What
he does in Ride: plays guitar and singsWhat
he does in Ride: plays guitar and sings
Born in: Cardiff, Wales, 11 Aug 1970
Appearance: ultra-thin, 6'70” tall, blue eyes and blond hair
Educated at: Headington Middle, Cheney Upper and Banbury Art School
Musical education: none
Musical career: The Atomic Apples, Ride
Other or previous occupations: cowboy, waiter (Café Français, Headington, Oxford), hearing aid factory (true!)
Favourite records: The Beatles “Revolver”; The Rolling Stones “Let It Bleed” and “Exile On Main Street”; The Byrds “Notorius Byrd Brothers”
Favourite bands: The Stone Roses, The Small Faces The Byrds, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Likes: Idha (his wife), hanging out, being a human being, dinosaurs, staying all day in bed watching telly, “eating, living and sleeping music”, green flares, “Top Cat” polo necks, Kojak-like mirrorshades
Dislikes: reality, getting up, crowds, natural disasters, full cream milk
Favourite films/TV shows/books: Mike Leigh, adverts, JD Salinger
Biggest influence on career: playing guitar in the bath, hoovers (“My first memory of music is listening to 'The Beatles For Sale' on a Dansette record player while my Mum was doing the hoovering and thinking 'In ten years time I'm going to combine the two sounds'”)
What would you like your epithaph to be? “1970-1966. He invented the backwards guitar pedal.”
Residence: Oxford and Stockholm
Make of Instruments: Gibson, Rickenbacker and Fender guitars; Hiwatt amps and Marshall speakers; Gator picks
This “member file” has been compiled collecting
infos from many different sources: MM Band File (Melody
Maker 2 Jan 1993);
Carnival Of Light French Tour Official Programme; Melody Maker 23 Apr 1994;
Ticket To Ride (various issues);
Ride – The Network! (Issue 6 – March 1993); watching Ride playing live