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Uncle Flash

A man of many moods...with a NEW website

About Me

Dad, drummer, percussionist & tutor, grumpy yet loveable.
Clouting various bits of kit with:
ist
Stressbitch [RIP]
Yellowbelly [RIP]
Soar Valley Wayfarers
The Razorbacks
Mr Plow
& Kevin Hewick
Sounds like an avalanche of beer barrels being chased by a herd of cows down a flight of concrete stairs...
Imagine John Bonham with an itchy arse and you're getting close.
www.flashdrummer.co.uk
www.pellwood.com

My Interests

Rhythm and grumpiness

I'd like to meet:

Interesting drummers and maybe real people too...

Music:

Decided to do it properly, so here's how it stands today, ist, Kevin Hewick, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, The Sound, The Beatles, TheThe, Johnny Cash, Julian Cope, The Swinging Laurels, Diesel Park West, Catherine Wheel, Thee Hypnotics, PJ Harvey, Bad Brains, The Divine Comedy, My Life Story, Yellowbelly, Headswim, Cecil, Jocasta, The Sinatras, Gay Bykers on Acid, Crazyhead, Bauhaus, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Teenage Fanclub, The Stingrays, The Prisoners, Misty in Roots, New Model Army, The Doors, 13th Floor Elevators, The Stooges, The Seeds, MC5, The Cramps, Tom Vek, Blues Traveller, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Love, Brendan Benson, The Raconteurs, Eels, Dixie Chicks, Led Zepplin, Menswe@r, Pixies, Reef, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Killing Joke, The Ruts, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash and so many more I can't be arsed to tell you...

Movies:

Small minded films in a big room with no heating and loud snacks...

Television:

In the corner of the room with the sound down and the colour up...

Books:

Usually made of paper, piles of holding doors open, great for cobweb collection.

Heroes:

My Dad & Ringo Starr

My Blog

Out Bloody Wrongness...

Some ignorant get said to me the other day, 'I don't miss the 1990's, everything was crap, especially the music', he went on to say, that though we had the odd decent band coming over from the USA we ...
Posted by Uncle Flash on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:59:00 PST

Im now endorsed by: Pellwood Sticks

After too many years fighting for any kind of recognition as a player, I've finally got my first endorsement by Pellwood Sticks, makers of some of the finest handmade drumsticks, have a look see ...
Posted by Uncle Flash on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:02:00 PST

www.flashdrummer.co.uk

So I’ve got myself this new website advertising my services as a drummer, percussionist and teacher at: www.flashdrummer.co.uk I love to hear you comments and trade any relevant links....
Posted by Uncle Flash on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:56:00 PST

Yes I'm looking at you...

I'm sat here listening to 'The Golden Mile' by one of the UK's great lost bands My Life Story, an album with more balls and better songs than any of the shite we buy by the skip load, spewed up by the...
Posted by Uncle Flash on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:55:00 PST

Toughened glass my arse...

It's been a while since my last blog so I thought it about time I released another splurge of utter and yet wise nonsense upon you all... You know how it is, you sit there in the pub, a giant pint of ...
Posted by Uncle Flash on Tue, 16 May 2006 09:47:00 PST

Never enough reading material

I'm going to keep this simple... I've got more books on useless and pointless subjects than any man who's lived off fish fingers for 3 months. And still I've nothing to read, well nothing, you kn...
Posted by Uncle Flash on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:28:00 PST

Cars and Giraffes

Cars and giraffes, on their own, singularly and in groups of type, absolutely fine, but as a combination sandwich a real problem.  I myself like a nice crunchy Ford Modeo with a little greenery o...
Posted by Uncle Flash on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:48:00 PST

Blog...

Blog - a word I dislike with a passion, even a fella like myself with no idea about anything but an opinion on it all. Blog - a word that suggests a half empty love bucket, a lack of carrott juic...
Posted by Uncle Flash on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:22:00 PST