Steve - Drums

Voted 'Geezer Of The Year' 3 times in a row at The Southend Culture Awards, Steve's perky demeanour and often stated wish to 'put Basildon back on the map' have endeared him to nobody.

We caught up with him 'pimping his ride'...

1.Biggest influences on your playing? (And don't say Neil Peart)

Neil Peart, Stewart Copeland, Simon Phillips, Manu Katche, Phil Collins, Carter Beauford, Bill Bruford, Chester Thompson, Gene Krupa

2.Desert island album

Secret World Live - Peter Gabriel

3.Who or what would you put in Room 101?

traffic, traffic lights, the A127, people who walk REALLY slow, KFC et al, income tax & national insurance, Jimmy Tarbuck, David Dickinson, Thatcher, Bush Senior and Junior,

4.Cheese or chocolate?

Chocolate

5.If you weren’t in a band, what would you be doing with your spare time?

Even more sport, Photography, writing a book about “how dull is my life without drumming”,

6.Most overused phrase

“Classic”

7.Essential item on stage (apart from your instrument you idiot)

Post gig dry T-shirt

8.Tell us a joke.

“Bros were a great band who could really play their instruments and are as relevant today as they ever were”

9.Best gig you’ve done.

Most gigs are great fun for at least one reason or another

10.I am the REAL star of Graffiti because…

my forehead shines like a supernova under gig lighting