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Chris Nugent | Drums

Bio:
Chris discovered drums at the age of ten. Soon realising that anything he hit made some sort of noise, he had chosen his path through life. Chris has played during two sold out nights at The Royal Albert Hall and performed live on BBC Radio 2, as well as supporting bands such as Megadeth, Pitchshifter and The Workhorse Movement.

Playing drums with numerous musical projects including musicals (42nd Street, HEAD, Joseph), Mikey Graham (Boyzone) and many original projects (Fat Controller, Heat) he takes inspiration from drummers such as Keith Moon (Who), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Nicko McBrain and Simon Philips.

Quotes:
“…a rock solid, creative drummer with a great attitude.” Mike Sturgis – Rhythm Magazine / ACM Tutor.

“This is a drummer who is frighteningly good and a complete showman with it!” Fiona McWilliam - Live Club UK.

 

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Stuart Dixon | Guitar
Stuart first picked up the guitar at age 8 for about 2 weeks.....what an attention span, folks!!
When he very quickly discovered that there was more to life than bad teachers, extreme pain and "Merrily We Roll Along" in the most foul dischords that the key of C ever spluttered, he promptly put the damn thing down and proceeded to listen to music flat out on his stereo with the windows open just in case the neighbours would like to join in his listening pleasure.......not that they really had a choice in the matter!!

"I spent my childhood listening to a vast range of stuff.....everything from Billy Joel to Cat Stevens to Elvis Presley.....any thing rock 'n' roll was great.....it wasn't until years later when I got into guitar playing and blues etc that I eventually realised that most of the rock 'n' roll stuff was actually blues really. Obviously I didn't know that at the time...I just knew it did something to me that nothing else up until then ever had before. I'm still always looking even now for a new thing that will make me go "YES!!!!" just like it did then...

"When I eventually picked up the guitar again at age 13....new years eve 1991....it was due to a Queen concert being shown on the TV. I saw Brian May plying and was transfixed....especially when I saw him playing "Love Of My Life" on a 12 string acoustic accompanying Freddie Mercury. I just happened to have an old acoustic with cheese grater action on it in the corner. I then blew the dust off and started to try and do some chords (even though I didn't know any) and sat in the window hoping someone might walk past and think..."wow.....that kid must know what he's doing......his fingers are flying!!!" Little did they know that I didn't even have the strength to press the bloody things down!!

Anyway, My dad plays a bit of rhythm guitar so he showed me a few chords and gave me a book from around 1066 to work through......which I did, then I went for lessons for about 2 or 3 years, but didn't really listen as much as I should have, so Basically, I suppose I'm mostly self-taught.

"When I first heard the blues played properly on a guitar it crucified me!!!! I just thought to myself "I want to do that!!!" It sounded more like the real thing than anything I had ever heard before. Not that blues is my only love musically.....I love anything.....music is what I survive on....without it I don't know what I'd do.

I spent a lot of time to start with copying Eric Clapton licks.....not that I particularly liked his playing...just that he was supposed to be the greatest guitarist in world or something.....so I thought.....knowing not much at the time, that if I was going to try and copy someone, why not go to the top of the heap?

This was good until I heard Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix....more recently Scott Henderson, Robben Ford, Joe Bonamassa etc. They had the licks, the tone, the cool.......they had it all.
Basically, it's all good....I love all music.....blues, soul, funk, rnb, disco, country, reggae, ska, hip hop, rock, metal, jazz, folk.......anything!!!!!

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Moz Gamble | Keyboards


Moz became known as Mozart at an early age due to an inability to leave pianos and keyboards alone. Having studied classical guitar at the Australian School of Music Moz has worked with many Reggae and Jazz groups and written for many artists including Vicka Bull, Russell Morris, Stephen and Nick Ferris,Lisa Maxwell, Bass Culture, Flotsam Jetsam and many others at EMI, Sony and Rhino Studios in Sydney, Australia.

Arriving in London in 1996, Moz has recorded, programmed and co-written material as an excellent session musician for many artists and has worked with Deborah Connay, Marcus Malone, Huo Doo Shimmy and BJ Sharpe, EG, Sagat Guirat, Rod Blake and many others appearing at many festivals and venues in the UK and Europe

 


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Jonathan Bankes | Bass

History:
Born in Lincolnshire, (Piano at 4, violin at 8). Started bass at 11 - Played professionally for the last 15 yrs.

Artists worked with (in alphabetical order):
Angie Brown (Bizarre Inc), Dave Briggs (with whom I had the pleasure of supporting Chuck Berry on his recent U.K. tour), Dominic Brown (Samantha Mumba, Vanessa Mae), Canteen, Paul Castle, John Cheetham, Paul Cox, Ray Davies, Kate Dimbleby, Richard Durrant (Sky), Jay Fisher, Herbie Flowers, Julia Fordham, Andy Gangahdin (M-People),Giles Headley & The Aviators, Hershey & the 12 Bars, John Hogg & Sean Genockey (Moke), Claire Kallaghan (N "N" G), Sam Kelly, Trudy Kerr, Marcus Malone, Vic Martin (Gary Moore), John Mayall, Robin Millar (Sade) , Geoff Nicols, Dave Randall (Faithless), Andy Roberts Group, Paul Robinson (Nina Simone), Luddy Samms (Drifters), The Stormboys, Glen Tilbrook, Trevor Tompkins, Randy Van-Warmer, Sam Williams (Supergrass), Mark Woods and of course many others of varying styles.

T.V. / Radio:
Both live and pre-recorded performances for; BBC TV, Granada TV, Sky TV, Channel 4, Channel 5, CNN (live performance to estimated 15 million!), Bay TV Tokyo, live sessions
For radio one, two, three, four, and five, also various sessions / interviews for both nationaland local radio in Europe and Asia.

Equipment
Vintage (Œ66) Fender Jazz Fender BXR 400 Watt amp-head
Fender Jazz Fretless Fender 4x10
Aria 5-string Fender 1x5
Bruce Wallis acoustic Gallien/Kruger 1x15


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