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February 2010 A New Moose Sweeps Clean
It is with much sadness that we announce the departure of Shaun [Old Bass Moose] to further his career in ballroom dancing ["Seven!"]. A replacement has been purchased, however, in the form of a New Brian [aka 'Brian']. RoadMoose [aka 'Brian'] has been promoted to 'Will [aka 'Brian]. As a result of extraordinary circumstances, New Brian is unable to remember much about his Canadian heritage . . . more 22 January 2010 Moose Rock The Wheatsheaf
A much publicised though somewhat tenuous ['it's on. it's off, it's on'] return to The Wheatsheaf , Dunstable, marked the Moose's first performance of the new decade, after a spell of snowbound incarceration. An excellent bevvy of Moosesettes were on hand to bask in the reflected glory. 1 January 2010
A big thank you to all the thousands of MooseMates who have supported us this year on our sell-out tours and festival appearances throughout the UK and Canada, and for the mammoth sales of Moose CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, badges, tea-cosys, beermugs and patented board game [suitable for ages 4+]. We look forward to seeing you in 2010 which, due to an anomaly in the Chinese calendar, will once again be The Year of The Moose! Bookings are now being taken for tables for our first cabaret night at the Offley Recreation Centre on Saturday 9th January. Chicken in a basket available. Dress: optional. Happy New Year! 6 October 2009 Moose in Tour Marathon
The Moose are to set to play an unprecented TWO dates in Dunstable in no less than THREE days. This punishing schedule has been forced on the band due to sheer demand for Live Moosic in the town and has been made possible only by the band's insatiable appetite for the fortifying qualities of Jakeman's Maple Syrup 28 August 2009 Mooseday
The Moose are one year old today and will be celebrating in style tonight at The Malta in Batford. The Bank Holiday weekend celebrations continue with the notorious unplugged incarnation at The Portland Arms, St Albans on Sunday. 23 August 2009 Moose Blow a Fuse The MooseStock 40th Anniversary tour got off to a cracking start on Thursday at the Nagshead Revisited. Patrons flocked from all corners of the globe - noteably Mr Martin Moose, Secretary of the Oceania Branch of The Appreciation Society. The Sunday night concert at The White Hart, Hemel Hempstead reached a spectacular conclusion when the combined volume of bashing and strumming exceeded the prescribed 15 second limit. The sound meter kicked in [or out] and the whole of Hemel and surrounding district was plunged into darkness. Engineers are working furiously to restore power and hope to free the ten people stuck in a lift at Hemel General Hospital by lunchtime today. 14 August 2009 The Moosestock Anniversary Tour The Moosestock Anniversary tour gets under way on Thursday 20 August at Yasgur's Farm, Dunstable. Most of the Moose are, of course, old enough to remember the Sixties, but can't remember if they were there or not. The highlight of each 3 hours of peace and moosic will be LeadMoose's virtuoso rendition of "Be sure to wear a flower in your hair" 15 June 2009 Moose Triumph on Folk Circuit
The UK folk circuit, thought to have been dead since 1965, was given a shot in the arm this week when The Moose performed 'unplugged' at The Rose and Crown, Welwyn. Asked whether this marked a return to basics and the desire to distill the essence of the music, a spokesmoose replied, "No, they just couldn't be arsed to bring the amplifiers". 31 May 2009 Moose Triumph in Talent Show The Moose were the outright winners in the final of last night's Hemel's Got Talent at The Royal Stag public house. The highlight of the performance, which almost certainly secured the band's victory, was the first public performance of the lost lyrics to Fleetwood Mac's Albatross. Hitherto, always considered to be an instrumental work, the Moose were amazed to have been contacted via this website by composer, Peter Green, who kindly supplied the original lyric which is reproduced below with his kind permission:
18 May 2009 Hull Freezes Over The Moose have decided to split, due to 'musical differences' - vowing never to return "Until Hull freezes over". However, having discovered that the functions of percussion, bass, and guitar are inherently different, and that it wouldn't be much good if they all played the same thing anyway, they are planning a reunion in August. 11 March 2009 For the Record The Hat Factory tapes have been mixed and are ready to be squeezed into one of the new-fangled 'compact disks'. In the meantime, you can listen to them above.
8 February 2009 Hang Moose The Moose triumph once again at The Dun Cow, Stevenage against unspeakable odds. The absence of both newly-termed Dining Moose [formerely Road Moose] and Bass Moose was not enough to throw the remnants off their stride. A temporary replacement for the ailing bassman was found in young 'Banjo' Phil Loose - a distant cousin who had, by pure coincidence, just flown in from Vancouver attracted by the homely weather conditions. Phil, who normally plays in R & B combo, Hang Loose, shares 98% of the same DNA as The Moose so was able to do a splendid job. Unfortunately, RoadMoose could not be substituted in time and the sight of Rhythm Moose trying to cobble together the PA, like a girl, was most entertaining.
1 January 2009
Preparations are well under way for the celebrations marking the official Year of the Moose, which coincides approximately with the Chinese New Year at the end of January. Two events are planned to signal the start of the year-long festivities: The Wishing Well at Hemel Hempstead on Saturday 24th and The Nag's Head, Dunstable on Thursday 29th.
In The Navy Ahoy, me hearties! Avast behind! [Yer not so small yerself!] The Moose are being piped aboard the stage of the Royal Naval Club, Welwyn Garden City for a Christmoose Spectacular. Sailor suits optional. Embarkation at 8 bells. God bless you and all who sail in you. Rehearsals for the HMS Pinafore medley are making good progress. 11 December 2008
Nagshead Revisited Another splendid night at the Moose's spiritual home, The Nag's Head, Dunstable, and yet another re-booking. "Surely they must be Bedfordshire's greatest covers band". The pub is holding a Fools and Horses theme night soon. So far, Road Moose has been put forward as Del Boy with Rhythm Moose as Rodney. Drum Moose will play Uncle Albert ['Vot ess your NAME!']. Lead Mosse is down for Trigger with Bass Moose as Boycie. The great new Moose pin badges have arrived!
6 December 2008
Portland Massacre Victory at the Portland Arms, St Albans was assured, despite an unsuccsessful assasination attempt on Rhythm Moose. His Magnificence has suffered injury on two consecutive outings - one of, which, it has to be said, of his own doing. He is lying low, licking his wounds and wondering what lies in store for him at The Nag's Head on Thursday 1 December 2008
Drum moose makes the big time The noisy one has been interviewed by the UK's premier drum site. Learn all you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask . . . here The lesser mooses are skulking and muttering about when they too will be elevated to such a status.
28 November 2008 We are Sailing The Moose continued with their nautical theme for November and December with a Friday night at The Sailor in Hitchin. An upcoming venue soon to be the live music capital of North Hertfordshire. The band were piped aboard at 9pm to a chorus of Rule Britannia and played Abide with Me as the ship went down. Rhythm Moose shocked the others with a selfish display of coffee and biscuit consumation after the gig. For reasons best known to himself, he then proceeded to jump over a low fence in the car park, landing badly and damaging himself considerably.
19 November 2008 What The Papers Say 'LIVELY Luton covers band Moose on the Loose played to a packed marquee at Luton Rugby Club last weekend. They raised more than £1600 for the Luton RFC Under 16 tour to France and Spain next year and delighted organisers now hope the event will become an annual fixture at the club. The bill also featured Scandal and Happy As Larry.' 17 November 2008 Moose rock The Marquee "Luton's liveliest covers band", Moose on the Loose played to a packed marquee at Luton Rugby Club on Saturday. The fund-raising event, in aid of the Luton RFC Under 16 tour to France and Spain in 2009, proved a resounding success. The all-star bill included not only ace covers band Scandal but also the 'supergroup', Happy as Larry (comprising some members of the other bands) who had generously agreed to reform especially for the occasion. A spokesman for the French-Canadian outfit, Moose on the Loose, or Les Orignaux sur le Lâche as they are known in their native Quebec, said "We have always dreamed of playing The Marquee, so A marquee is better than nothing. " Organisers raised more than £1600 in ticket sales for what is now likely to become an annual fixture at the club.
29 October 2008 The Bad-Tempered Clavier I am afraid that I have to reply to your outrageous, libellous and slanderous email. I feel that I have no option but to reply to your utterings in the most public of ways possible and I feel it only pertinent to inform you at this early stage of my reply that a copy of this email has been sent to both the the Moose of the World and Moose at Ten. To start my defence to your scurrilous utterings I would like to set the record straight on numerous points. 1) At no point did I ever suggest your beautiful guitars were crap, quite the opposite in fact I distinctly remember at different times in the past stating that they had a beautiful feel and neck and were far lighter and much more playable than Les Pauls. 2) At no point did I say that I would not re-tune to the dreaded E key, in fact I distinctly recall that said we should try and achieve it by Xmas, especially if it helped you gain more fulfillment and happiness from your voice. However I did impress upon you the fact that on the mighty bass geeetar it is not as simple popping into any old musical emporium and purchasing a set of strings for £3.50 and slinging them on your guitar. On the beautiful bass it is far more involved and requires hours and hours of intensive work, mamoosive amounts of skill, diligence and technical ability to effect the change, (well about 30 mins). 3) Whilst on the subject of your vocal chords, I distinctly remember on several if not numerous occasions praising your voice and quite clearly stating that you was worrying about nothing. 4) However, I must plead guilty to being less than complimentary about your amplifier, whilst it gives beautiful clean tones ( and I mean that genuinely), which I quite clearly said to you. I admit to stating quite clearly and maybe slightly to forcefully that it was total crap for bluesy, on the edge, distorted sounds. For this I do apologise moost humbly and beg your forgiveness. 5) With regard to your pedals I plead guilty and offer as my defence the well- founded opinion that they make your very expensive musical instrument and amp sound like a wasp in a jam jar, except for the one that I sold you that I notice is missing from your pedal board. 6) In my total defence, I did not join in the mirth and merriment regarding Hippy, Hippy, Shake. However, I must confess to smirking outwardly and being in hysterics inwardly. If we allow this sort of thing where will it end probably with the Okey Cokey or something. Never mind a Swiss Clinic, I suggest a darkened room and a long lay down. 28 October 2008
The Bad-Tempered Clavier I'm afraid I was unable to further my experiment in 440 hz last evening, I had hoped to have a quiet practice and spend sometime in melodic musings a la the natural key However, Bassmoose appeared & proceeded to bang on and on and on for several hours on the consequences of the demonic E key: how he would have to adjust his truss rod, sell his house, car and granny to raise the money for a new set of flat, round, wound,ground strings, how crap my amp is, how crap my guitar is, how crap my pedals are, how fortunate I am to be in the same room as him Baz and Tony let alone allowed to sing for them etc. Then to my joy and relief, Roadmoose turned up. However, the calm did not last long: He noticed a transcription of Hippy Hippy Shake on the table and grabbed it, charging around the hall shouting "How dare you even contemplate doing this instead of "Dance the Night Away. It's like comparing the Beano with Tolstoy etc. By the time they left, I was on the verge of ringing one of those Swiss clinics which, for a tenner and a cuckoo clock, give you a quick jab and send you into the next life. 19 October 2008
Moose rock Offley The Moose returned in triumph to The Offley Bikers' shindig at The Offley Social Club, supported by a huge army of devoted fans and creditors - including members of the Five Acres Country Club, who are to book the band at their St Albans venue next year. This is naturist resort - The jokes are too numerous to mention. Please make them up yourselves.
15 October 2008
Live at a Marquee
The music event if the year at at Luton Rugby Club, Newlands Road, Luton LU1 4BQ. Saturday 15 November. This is a fund-raising event for the Luton RFC Under 16 tour to France and Spain in 2009. Tickets are like gold dust but can be obtained by emailing here 4 September 2008
Moose Lee [Psst! i'm trying to write this quietly so Tony won't hear!] Whatever you do don't make him mad. I found out last night that our drummer is only a black belt karate expert. This became apparent as I helped him load his car and accidentally dropped one of his drums, he let out a blood curdling "yeeeeeeoooooooowah" leapt 12 feet in the air and, on the way down, split my PRS in half with a single blow of his right index finger. He also has a lot of mates called 'Dan' and they all have a number in front of their name i.e. 1st Dan, 2nd Dan, 3rd Dan etc. I'm not sure if they belong to some fiendish oriental cult, or maybe its just an old St Albans custom to call all your mates Dan?? To be on the safe side, I suggest we all change our names. Hopefully it will gain his approval! Mick: Dan Dare 28 August 2008
Moose-tastic! After the joys of watching an on form England side cream Croatia the only thing that was needed next was a band on top form playing great music. Enter. Moose on The Loose! The band started off with a storming version of Stop Messin' Around swiftly followed up with Free's Wishing Well. Mickey Moose's vocals and guitar cut through the crowd like a volley from Rooney. Road Moose Brian kept the guitar aficionados more than happy with some blistering solo's throughout the night while Shaun Moose kept the the bass pumping and everything cooking nicely. Stepping in for his first night with the band was Tony on drums. The boy done well for his gig with the rest of the Moose boys. All in all a cracking gig. I'll definitely be at the next one at The Nags. And you're right .. It is a pain getting me drums out and round the corner... Oh.. Dammit. given me self away now.. A music fan 4 September 2008 'I hear the sound of . . . distant drums' Here's a photograph of our new drumner, Mick the Younger [Moostache]:
'Oh, he appears to have gone', you say. Yes, that's what we thought, too. 3 September 2008 Mooscar The Moose are nominated for - and win - the coveted LemonRock 'Artiste of the Week' award.
Moose on the Lead is overcome by emotion as he accepts the honour on behalf of the rest ofthe band who are in the pub at the time: "Oh my God! I didn't prepare a speech. I really didn't think the Mooses were gonna get this. What can I say [sob, sob] I just wanna thank Mac and the Lemonrock crew [sob]. We couldn't have done it without you. I also wanna thank my parents, my guitar tutor, Mr Weedon, the doctors at the mental institution, my probation officer and, above all, the wonderful fans who have supported us all the way [sob, sob, sob]. We shall treasure this award and milk it for all it's worth. God bless America!" 27 August 2008 Shepherd's reply Vildermoose, I have this morning received a threatening letter from the Office of Fur Trading, indicating that you have lodged a complaint against my goodself. Furthermore, the Office of Moose Equality are to become involved. How dare you seek to sully my good name! After all the support I have given you, I thought I could truss you to be honourable. It seems not. Those days when I balanced your bottom end while you busked alone have been forgotten. Do you think you would have made it to Wimbledon had I not manipulated your mid-range to such devastating effect? No sir, your success, if one may presume to use such a word, is entirely due to my mastery of gratuitous gain, bountiful balancing and wicked wiggling of my knobs and switches to cover for your inadequacies. Do you really expect sympathy over your disastrous liaison with that odious woman, Feather Hills? Did you not think that, when she told you she could leap large minefields at a single bound, performing lots of charitable acts whilst in mid-flight, that she was forty-nine logs short of a dam? Did you not feel revulsion at her lewd behaviour on Strictly Log Rolling, when the wanton display of her shapely spindles had the poor baby beavers salivating? I cannot believe you have pursued this course of action, after all we have been through in our long association. I thought we could stand, Moose to Moose, and settle our differences, but it appears not. I offer you an olive branch, and you gnaw the bark off and throw it in the river. I offer you the antler of friendship and you toss it back in my face, causing quite deep lacerations, I might add. Well, enough is enough. If you persist in this action, I will bring the full force of my legal team into play. I have retained the premier barristers in all Quebec to act for me. My leading counsel, Pierry Mooson, considers that we have a strong case. His assistant, Ella Vapare, has thoroughly inspected my briefs and she says there is nothing in there to cause her any concern, and, even if there was, it would only be a little thing. So, unless you call off your biting beavers, we shall be forced to reveal even more of your moosedemeanours. Like the time you horrified the young ladies of the Saskatoon School for Girls at their Summer Ball by launching into "A' Rutting We Will Go". Mooses we may be, but there is a time and a place to get into a rutt. Or the time you destroyed the Lumberjack Song at the Loggers Linkup by coming in too early, despite Shaun the Sheep having specifically told you it was twelve baas before your vocals. Or the fact that you use more keys than the warders at Dartmoose. Need I go on? Desist in this action or I will moosify you in court. Def Shepherd 19 August 2008 From The Office of Fur Trading Mr Def Shepherd. Following a written complaint,from the recently Knighted Sir Otis B.Vildermoose, a thorough and in depth investigation was carried out by myself & my team of officers, and i have to inform you will be charged with the following offences;
[This case has been handed over to The Office Of Moose Equality, who will be contacting you in the near future.] We have sent a copy of our findings to Brussels, Turnips, Carrots and those long green things you chop up and put in salads. And you will be called to answer these charges by the European courts of justice. That you slander & libel a man such as Sir Otis, is beyond comprehension, he is a national treasure,a rock icon,a tireless supporter of animal charities & a champion of human rights. This is a man whom along with Dingo Starfish,John Lemming & George Hairystoat, formed "The Beavels" still regarded as the greatest band ever! This is a man who created & financed the wonderful T.V.& Newspaper ads reminding people that "A Moose is not just for Christmas," "An Emu is not just for Easter." and "A Warthog is not just for Whitsun." And who in the world could forget that hot July day at Wimbledon stadium, when Sir Otis, Sir Blob Gandolf, Midgie Ure, Stink & Pyjamarama, brought together rockstars from both sides of the river to perform at the Free Nelson's Umbrella concert. You, Sir, could not have chosen a worse time to besmirch the hallowed name of Sir Otis, you must be aware that he has, only recently,endured a very painful & very public divorce from Ms Feather Hills-Mcvildermoose,a former tyre-fitter \nd topless flamenco dancer. The marriage had for some time, been in serious trouble and when 'Pongo' [Sir Otis's pet beaver] stole both her wooden legs to complete his dam in the guitar-shaped swimming pool, there was no chance of a reconciliation. During the ensuing court hearing the judge inferred that Ms Hills-Mcvildermoose was a laud and a friar yet still awarded her £37.00 in settlement. My work is now completed and, in conclusion, I must state that you have sullied the name and reputation of the recently canonised Saint Otis, and whatever sentence is handed down to you, I hope that you will return to society, Sir, a decent chap and not the thoroughly bad egg you are today. Yours Paul Drumoose has returned to Vancouver, to prepare for his role as national lacrosse team half-back in the 2012 Olympics. After much soul-searching and running around like headless beavers, the Mooses discovered that their long-lost cousin, Moosetache, was living a short van-ride south of Luton. Moosetache had been working in the pit orchestra at the Muppet Theatre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan but had secretly flown to England to escape the authorities after an ugly incident with Dr Bunsen Honeydew and Camilla the Chicken. 'Tache, a.k.a. Deep Purple Moose, learned to play the drums whilst waiting for a bus in Berkhamsted and is currently being rehabilitated at the Luton log cabin, in preparation for release back into society at The New Greyhound public house on 6 September. 1 August 2009 Mickey Moose reminisces about his musical influences Spent last evening 'beavering' away trying out some possible songs. It took me back to the old days I spent with my adoptive parents, Igor Beaver and his wife Eva Beaver. We used to spend the days building dams and singing as we worked. They were huge Beavel fans and had all their albums, With The Beavels , Beavels For Sale & their favourite Let It Beaver . They also liked The Chipmunkees songs Daydreamin Beaver and I'm A Big Beaver . There was nothing old Igor liked better than to chew his way through a log cabin or two, sit on a pile of sawdust that was once the porch and get out his guitar to play some blues. He once told me he met the legendary bluesman Beaver Beaver King. Shepherd fires another salvo My dear Mr Vildermoose I am perplexed, nay, superplexed at your enraged reaction to my assessment of your, ahem, performance at the event on Saturday evening last. Surely I cannot be the first who has refused to moossage your ego. Why, I recall Pierre LeBonk taking you to task at the Woodcutters Ball, asking if you had an axe to grind. And then there was Mrs May Comethrough, refusing your invitation to join you on stage for a rendition of Moose Over Darling. And I won't even mention your conduct at the 14th Annual Beaver Bash, when your impromptu insertion of The Dambusters' March into the set list caused deep, deep consternation amongst the thronging audience. A sad, sad day for the beaver community, occasioned by your insensitivity. You, sir, need to understand that some of your vocal interruptions are less than fit for porpoise, or are you too hard of herring to recognise that? I will not be held responsible for the fact that your moosecara is running, nor allow you to cast aspersions upon my management of my knobs and positioning of my foldbacks. I shall be consulting my solicitors, Sue & Bedamned, with a view to attaching to your assets to recompense me for the hurt you have caused. Yours in anguish Def Shepherd Moose fights back I write, in the strongest possible terms, to complain about the scurrilous critique you published yesterday re: Moosegig. Who do you think you are? Simon Cowbell from the Max Factor? I have never been so insulted. [Well, maybe I have, but that's not important right now.] All we have ever wanted is to bring joy, peace & happiness to the people of the world [and to the nice little bunny wunnies too] through our mooseic, yet you attack us with your poisonous worms! For example, you described one of my vocal performances as "Moosaka Substitute With Roadkill". You will, no doubt, be happy to know that I have spent the whole night in floods of tears and was unable to apply my eyeliner this morning. And the the baby beavers are sobbing their little hearts out as I write. You have no idea what it like to be a moose do you? Have you ever rutted in a meadow on a spring morning? Have you ever tickled a beaver under the moonlight? I thought not. I'll wager you are the type of person that practices the dark arts of plugs, switches & wirey things, when you are not insulting damn fine musician fellows! You, Sir, are a cod and a flounder and I must warn you that I am writing directly to The Office of Fur Trading, The Official Retriever and The Mooseicians union, regarding your conduct. Yours Otis B Vildermoose
28 July 2008 Moosaka A performance review from the Deaf Shepherd. [CENSORED]
27 July 2008 A dam fine sight: Baby beavers born in Britain for the first time in 400 years 6 July 2008 The Moose Has Escaped! The Holly Bush, Redbourn on Sat 5th Jul 08 The band came on stage to the chorus of "Hootsmon! There's a moose loose aboot this hoose" and soon had the crowd rockin in the isles (Not bad for an outside gig). Their mix of rock n roll through the classic hits of the 60's like "Can't buy me love" and "All or nothin" into the 70's blues rock and jute box classics such as Hendrix's "Hey Jo", Free's "Wishing well" & "Can't get enough" and a crowd stomping encore of Alright now hit the right spot for this appreciative audience. The Lads are all accomplished muso's and work well together to bring a good tight sound that hits all the right nostalgic spots. From the steady rhythm and bass lines, the solid driving beat from the drums to the tuneful vocals and energetic lead guitar, Moose on the Loose deliver a good nights entertainment that makes you want to get you up on your feet. Moose's next gig is in Offley on the 26th July. If you like a good band that plays a good mix of numbers from all our yesteryears. DON'T MISS EM! A music fan 5 July 2008 Ozzie Moose Appreciation Society The Holly Bush, Redbourn on Sat 5th Jul 08 Their version of Hey Joe would have Jimi Moose in raptures - and the subtle use of alternate keys in several Moose covers bought a tear to the eye of even the most seasoned of their UK fan club. Anyone who missed this performance will rue their misfortune. The clammer for tickets to the next gig will be intense so get in quick! Martin Hale 3 July 2008 It's only rocky roll . . . but we like it! Luton Herald and Post, July 2008 During the week they're all respected pillars of the community, holding down respectable jobs and behaving like sensible adults. Come the weekend, their Canadian alter-egos emerge and Moose On The Loose let rip. The four ageing rockers of Luton's liveliest covers band like nothing better than playing their own particular brand of rhythm and blues to an appreciative audience. And they'll be performing at The Hollybush in Redbourn on Saturday in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The group comprises B&Q plumbing expert Mick Wilson of Sundon Park, who plays a mean rhythm guitar and coyly admits to being 50 plus; Dunstable health and safety supremo Shaun Simpson, 48, on bass; graphic designer Barry Monks, 58 of Breachwood Green, who claims Beatle George Harrison is his idol; and Mall business manager Paul Bentham, the baby of the group at 45, who lives in the Wardown area and drums up a storm - even when he hasn't got any kit. What sets them apart from other bands doing similar sets is their sense of fun. A glance at their website reveals a humour that is almost Python-esque. They got together after finding each other on a music website six months ago and have been having a ball ever since. They admit they're all follicly-challenged (apart from Paul who is a tad grey), well seasoned, mainly self-taught musicians who each decided, early on, that making a full-time career of their hobby wasn't an option. Barry is the only one who has played professionally, doing session stuff at holiday camps and backing legendary guitarist Bert Weedon as well as 1960s songbird Kathy Kirby. "I remember it vividly." he says. But he really wanted to be a footballer and came pretty close, playing for Luton Schoolboys and even having a trial for Luton Town Football Club. Shaun is an ex-London fireman who decided on a career change several years ago. He's a self-confesses music freak and loves everything from small bands to stadium rock. Paul, who went to Halyard High, started drumming when he was about 5. He was inspired by Ringo Starr, then Derek Longmuir of the Bay City Rollers, but admits: "I may have to change my name if you print that.". Barry recalls seeing the Beatles at Finsbury Park Empire in 1965 and vowing there and then to become a rock star. He started playing lead guitar and formed a band with schoolmates. But he also went to art college and did a graphic design course which has stood him in good stead. He invented the group's alter egos and says: "Hopefully it makes us stand out from the rest. At the end of the day, rock 'n' roll is fun - that's the reason why we do it.". Bev Creagh. Luton Herald and Post, July 2008
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