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My parents believed that
children should be seen and not heard, and as an act of rebellion I
took up the drums so that I could be heard and not seen. Early
influences were Clem Burke from Blondie, Gilson Lavis from Squeeze and
Animal from the Muppets, and I started gigging in a mod-revival band
just as the mod-revival finished.
At college I joined a
band and our claim to fame was playing on the same stage as The
Housemartins and The Bangles, albeit a month after The Housemartins
had played it and a fortnight before The Bangles did.
After college I had a
long stint in various incarnations of a covers band called Delirious,
and we played a number of Corporate gigs (smile and think of the
money), weddings (smile and watch the Uncles and Aunts dancing) and
parties (smile cos it's such good fun) around the southwest and
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That came to an end when
families and careers stopped us getting together to practice (the
guitarist and bassist live 150 miles apart, a pretty good arrangement
most of the time), and I stopped playing for a while until I saw
Psycho Delia Smith playing in my local.
They announced it was their drummer's last gig and so fuelled by a desire to play their songs, and a small amount of Guinness, I asked them if they were looking for a new drummer. Whether it was my good looks, easy charm or the fact that I had a drumkit, I'm not sure, but here I am.
When I'm not drumming I run a
marketing agency and when I'm not doing that I spend time with friends
and my three daughters. If you want to know anything else, come and
ask me at a gig. Best to do it early doors cos I get a bit sweaty.
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