Dutch Mill.

“Everybody loved it so much we decided to keep going.

“It was about playing what we wanted to play, not what the crowd might want to hear. If the crowd like it, that’s a bonus for us.

“We had all spent years in other bands trying to please others and you end up never pleasing everybody anyway.”

Andy, who is joined in Pie Shop by singer Lewis Craddock, lead guitarist Brian Massie and bassist Neil McHaffie, added: “We ended up thinking ‘sod this’ and doing it for our own enjoyment.

“It came off that we were actually having fun and meant that the crowd had fun as well.”

Pie Shop have decided it’s the right moment to finally call time on the band and they will be playing their final gig at Hogmanay this year at McNasty’s pub in Aberdeen.

Their penultimate gig will be at the city’s Grosvenor Casino on December 30.

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