Band

Who are these people?

A dodgy bunch of misfits, hell bent on making noise and having a good time, but how did they get here?

Andy ‘Kermit’
Keir

Bass

1. Hometown
Stockton on Tees

2. First record you bought
May have been Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit me with Your Rhythm Stick… but not sure. I was lucky to be gifted quite a lot of stuff in those early days of abject poverty…

3. Last record you bought
No idea. Sad to say I download stuff now as I’m always on the move.
Latest playlist includes Amyl & the Sniffers’ Cartoon Darkness and The Courettes, Just me being nosey, really. It’ll all change within the next few days…

4. Favourite record(s)
Regulars are still the stuff I’ve always listened to… Killing Joke, New Model Army, then proper old school classics like Free, Led Zep – there’s too much out there to fave?!

5. First gig you saw
Frederick Natrass Primary School recorder ensemble. Deafening! Then some hard rock band at a Spanish fiesta when I was growing up. No idea who they were but I think that was “the moment” and I knew I needed to make a noise.

6. Most recent gig you saw
Ozric Tentacles and The Orb

7. Favourite gig(s) you’ve seen
Loads of Killing Joke, The Ruts, Sex Pistols, Frank Zappa at the NEC a long time ago, then the odd one like Fat Freddy’s Drop (last year, was an absolute party), Jeff Beck before his sad passing… and loads that Jon will remember better than me cos his beer memory is much better than mine…

8. Musical heroes / inspiration
As I was growing into music it was the likes of Hendrix, Jimmy Page, then I got into NMA and The Cult and all that other stuff. Professor Stanley Unwin, Frank Zappa…

9. Name of your first band
Freespirit. I think I was about 13 years old.

10 Favourite book
Not got one. Currently reading Jerusalem by Alan Moore.

11 Favourite film
13th Warrior

12 Favourite quote
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” – Zappa

13 Little known fact that you’d like to share
My Ma has had one of her toes amputated.

14 What’s the fucking point of Rex??
Take this one to a grown up – I’m still tryna work it out.
When you know, tell Nobby.

 

Cristian
Prigoanã
Drums

1. Hometown
Bistrița, a small town in the North of Romania. (In Transylvania)

2. First record you bought
Made in Japan, Deep Purple

3. Last record you bought
Sole Subject, Richard Spaven.

4. Favourite record(s)
I’ve got many “favourites”. Made in Japan and Made in Europe have a special place in my heart, I was listening to them on repeat when I was around 12 or 13. Later on, albums like The Black Album, Tool – Lateralus, Jojo Mayer – Prohibited Beats, Hiromi Uehera – Voice, Dave Weckl – Multiplicity, Fantomas – Suspended Animation, The Roots – How I Got Over, all had a big influence on me.

5. First gig you saw
Local bands in my hometown, including my brother’s band! Those were big inspiration for me to improve my skills continuously.

6. Most recent gig you saw
Sletta, independent jazz singer in London

7. Favourite gig(s) you’ve seen
Jojo Mayer and Nerve, Hiromi Uehera with Simon Philips and Anthony Jackson, Faith No More, Tool. But I also like so many small gigs London’s got to offer.

8. Musical heroes / inspiration
Ian Paice, Jojo Mayer, Danny Carey, Simon Philips, Richard Spaven

9. Name of your first band
Revelation

10 Favourite book
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Now reading and very excited about Dilla Time 

11 Favourite film
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

12 Favourite quote
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you have to keep going.

13 Little known fact that you’d like to share

14 What’s the fucking point of Rex??

Ian
Fisher

Guitar

1. Hometown
Emsworth

2. First record you bought
Bennie Hill – Ernie he drove the fastest milk cart in the west

3. Last record you bought
probably something from Suicidal Tendencies back catalogue

4. Favourite record(s)
anything from the above

5. First gig you saw
Lulu – Southampton Gaumont

6. Most recent gig you saw
the Ruts I think

7. Favourite gig(s) you’ve seen
probably Killing Joke The Gathering or early New Model Army gigs

8. Musical heroes / inspiration
Bert Weddon

9. Name of your first band
technically it was “Self Inflicted Wounds” but we never did a gig, first band we formed and gigged was “Lust In Swarfega”

10. Favourite book
XTZ750 service manual 

11. Favourite film
it was all in German – you couldn’t hear what they were saying but you could definitely see what they were doing

12. Favourite quote
“this one’s on the house”

13. Little known fact that you’d like to share
Chris Packham, from the telly, once asked my girlfriend out on a date

14. What’s the fucking point of Rex??
Rex? Oh yeah that guy that used be the keyboard player 

Jon
Stone

Vocals

1. Hometown
Newbridge

2. First record you bought
Crazy Horses, The Osmonds

3. Last record you bought
Who Let The Dogs Out, Lambrini Girls

4. Favourite record(s)
Aladdin Sane, London Calling, Killing Joke (2003), Live & Dangerous

5. First gig you saw
Slade @ the Capitol in Cardiff

6. Most recent gig you saw
Ruts DC @ the 229 Club

7. Favourite gig(s) you’ve seen
Slade @ the Capitol and Ruts DC @ the 229 Club! Killing Joke @ The Fleece, Zeppelin @ O2, Kate Bush and the Pistols in Hammersmith (although sadly not on the same bill). Bob Vylan, Meryl Streek and Idles.

8. Musical heroes / inspiration
Spike Milligan

9. Name of your first band
Urizen

10 Favourite book
Dune; Crime and Punishment

11 Favourite film
Trancers

12 Favourite quote
<span “>“This place has only three exits, sir: Madness, and Death.”

13 Little known fact that you’d like to share
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of the United States.”

14 What’s the fucking point of Rex??
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time…

 

Rex
Bygate

Keyboards

1. Hometown
Stafford

2. First record you bought
Abba voulez vouz

3. Last record you bought
Cd from a walthamstow jazz quartet, singer called Noel Mcalla

4. Favourite record(s)
The seeds of love TFF

5. First gig you saw
The Cult, Victoria Hall Hanley

6. Most recent gig you saw
Notably ozric tentacles

7. Favourite gig(s) you’ve seen
Roger waters, wembley / faithless brixton

8. Musical heroes / inspiration
Probably roland orzabel

9. Name of your first band
Shadowfall

10 Favourite book
Prometheus rising RAW

11 Favourite film
Brazil

12 Favourite quote
Wanker

13 Little known fact that you’d like to share
I have the IQ of a smart wombat

14 What’s the fucking point of Rex??
The universe exists to serve me, vermin

 

Aided and encouraged by a crew of discontents and zealots, including the one and only Nobby, Angerland’s driver, transport Captain and al la mode surrealist. With invaluable support from our little spiky friend, Angus, spokesperson and mouthpiece of the band. Paul’s on the end, visuals or something