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Mitch Sanders (vocals/guitar)
When did you first start playing: I picked up the guitar and started writing at 14/15 years old Musical influences: the list is endless... jack white, arcade Fire, the Rolling Stones, Otis redding, Biggie Smalls, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash, Massive attack, Aretha Franklin, u2.. but the first song I ever heard that drEW me tO music was ‘The Man Who Sold The World’-David Bowie. Think it’s because it’s about Aliens and at 4 I thought “I’ll 'ave a bit of that” desert island disc: 1. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name 2. Led Zeppelin - Ramble on 3. Massive Attack - Hymn of The Big Wheel 4. The Jeff Healey Band - When The Night Comes Falling (Dylan cover) 5. Fleetwood Mac- Gypsy 6. The Beatles - In My Life 7. Kings of Leon - Arizona 8. R.E.M - Nightswimming DESERT ISLAND Book: The Guv’nor - Lenny McLean Luxury item: Mayonnaise. Aspirations for 5 years time: Get the fuck off a building site and make music, write music and record as much music as possible. Tour constantly in places I didn’t know existed And ultimately aim toward playing a stadium show. |
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Kit lavis (GUITAR)
WHEN DID YOU FIRST START PLAYING: I got my first guitar on my 15th birthday MUSICAL INFLUENCES: There's too many to list, but the first band that I remember hearing and thinking "yeah that's cool" would be The Clash. DESERT ISLAND DISC: Black Sabbath - War Pigs Led Zeppelin - No Quarter Motörhead - Love Me Like a Reptile Thin Lizzy - Sarah The Clash - Train in Vain The Who - Baba O'Riley Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower (yeah it's a cover blah blah blah) DESERT ISLAND BOOK: Robinson Crusoe (it's basically a dummies guide to surviving on a desert island) LUXURY ITEM: A knife. Am I allowed a knife? I'll take a knife. ASPIRATIONS FOR 5 YEARS TIME: hopefully be earning enough through music to free up my time to focus on booking and fixing old stuff |
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Alex Gibbs (drums/Keys)
WHEN DID YOU FIRST START PLAYING: I started playing when I was about 12, living in the music block in school. MUSICAL INFLUENCES: - Led Zeppelin, massive attack, Bon iver, Rolling Stones, Tame Impala, the xx. DESERT ISLAND DISC: Hard to handle - Otis Redding Dangerous - The XX Hurricane - Band of Heathens Feathered Indians - Tyler Childers Beth/Rest - Bon Iver Lay lady lay - Bob Dylan Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones Good times Bad times - Led Zeppelin DESERT ISLAND BOOK: the master and margarita - mikhail bulgakov LUXURY ITEM: Piano |
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henry sergeant (bass)
WHEN DID YOU FIRST START PLAYING: I started playing guitar around 16 years old then picked up bass when Mitch asked me to join Dellavega all them years back. MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, The Who, The Beatles, Oasis, so many more DESERT ISLAND DISC: The Beatles - Hey Bulldog The Who - Baba O'Reily Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Edwin Starr - War The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash Oasis - Slide Away Kings of Leon - Closer DESERT ISLAND BOOK: Life – Keith Richards LUXURY ITEM: Acoustic guitar ASPIRATIONS FOR 5 YEARS TIME: Somewhere on the road with the boys, WORLD TOUR !! Final word: HIPPOPOTAMUS |
