Taurus Trakker

TAURUS TRAKKER CAME TOGETHER IN 2006. I WAS AROUND IN THE PUNK DAYS- MICK JONES AND I ARE COUSINS, SO I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO WITNESS AT CLOSE HAND THE CLASH- THE MOST INTENSE AND PASSIONATE BAND EVER... SINCE THE LATE 70's I PLAYED GUITAR IN LOADS OF BANDS- IN THE 80's AFTER FORMING BACKLASH WITH ASHLEY MAHER, I WAS INVOLVED IN AND RAN VARIOUS JAM SESSIONS IN SOHO, I GOT TO PLAY WITH SOME GREAT MUSICIANS...JERRY DAMMERS, FISHBONE, BEVERLEY SKEETE (now with Bill Wyman)- MY BIGGEST MEMORY IS PLAYING BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY WITH THE LEGENDARY SLIM GAILLARD. IN THE 90's RELEASED SOME TRACKS IN JAPAN WITH THE PSYCHAEDELIC OOH BABY PROJECT...PLAYED WITH POLY STYRENE, LORA LOGIC, GARY VALENTINE (Blondie) AND THE LATE JACK AIRPORT OF X-RAY SPEX, ABI HERCULES (now in The Easy Tigers)... ALWAYS WANTED TO FRONT MY OWN BAND, BUT IT NEVER SEEMED TO MATERIALIZE... IT BECAME A REALITY WHEN I MET OUR DRUMMER ALLISON PHILLIPS, WHO HAD BEEN IN ATV, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PUNK BANDS, AND UT- A CULT AVANT GARDE PUNK BAND BASED IN NEW YORK. ALLISON HAS ALSO PLAYED DRUMS WITH THE RAINCOATS, ANOTHER SEMINAL PUNK BAND... WITH JUST THE TWO OF US RECORDING TOGETHER, WE TOOK AN ARTISTIC APPROACH AND APPLIED THE PRINCIPLES OF DIY PUNK TO CONSTRUCT OUR DEMO ALBUM- TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION. THE RESPONSE WAS STRONG, AND WE WERE INSPIRED TO TAKE IT TO THE STAGE- WE RECRUITED DENISE PAGE- EX-MONKEY WENCH BASSIST, WHO GELLED WITH US QUICKLY... IN 2006 WE PLAYED THE 12-BAR CLUB AND A LOT OF OTHER VENUES IN LONDON AND BRIGHTON... IN 2007 ALLISON AND I PUT TOGETHER A TRIBUTE GIG AT THE INN ON THE GREEN, PORTOBELLO, TO COMMEMORATE 5 YEARS SINCE JOE STRUMMER'S PASSING- I ASKED MICK IF HE WAS UP FOR PLAYING A SONG OR 2- HE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC...WE WERE AWESTRUCK WHEN HE GAVE US A LIST OF CLASH TUNES TO LEARN! PLAYING WHITE MAN IN HAMMERSMITH PALAIS WITH MICK AND THE GUYS FROM HARD-FI WAS AN HONOUR I'LL NEVER FORGET, AND MICK'S VERSION OF BROADWAY FROM SANDINISTA STILL BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE. THAT NITE WAS THE START OF THE VIBE THAT BECAME CARBON CASINO, WHICH WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO APPEAR AT REGULARLY...MICK SOMETIMES JOINS US LIVE TO ADD SOME OF HIS RAUCOUS GUITAR TO OUR RACKET... TAURUS TRAKKER'S FIRST ALBUM, "BETWEEN A BANK AND A FUNERAL PARLOUR", IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE- SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS. A NEW EP IS BEING RECORDED AT PRESENT... TT ARE SIGNED TO GEMLIKE RECORDS, AND DISTRIBUTED BY FUTUREPROOF PROMOTIONS. photos by Aymi ALBUM AVAILABLE AT www.tunetribe.com www.emusic.com www.store.limewire.com www.mtraks.com www.rhapsody.com and also available from i-tunes.