Member Since: 2/26/2007
Band Website: trousertrumpets.co.uk
Band Members: Andy Capon - Drums, Percussion, Kazoo, Vocals*Gerry Birch - SousaphonePete Cook - Saxophone*Jelly Jim - Guitar, Banjolele, Kazoo, Vocals*Lawrence Fletcher - Saxophone*Steve Graham - Vocals, Noises*Dame Alice Kinloch - Double Belled Euphonium*I J - Keyboards, Kazoo, Vocals*Emma Scopes - Trumpet*Dianne Strauss - Trombone, Kazoo*Carol Walton - Backing Vocals*Malcolm Walton - Trumpet*Sir Chris Yelf - Tuba, Sousaphone, Helicon............Getting a 10 piece band together was never going to be easy, and some good musicians came and went through the doors at Trumpet Towers during the formative year. A big up, and special thanks to the hugely talented alumni that is; Jim Bradley, Justin Mitchell, Mark Thompson, Kate Windsor, Neil Lawson, Robbo, Trevor Stevenson, Charles Vandemburgh, Ray Newsam and Chris Hunter....
Influences: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Frank Zappa, Jack Payne, Spike Jones, Cider, The Clams, Temperence 7, Prof. Stanley Unwin, T-Rex, THC, The Jellybottys, Spike Milligan, Beer lots of Beer, Victor Borge, Ray Noble, The Cardiacs, Ian Dury, Allan Shermann, Al Bowlley, W.C.Fields, Monty Python and all things from just outside the musical box.....
Sounds Like: A bunch of silly arses let loose with some expensive instruments.
Record Label: Trumpet Records
Type of Label: None