The Stairs are an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1990 by vocalist and bassist Edgar "Summertyme" Jones, guitarist Ged Lynn and drummer Paul Maguire.
[1] The Stairs reformed in 2015, playing a one-off gig at The Kazimier in Liverpool before announcing a 2016 UK tour and headline appearance at the Le Beat Bespoké festival in London.
Since the breakup of The Stairs in the mid-1990s, Edgar Jones has worked with Paul Weller, Johnny Marr (in an early version of The Healers), St Etienne, Candie Payne, Cherry Ghost and The La's.
Ged Lynn formed The Living Brain, starting as an acoustic duo with Lars Gabel pre-1997, and later adding Tom Sumnall, James Pagella, and Matt Lord.
Paul Maguire formed Gloss with Icelandic singer Heidrun Anna Bjornsdottir, who were signed to Nude Records and were active between 2001 and 2002 before the band's label went into voluntary liquidation.