The Band
updated June 2007
there will be pics of Pete, Rob and Matt just as soon as we get them!!
GARRY RANDALL
ROLE
"Paicey"
- Drums, shouting, comedy relief.
OTHER
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
drums
in The Contravenes, an original band in the mode of The
Wildhearts!
INSTRUMENTS
PLAYED
Drums,
Anything you hit, Guitar, Bass, Vocals.
FAVOURITE
DEEP PURPLE SONG / ALBUM
Song
changes every day (You Fool No One today), album Made In Japan.
FAVOURITE
BANDS
Deep
Purple, The Beatles, Beethoven, The Who, Black Sabbath, Led
Zeppelin, Paice Ashton Lord, Slade, Honeycrack, Thin Lizzy, The
Wildhearts, Rush, Queensryche, Kings X, Foo Fighters and Brother
Cane.
FAVOURITE
NON DP ALBUM
Whos
Next.
FAVOURITE
FILM
Pulp
Fiction, Life Of Brian, The Rutles, Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
FAVOURITE
COLOUR
This
is a girl's question!
FUNNY
ON TOUR STORY
Kit
and drummer going through riser at Brighton University.
FAVOURITE
PERFORMANCE
Every
night.
MATT LOVE
ROLE
Ritchie-the
man in black,Strat abuse, disapproving glances.
OTHER
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
TBC
INSTRUMENTS
PLAYED
Guitar...surely
thats enough
FAVOURITE
DEEP PURPLE SONG / ALBUM
TBC
FAVOURITE
BANDS
TBC
FAVOURITE
NON DP ALBUM
TBC
FAVOURITE
FILM
TBC
FAVOURITE
COLOUR
TBC
FUNNY
ON TOUR STORY
TBC
FAVOURITE
PERFORMANCE
TBC
PETER HARTLEY
ROLE
Bass guitar, minor BVs
OTHER
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
Singing in bath, occasional spoons
& knee-claxton
INSTRUMENTS
PLAYED
Bass guitar, mandolin, violin
FAVOURITE
DEEP PURPLE SONG / ALBUM
Burn/Come Taste The Band
FAVOURITE
BANDS
The Stranglers, Black Sabbath, Deep
Purple, Yes, Supertramp, Rammstein, System of a Down, Tool,
Eagles, Carpenters, UFO, Scorpions, Motorhead, Napalm Death,
Lawnmower Deth, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Queen, Pro-Pain, Pantera,
Sex Pistols, Damned, Dream Theater, Chic, Foreigner, Survivor, AC/DC,
Ramones, Bowling for Soup, etc
FAVOURITE
NON DP ALBUM
Black & White - The Stranglers,
Tormato - Yes, Aenima - Tool, Crime of the Century - Supertramp,
Live at Budokan - Chic, A Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera,
Sehnsucht - Rammstein
FAVOURITE
FILM
Ten Things I Hate About You, Brazil,
The Godfather (all of them), American Pie, From Hell,
FAVOURITE
COLOUR
Black
FUNNY
ON TOUR STORY
Fell off stage (sunglasses too dark!)
at the Star, Croydon, 1989. No damage other than reputational!
FAVOURITE
PERFORMANCE
My performance - blowing the headline
band (Voice of the Beehive) off stage at a gig with my first
band, Stagefright, 1988/9
Other performances - Tool, Brixton
Academy a few years ago - sheer sonic & visual mind-fu*k!!
System of a Down, Brixton, June 2005 - one of the best, most
intense bands I've ever had the privilege to experience.
ROB POYTON
ROLE
Mr Lord, rocking the Hammond, Cockney dancing
OTHER
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
Unforgiven (rock covers band), songs round the Joanna
INSTRUMENTS
PLAYED
Hammond Organ, Piano, Musical Saw
FAVOURITE
DEEP PURPLE SONG / ALBUM
Lazy/Made In Japan
FAVOURITE
BANDS
Deep Purple, Small Faces, Motorhead, Sex
Pistols, Tom Waits, Cockney (dancing) Rejects, Treatment, Bonzo Dog Band, The
Who, The Doors, Ramones, JS Bach, Jimmy Smith, Rainbow, Sensational Alex Harvey
Band, Pink Floyd, Ian Dury, Focus, The Residents, Dr Anton Phibes.......old
uncle Tom Cobley and all!
FAVOURITE
NON DP ALBUM
Raindogs - Tom Waits
FAVOURITE
FILM
Apocalypse Now, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly,
Get Carter, Conan The Barbarian, Spinal Tap, The Abominable Dr Phibes, Sopranos
(TV series?), Dawn of the Dead, Battle of Britain
FAVOURITE
COLOUR
Chocolate
FUNNY
ON TOUR STORY
Surreal tour of France in the early
90s with The Surfadelics. Were we on the wrong side of the road or was everyone
else?
FAVOURITE
PERFORMANCE
First time we played the old Marquee
(1983?), had a coach load of fans with us and blew the headline act off stage
IAN GRANT
ROLE
Singist
OTHER
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
Singing
anytime, anyplace, anywhere I get the chance
INSTRUMENTS
PLAYED
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
FAVOURITE
DEEP PURPLE SONG / ALBUM
You Fool No-one/Shades of Deep Purple
FAVOURITE
BANDS
Deep
Purple (obviously), Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, The Who, 24CP
(!), Free, Metallica, Whitesnake, Rainbow, PAL
FAVOURITE
NON DP ALBUM
Hughes/Thrall
FAVOURITE
FILM
Excalibur, Highlander (there can be
only one.......DP tribute), Monty Python & The
Holy Grail, MP's Life of Brian, The 3 Amigo's, Spinal
Tap, Blade Runner, Aliens
FAVOURITE
COLOUR
Green
FUNNY
ON TOUR STORY
Too many to mention here, get me
pissed at a gig & I will regale you with many amusing stories.
FAVOURITE
PERFORMANCE
After much consideration of gigs
where I've performed in front of '000's or supported major
artists, I've opted for a jam session in a little backstreet
biker pub in Amsterdam called The Last Waterhole where I was only
supposed to sing one song but was off my nut on mushrooms and
ended up doing half an hour!
