Music:
Member Since: 25/08/2006
Band Members:
Graeme Hughes (vocals, guitar): Born in Worcester, Graeme started out playing in a number of local punk and indie bands before moving to London to make cats explode. Having performed solo acoustic sets in venues across London, and recording material with producer Pat Collier (ex-Vibrators, Bazooka Joe), Graeme released the 80's Ballads EP through Matchbox Recordings in 2002. Graeme has also worked and recorded on projects with Boz Boorer (Polecats, Morrissey, Adam Ant).
Danny Gaisford (drums, oohs and aahs): Born in Grays, Essex, Danny has played in an assortment of rock, punk and blues bands, including garage rock 'n' rollers Kill Van Helsing, who, alongside appearing on a number of releases by rockabilly label Raucous Records, put out the album Alien Hotrod in 2002. In 2003, Danny joined London-based Jackscreation, playing a string of high profile gigs (including support to platinum-selling US rock band Chevelle) to promote the single MoanMoanMoan released by Nomarx and produced by Morgan Nicolls (Senseless Things, The Streets) in July of that year. More recently, Danny has played gigs in Europe with punk rockabillies, The Cheaterslicks.
Nelson Aguilar (bass guitar): Born in Valparaiso, Chile, Nelson relocated to Barcelona where he played in a variety of rock and indie bands, most saliently Rain Bubble. The release of their eponymous debut album and single Love is Magic through Cidonia Records in 2004 saw the band meeting with fevered audience reactions during its promotion. In order to realise a life long ambition to play in an English guitar band, Nelson moved to London in January 2006. He joined The Family Trait four months later.
Influences:
A Confederacy of Dunces, Rising Damp, Once Upon a Time in the West, Graham Greene, To An Athlete Dying Young, The Stooges, Ronnie Barker, The Myth of Sisyphus, Led Zeppelin, Anthony Burgess, Dr Martens, Prince Charming, James Joyce, Carry on Constable, Johnny Cash, Threads, Herman Hesse, Guinness, The Wicker Man, Lindsay Anderson, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Joy Division, Laurel and Hardy, Barcelona, Finland, Greece (ancient and otherwise), Levis, The Harringey Arms, short back and sides, Ophelia by John Everett Millais, The Rolling Stones, Diana Rigg, 1066, 1966, 1984, Majorca '86.
Sounds Like: Adam and the Ants, The Smiths, New Order, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, Radiohead
Record Label: Unsigned
