The band was initially formed in 1993 although
under a different name and guise completely, by Kenny Gray the bands
Bass player/ Vocalist. Kenny advertised for a keyboard player and
drummer when a fresh faced Bob Fenton applied, (although Bob was
a guitarist/ Vocalist), he was keen to join a band and determined
not to let the fact that he had miss-read the advert stand in his
way.
It must have been fate, Bob was auditioned by Kenny and the guitarist
at the time, Tony Brown, and was given a shot as lead guitar. Kenny,
Tony and Bob played together for a few years when their keyboard
player was forced to relocate due to his full time job. Enter Gavin
Harrison, Keyboard player extraordinaire, Gav had previously been
in a local band and fancied a change to a bigger unit, after having
taken a brief break whilst at university Gav returned to band in
2000. To cut a long story short Dave Barraclough joined the band
in 2003 after the long time Drummer Graham 'charlie' Watts retired
to a life of luxury. Dave brought a new injection of life and settled
into the band almost straight away.
Late 2008 Gav decided to leave the band to pursue his photography
career. Dave Perkin answered the call for a keys player and has
fitted into the band without a problem.'"Perky" has brought
in another injection of life into the band.
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Bob Fenton - Lead Guitar and Lead Vocals
Born in Lancashire, raised in Yorkshire, so obviously has the best of both attributes. Strong in arm and strong in head! (or so he thinks!) Bob is the loudest member of the band playing lead guitar and lead vocals. Bob is well known for his string bending and can often be seen swapping guitars mid song after having snapped his G-string. Bob enjoys a wide variety of music tastes including Clapton, Hendrix,Knopfler, Moore and all the blues greats. Nobody is safe from Bob when he is in the audience, like bears, it is advisable not to run when he has you in his sights!!
Outside the band Bob works as a Project Manager for a leading Recruitment Company travelling the length and breadth of the country, no different to the band. Bob, is the only consistent member of the band who has the ability to get the beers in without fail. He enjoys most sport, doesn't read books!
Ambitions:- To one day be able to turn up to a gig, play and then go home without having to lug all the tackle around! |
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Kenny "4 String" Gray... Bass Guitar and Vocals
Kenny is a Geordie (yes, there's always one about ain`t there!)
from South Shields. Moved to Selby eighteen years ago to work
the coal mines. Times change and now he isa facilities manager
for a pharmaceutical company. Kenny is the organiser of the
band. Anything that needs repairing, fixing, adapted etc,
Kenny's the man. He also runs and edits the website, sorts
out gigs and drives the band van. He occasionally gets the
round in, but as he is normally the first to arrive at the
gig, he has a round of one!! Kenny plays bass guitar and vocals.
Has lots of band experience both in Yorkshire and the North
East. Hobbies are photography, classic cars, playing on his
new toy.. his 1200 Suzuki Bandit motorbike...weather permitting
and researching his family history. Plays Warwick Thumb bass
guitars and uses Trace Elliot amplification. Musical tastes
vary from classical to rock..."got to have a good bass
beat and a catchy riff" and non of that "boom boom
whey oh" shit that sounds that the players stuck!!
Ambitions:- To see Newcastle United win something!!
To play a really large gig with thousands of people cheering
us!! ! |
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Dave Barraclough...Drums
Dave started playing the Drums in his late teens. Exploiting
his sociopathic tendancies to the max he then locked himself
in his bedroom for the next four years in order to try and
master his instrument (he also played the drums a bit). Once
unleashed into the outside world Dave played in a number of
bands in the Yorkshire area, before, in his mid twenties moving
down to London. He then spent the next ten years playing in
the same kind of bands as he did in the North (except they
spoke funny). Having got sick & tired of paying massive
rents to live in shitty one bedroon flats he decided to move
back up to his birth place in Yorkshire in a vain attemp to
grow up & try to overcome his obvious state of arrested
development. It has worked (to a degree) & since April
2003 he has been the drummer of Matrix. Dave is happy about
this. Not only does he get to hit his drums at very satisfying
regularity, he also has a drum riser to put his drums on so
the audiences can see him; also he gets to do a drum solo
(which is nice). In his spare time Dave likes to watch Huddersfield
Town - but only when its not cold which means that he
never goes to see them between the months of October &
March. As an alternative diversion he likes to watch
the DVD of his favorite film which is Cinema Paradiso. In
the summer he also plays Tennis for his local club. He is
in the D team & has not won a match in 4 years - something
he is particularly proud of. To the rest of the band he is
known as Daveyboy. Must be something ironic there as he is
in fact 41years old. |
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