What
he does in Ride: plays drumsWhat
he does in Ride: plays drums
Born in: Kingston, 27 June 1970
Appearance: 5'9” tall, blue-green eyes, blondish hair
Educated at: Kingston Primary, Burford Secondary and Banbury Art School
Musical education: records; he first got into drums while in Germany on an exchange programme
Musical career: Trashing Bastards
Other or previous occupations: “You name it, I've done it!”
Favourite records: The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy “Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury”; Echo & The Bunnnymen “Heaven Up Here”; Eric B Rakim “Paid In Full”
Favourite bands: Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Beastie Boys, Mercury Rev, Smashing Pumpkins, Funkadelic, R.E.M., Can
Likes: Jaguar cars, Twirl chocolate bars, Australia, smoking, pineapple as pizza topping, bungee jumping, abseiling the walls of venues while on tour
Dislikes: not being with a woman
Favourite films/TV shows/books: “Cyrano De Bergerac”; “Catchphrase”; “15 to 7”; “Ren & Stimpy”; Mark Radcliffe dj-ing on Radio One
Biggest influence on career: “not thinking of it as a career”
What would you like your epithaph to be? “I don't know! I'm not dead yet!”
Residence: Oxford
Make of Instruments: Premier Resonator and Yamaha 9000 drumkits; Paiste and Zildjian cymbals
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