BIOGRAPHY

I am still as passionate about music as I was when I got my first real taste at the age of 11. I had listened to various music before that age, but it wasn't until I heard "In The City" by The Jam, which made me really stand up and listen to what was going on around me. Too young to go and watch them play, I avidly bought all their records and watched them on TV, which led me into other bands like The Clash, The Police, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, XTC, Adam And The Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Who and the Small Faces.

In 1979 I got into The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, UB40, Steel Pulse, Aswad, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Black Uhuru, along with other 2 Tone and Reggae bands. I also got into Stiff Little Fingers and The Ruts, through my passion with The Jam and The Clash. It was around the same time that I also got into Dub Reggae, Jackie Wilson and Nothern Soul, already being into Motown and Stax.

The day after my 16th birthday my sister took me to my first ever gig, and finally got to see my favourite band The Jam on their 'Farewell Tour' at the St Austell(Cornwall) Coliseum on the 28th November 1982. It's still one of the best birthday presents I've ever had and what a band to see for my first ever gig, it was so amazing that it left a lasting impression to this day.

In 1984 I started following around Spear of Destiny and The Cult, and got to know both bands pretty well, and from that crafted a longterm friendship with Stan Stammers who was the bass player for Spear Of Destiny and Theatre of Hate. Over the years Stan has become one of my best friends, so I'm lucky enough to manage him. After Spear of Destiny, Stan fronted his own band Crazy Pink Revolvers before moving to the States and forming Philly punk band Plastic Eaters with singer and programmer Rob Daly. Whilst in Plastic Eaters Stan spent a brief period as bass player for cult Philly hip-hop band The Goats.

Since 1999 I have been the manager of both Stan Stammers and his band Plastic Eaters, and also look after the interest of Stan's old band Crazy Pink Revolvers. Although Stan and Rob Daly still operate as a band, they have been producing other artists and bands for many years, so in 2010 they decided to become a music production team writing music for TV and Film, changing their name to Plastic Eater Sound. For the past year Stan and his music partner Rob Daly have been writing and recording a new concept album, a music project done in a similar vein as the Gorillaz concept by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. The album features a host of artists and musicians, including famous Philly rapper Schoolly D, and saxophanist/keyboard player Neil Pyzer (Howard Devo Band, Spear of Destiny, Geno Washington and The Selecter).

I've had a passion for playing the bass for a number of years now, but have recently changed over to playing the drums instead, something I've been meaning to do for a number years, after having played around with a friends drum kit a while back. My interest for playing the drums stems back to 1978, after watching Rick Buckler playing live on The Old Grey Whistle Test tv show.