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ANTHONY SMITH:-GUITAR AND VOCALS,ANTHONY PLAYS A GRETSCH 6120, AND A GRETSCH GOLDJET.HE USES A FENDER FM 100 AMPLIFIER WITH 4X12 FENDER SPEAKER CAB, AND AN 1959 AMPEG SUPERJET.ANTHONY HAS PLAYED IN BANDS FOR AROUND TEN YEARS NOW, INCLUDING, THE INVADERS, THE RED ROCKETS, AND THE CURSE.HE HAS HAD THE PLEASEURE OF PLAYIN ON THE SAME STAGE AS LEGENDS SUCH AS RESTLESS AND THE METEORS AND HAS RELEASED AN ALBUM WITH THE RED ROCKETS 'SAY WHEN'. HIS INFLUENCES ARE STRAY CATS,EDDIE COCHRAN, GENE VINCENT, THE CARAVANS ECT.......ANTHONY LIKES PIGEONS.RICHIE LYON:-DOUBLE BASS AND VOCALS.RICHIE PLAYS A BOOSY AND HAWKES 400 AND AN ANATONE HALF SIZE DOUBLE BASS.RICHIE USES A LANEY POWERMAX AMPLIFIER.THIS IS RICHIE'S FIRST OUTING AS A DOUBLE BASS PLAYER BUT HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR MANY YEARS WITH BANDS AS A DRUMMER AND A GUITARIST, HE HAS BEEN IN NOTTINGHAM PUNK BAND FLAT ERIC AND PLAYED THE NOTTINGHAM PUNK SCENE, BUT FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DOUBLE BASS , AND SAID ,'WHAT THE HELL, IM GONNA GET ME A BASS' RICHIE'S INFLUENCES ARE , THE KREWMEN,METEORS, STRAY CATS, JOHNNY BURNETTE THE GO GETTERS, THE POLECATS ECT......RICHIE LIKES PIE & PEAS!TIM PLANT:-DRUMS AND VOCALSTIM PLAYS A GRETSCH USA MAPLE MODELTIM HAS BEEN A DRUMMER FOR YEARS AND HAS BEEN IN BANDS SUCH AS , SCOTCH CHOCOLATE,AND ANXIETY NINE, WITH WHOM HE RELEASED A 7 TRACK EP WITH. HE IS INFLUENCED BY ALL KINDS OF HEAVY ROCK AND METAL MUSIC AND FRANK ZAPPA.TIM LIKES APPLE PIE!!!