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Axe: Tanglewood Acoustic

Favourite Styles: Fingerstyle

Influences: Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, the Eagles, The Doors, Van Morrison

Favourite Quote:

“I love the smell of Napalm in the morning” (Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now)

Career Highlights: Nailing “Never Going Back Again” by Fleetwood Mac

Axe: Ashton Classical

Favourite Styles: Pop

Influences: My teacher Alex, Elvis Presley,

Favourite Quote:

“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”

 

Axe: Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender Squire Strat, Yamaha APX 4A, Westone Bass

Amp and Effects: Marshall Haze combo, Boss ME-5, RC-2, Dunlop Crybaby

Favourite Styles: Mmmmm… Everything from Rock, Punk, Folk, Psychedelic, Grunge, Stoner, Progressive, Ska (Old school), Funk, Madchester, Reggae, Dub, Trip Hop, Old Blues, Rockabilly, Swamp, Alt Country, Classical and everything in between!

Influences: (Roughly Chronological) T Rex, Wings, Pink Floyd, Mungo Jerry, The Clash, Bob Marley, The Jam, The Stranglers, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Thin Lizzy, Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Motorhead, Culture Shock, Sub Humans, Conflict, early Soundgarden, Snuff, PJ Harvey, The Primevals, Fudge Tunnel, Mudhoney, Black Flag, Primus, L7, Fugazi, Prong, Loop, The Godfathers, The Cult , Morcheeba, Portishead, Radiohead, The Prodigy, The Orb, Orbital, The Stone Roses, The Verve, Gomez, Tool, The Herd, Combat Wombat, Asian Dub Foundation, Ravi Shanka, Art Blakey, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Mctell, Muddy Waters, The Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, Lee Perry, Horace Andy, King Tubby, Peter Tosh, The New Jack Rubies, Texas Tea……to mention a few!

Favourite Quote:

“Every journey starts with a single step.”

Career Highlights: …Laughs! Designing the John Lennon ‘Legend’ Album and being told by Yoko Ono that she didn’t like the shade of Yellow inside the CD Booklet! …And doing the cut out around Leo Sayers head for his ‘Love Songs Collection’ and him not wanting to have a ‘Boofie’ hair do… then being told, “by the way, they files need to be in Germany tonight”.

Axe: Epiphone Gibson SG

Amp and Effects: Line 6, Spider 3

Favourite Styles: Rock and Blues

Influences: AC/DC,Deep Purple, Airbourne

Favourite Quote:

Dad always says “Your never too old to Rock n Roll”

Career Highlights: Kirril’s improvised solo class.

Axe: 3/4 Monterey LJ15

Amp and Effects: Marshall MG10cd

Favourite Styles: Rock and Blues

Influences: Joe Bonamassa, AC/DC, Robert Randolph and the Family band

Favourite Quote:

Dad always says “You’re never too old to Rock n Roll”

Career Highlights: Kirril’s improvised solo class.