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Its not a band , its just me and my accordian.
This is stuff Ive been working on since the demise of "Torque"...
Im not the most prolific of beasts but quality is improving.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Torque 2000
The ultimate career band: 1 gig no recordings. 3 piece with Nick Carroll ("Sandro") and Dave Shepard.
Scared of Horses 1998
Guest vocals on Paul Dempseys' ("Something for Kate") side project: "An Empty flight"
S:Bahn 1998
With Rob Buttery, Denis Leadbeatter and Christian Brenchley
81 gigs, CDs with Shock and MDS, 2 tracks on the "Wonder from a quater Acre" compilation.
RoachMill 1994
With Phil England and Anthony Chapman (who later went on to glory with "Collapsed Lung")
Bastard Kestrel 1990
With Chris McKenna , Paul Chapman and Keith Chapman (of "HeadButt" and lately "Hideous Wheel Explosion" fame)
2 John Peel Sessions , some cool gigs ( supporting "GodFlesh" "KillDozer", "Firehose", "Naked Raygun" etc)
and couple of Vinyl releases on Wiiija.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Not any more... too old ....too fat.
Your musical influences
Hey anyone listened to the slits recently ? that peel session is unbelievable.....
Anything else?
Thanks to Rob Buttery for letting me steal his bass, and to Hamish for the piano.