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NEWS!!! Just finished my website and have a new song there called 'Call of the Wild'. Please listen, and if you like it buy it (it's only 99p!) - all profits are going to Wildlife charities to help protect endangered species, full details on my website!!!
I started in a metal band called Omen in the 80s up in Lancashire. Played a lot of gigs over 4 years before we went our separate ways. Moved to the Cambridge area and joined Beyond This Place but this only lasted a year. Formed Renegade, an originals rock band in the early 90s and gigged and recorded for around 5 years. Had a two year break then joined Hope & Glory, a Cambridge based originals and classic rock covers band. We played a lot of gigs around East Anglia until the band split 3 years later. Had another break to re-record and master the Renegade CD that was never finished, then started Bridge Too Far, a Suffolk based band. Played two gigs before good old musical differences hit the band. While the band's on hold I thought I'd do my own thing....
I've played pubs and clubs around Lancashire in the 80s and Cambridgeshire/Suffolk in the 90s and 00s. Not gigging at present but trying to put another band together - there's no feeling like it!
Ritchie Blackmore was my first and main reason for picking up the guitar.
Guitarists I listen to are:
Jan Cyrka
Dave Gilmour
Steve Vai
Gary Moore
Dave Meniketti
Joe Satriani
Bands:
Blue Oyster Cult
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
Queensryche
Thunder
Guitars: Ibanez Jem
Jackson Professional
Charvel Custom Fusion
Yamaha APX4
Framus Texan 12-string
Steinberger Bass
Amps: Line 6 Flextone II
Line 6 POD 2.0
Keyboard: Roland U-20
Korg Wavestation
Korg M1
Recording: Akai DPS-16 HDD recorder
Samson reference amp + Tannoy Reveals
Behringer Composer Pro compressor
Alesis Midiverb 4
Aphex Aural Exciter C2
Behringer VoicePro
Behringer Ultramizer
Alesis DM5 + trigger drum kit
Alesis SR16 for the parts I can't drum myself!!
Cakewalk
Yamaha Finalizer software
A whole load of other bits and pieces!!