About Me
VICKEE GEE
LEAD VOCALS:-
Musical Tastes
Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Myles Kennedy (Alterbridge) & Amy Winehouse
BIO
Vickee is 27 years old and comes from Wombourne, West Midlands in the UK
Joined PAST TENSE after meeting the band in Dudley. she auditioned in Walsall, she adds another layer to the sound and gets to the notes than none of the lads can get to with out the operation!!!!
Vickee appeared on ITV's The X Factor in 2006 where she made it to bootcamp. She sang Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On this was not Vickee's choice of song as she originally wanted to sing Crazy, Crazy Nights by KISS as she is a rock chick but the producers of the show wanted her to sing a female ballad, something she was not happy about as she felt the song did not show her full talent or potential.
Vickee would like to thank the following bands/solo artists for their help and advice and letting her sing guest spots at gigs: Heresy, Oxzide, Andre Kania, Rubicon, Dan Greenaway, Reson8, Raging Angel, Satsumo and Supanaut.
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MIKE SHOWELL
Plays:-
Lead and Backing Vocals , Bass , Guitar
Gear: - Fender Active Precision Bass,
Fender Mustang Bass, USA Telecaster,
. Ashdown MAG300-210, Marshall AVT50.
Fx: - Boss Flanger
Musical Tastes
Guitarists: - Blackmore,May, Hendrix.
Bassists: - Roger Walters, Roger Glover, John McVie.
Singers: - Paul Rodgers, Ian Gillan, Freddy Mercury.
Bands:- Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Del Amitri, Gin Blossoms, Sum42 and loads of others.
BIO
I was born in Sutton Coldfield and started to learn guitar at junior school aged 9; I played Bass, guitar and provided the vocals for several bands in Birmingham and Bristol during the Seventies and Eighties, notably Lynx and Armitage Shanks; including gigs at Aston, Lancaster and Leicester Universities. More recently I have played the occasional acoustic set at local venues, until becoming a founding member of Past Tense in late 2006.
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DAVE BASSO
Plays-:
Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals
Gear-:
1997 Ritchie blackmore signature Stratocaster (got two)
1997 Jerry Donahue signature Telecaster
1971 Stratocaster black maple neck 4 bolt all original
2002 les Paul custom sunburst
1968 Aria 4001 ricki bass (copy)
Ovation slimbowl Acoustic
BACK LINE
1979 laney 50watt reverb head , crate 4x12 straight cab
efx
Digitech DF7 Distortion,Digitech CF7, Digitech EX7 mulit wha pedal ,Digitech Clapton signature pedal, malmsteen DOD overdrive Custom ,Digitech echo,Digitech Phase
MUSICAL TASTES
guitarists
Jimi Hendrix,Ritchie Blackmore,Steve Vai,Rory Gallagher,Tony McPhee,Robin George
bands
Edenbridge,Blackmores Night,Within Temptation, Dream Theatre ,Bad Co,Free, OLD!!! Queen, Nightwish, Deep Purple(mk2),Rainbow,Groundhogs,Uriah Heep, most 70s rock
AND SLADE we do all our songs Slade lets rock the house
other bands in
RUBY RED ,WHITE LIGHT , Q BAND, PEGASUS , SHINE ,
started playing guitar at school age 11 bought first guitar from geography teacher Watkins rapier 22 for £20!!,spent the next 7 years in and out of bands ,then got a job and got married,gave it up as a bad job over the next 30 years was bedroom Guitarist,then Got GNVQ level3 for guitar at zip rock school , recorded demos that were played on BBC radio (sands of time),then this add in the express & Star caught my eye after a get together
PAST - TENSE
was born were in it just for fun and WORLD DOMINATION !!!!!
also helps with Blackmore's Night Promotions
Like my WIFE said you can never have too meany Guitars LOL
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MIKE COLLINS..
Plays -:..
Guitar/Lead and Backing Vocals ..
Gear-:..
Fender Strat deluxe..
Fender Strat 40th anniversary..
Fender Tele..
Takamine acoustic ..
Turner 12 string. ..
Line 6 spider amp. ..
(These always sounds better when someone else play them!) ..
BIO..
Born,at an early age, in the metropolitan borough of Trysull. Influences. Thin Lizzy, Big Country & my brother Martins record collection that i listened to when he wasn't around. I play because i enjoy it, but not good at it, I'm really just a big show off! I started off playing Bass in various local rock bands, never got rich never got famous but had loads of fun trying, got married & stopped! Started playing again this time Rhythm Guitar & a bit of Keyboard, in clubland then with these fine Gentlemen. This my friends is a very short story so far. Watch this space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ..
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NIGEL TIDY
DRUMS And Backing Vocals /<
like hits things with sticks like tom tom snare drum kick's the bass things ect ect..
BIO will follow soon..
Watch this space
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