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Ben Valley

Bassist in Loose Caboose

About Me

Ben Valley, Ben Caboose, Ben with the studio, Ben the sound guy, Benny Green Leaf, that tall bald geezer.....

I play bass for Loose Caboose
I play Bouzouki and sing for The Green Leaves
I run Valley Studios in Winchester
I tour as often as I can
I love my life :-)

Heres some pics from the Loose Caboose tour Sept 06....
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Tour pics Feb 07 so far... :-)

Hard Task live @ the Guildhall Tavern 19-12-06 .. width="425" height="350" ..
NEW YEARS EVE (House party, Exeter) - the last song we played in 2006 at about 11.58pm... Our new single ;) By a little

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/13/2006
Band Members: LOOSE CABOOSE:
Thomas Joseph - Vocals, Guitar, Gunracks
Me - Bass, Vocals
Ollie Austin - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Then I guess it was Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cure, The Cult, Spacemen 3, Pixies, Nirvana, Mega City Four, Janes Addiction, Phobia, Manics (early stuff), The Doors, Hendrix, Led Zep, Ludicrous Lollipops, Stones, Pavement, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Sublime, Beach Boys, Belle & Sebastien, S*M*A*S*H, Primal Scream, Pulley, dEUS, Chilli Peppers, Foo Fighters, Lovejunk, Stone Roses, House of Love, Levitation, Daisy Chainsaw, Fugazi, China Drum, Inter, Avalanche, Who moved the ground?, Speed Urchin, Operation Ivy, NOFX, Black Star Liner, The Orb, G Love & Special Sauce, Long Beach Dub All Stars, The great man Marley, Eek-a-mouse, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Loop, Beastie Boys, The Skids, Sham 69, Definitely maybe, Shellac, Lush, Husker Du, Motorhead, Prodigy, Bad Religion, 7seconds, Spiral Tribe, Future sound of London, Blondie, Burning Spear, Millencolin, No Use For A Name, Donovan, The Waterboys, Devo, The Nymphs, DJ Shadow, The Levellers (early stuff) Sex Pistols, The Wedding Present, Thomas Truax, Tri-city President, Cardiacs, The Wonderstuff, Senseless Things, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Mercury Rev, Leftfield, Shudder To Think, Beck, Cake, Portishead, Beta Band, My Bloody Valentine, Velvet Underground, everything on Trojan records pre 1978, almost everything pre 1992 on Greensleeves records and loads more....

Recently Ive been into Jamie T, SixNationState, The Maccabees, The Rumblestrips, Thomas Tantrum, Young Turks, Futureheads, Bloc Party, Mystery Jets, The Go Naturals, Loose Caboose, Soup, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hip Hop Farmers, Rooms & LCD, Jack Penate, Airhammer, The Holloways, Queens of the Stone Age, The Bullycats, Citizen, Strokes (1st album), The Mopes, Babyshambles (the demos not the album), Arcade Fire, Big-ish Shoe, Polly & Ben, El Loop/S I M Project, Death from above 1979, Razorlight, The Kooks, Leisure, Ryan O'Reilly & The Raindogs, Eagles of Death Metal, Them damn Monkey fellas, Bromheads Jacket, The Coral, True Swap Neglect, Cajun Dance Party, Free Diamonds, Answer Machine Message, The Grizzley Ends, Kid Harpoon, Forsake ya to the Snakesss, Countess Ali Zapak and the Cunt Rock Revolution, Abbledy Flowers, Robert Franco, Fly Monkeys Fly, Our Requiem, Caesura, Hot Silk Pockets, The Cribs, Smerins Anti-social Club, Bobby Cook,The Limes, The Maple State, Alex J Dunne, Your Creation, JayetAl, Missy Elliot, The Black Keys,Mos Def, Lethal Bizzle, Wiley, Heartless Crew, Pay as you go cartel, William Kay, The Libertines, DubNationState, Rizzla Bombz, Moneytree, Fields, Gallows, The Denvers, Bodyhost, Duke Spirit, Kingsonix, B-LUCKY, Stereo Pair, Pete & The Pirates, Hijera, Rival Joustas, Jumbo Boomers, LCD Soundsystem, Zodiac, The Morrison Steam Fayre, Men Women & Children, .data.select.party, The Rakes, Soupcon, The Moulettes, Klaxons, 65daysofstatic and loads I cant remember right now...

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None