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Cracked Actors

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Cracked Actors formed in Sept. 1999. The Actors are played by: -
2 Tall Tim a.k.a. Tim Bamford the Yorkshire Massive, ..boards and didgeridoo and vocals.
Fudge on lead vocals, a die-hard Brummie punk from time, previous band include Generator ,Colour Climax. Rufus Ruffcut,and One Chord Wonders
Ras Lionel Bard a.k.a. Kez Carpenter ( Rasta Fe True!) is the other lead vocalist in this dual assault on the senses. RLBs previous bands include Acid Rain and Spiral Headcase.
Johnny 2 Bad a.k.a. John Peyton on rhythm guitar and vocals from the west coast of Ireland claims to be a social revolutionary, (keep your eye on this one).
Bass Player...Paddy Power !!!
Malcolm X a.k.a. Mal OConnor on tenor saxophone has gigged with Sam Brown, and Papa Sax, from The Beat. Previous bands include I Lab and The Alibis.
Tim Bali has drummed in loadsa bands including Sister Automatic and Virus who released on Graduate Records.
Richie Capone used to be in The Capones.
Joint Influences; Bob Marley, David Bowie, Trojan and Two Tone Ska, Reggae, Punk, Beethoven and Rizzla.
Bands Played with; The Beat, Selector, Bad Manners, Tarantism, G.B.H., Inner Terrestrials, P.A.I.N.,Neville Staples Specials, The Splitters,Babyhead, Banco De Gaia (at The Green Roadshow in the Circus Croissante-Neuf, Glastonbury Festival,) Think, The London Swingphonia featuring Harry Martin, Top Cats, and Shikoya, (at Lost Vagueness Cabaret Ballroom, Glastonbury Festival 2004), The Undertones, Eddie and the Hotrods,Zion Train,and Drongo's for Europe
Best Gigs; Supporting The Beat at their first reform Gig in Birmingham at the Market Tavern, Digbeth. (feb 2003), Smeatharpe Free Festy, (june 2003), Glastonbury Festival 2004 in The Green Roadshow in the Circus Croissante-Neuf, and in The Lost Vagueness Cabaret Ballroom.
Worst Gigs: - When the P.A. was shagged at a benefit gig so we couldnt play, but we went back two months later with our own rig and we nailed it.
Funny Moments; Breaking in and out of Free Festivals and Squats to play live !!?? Believe !!
Disasters: - Not Quite! We went to Bristol to play a gig at a free Squat Party that got raided by 50 coppers in riot gear before the party had even got started. Fortunately the Squatters were game, so the front doors were barricaded by the squatters and as the police tried to batter their way in through the barricade we all sneaked out of the back door in small groups and escaped via a building site next to the squat. We emerged safe to find the street in front of the squat full of fifty riot police and about three hundred hopeful partygoers waiting for the party to get started.
Albums Titles To Date: - Skunkrocker released in May 2001 and Bard For Life released in April 2003 on Bard For Life Records.
Website and Contact Details; [email protected], , phone numbers: - 2 Tall Tim 01215330400 or 07739210849
Contact address: - 56, Auckland Road, Smethwick, Nr Birmingham, West Midlands, Britain. B67 7AU.href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids. individual&videoid=1275423661&n=2"MySpace.com Cracked Actors at Glastonbury

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Member Since: 1/24/2005
Band Members: Ras Lionel Bard aka Kez......VOCALS
Fudge.........VOCALS
Mustapha Toke aka Tall Tim........KEYS
Jonny 2 Bad......Lead Guitar
Malcolm X.......SAX
Paddy Power.......BASS
Richie Capone.......Rhythm Guitar
Tim Bali........DRUMS

Influences: Anything that moves us.
Sounds Like: Upbeat Promotions served up some ska this evening, with two bands especially catching the eye. Firstly, and travelling all the way from Birmingham, are Cracked Actors. Forming in 1999, they had the sole intention of entertaining their mates. Now, nearly ten years later, they have certainly made some new friends here in Bedford. Consisting of Fudge (vocals), Kez (vocals), Johnny 2 Bad (lead guitar), Richie (rhythm guitar), Paddy ( bass), Malx (sax), Tall Tim (keyboard), and Tim Bali (drums), they play with the influences of Marley, Steel Pulse and The Clash. This is a band I enjoy enormously. It's a feeling I sense immediately as first song "Captive" gets to the gist of Cracked Actors' thoughts and feelings; "I am a captive and I want to be free".The words are sung with the utmost passion but encased is a loose ska rhythm. "Red Ray's" opening could not have been more different, as it opens to a spanish flamenco style, which brings about some spontaneous dancing amongst a decent sized turnout. The band's vocal duo 'bounce off' each other superbly, one of the Actors even wears a majestic top hat which suits him magnificently. On their next song "H.M.P.", Tall Tim (the hippy looking keyboardist) takes on the vocals, which brings about some ribald banter from the rest of the band. All smiles, the stage is awash with a team of musicians totally at ease with themselves. It had been a difficult drive down but even their new guitarist, who claims he was born in Bedford. is happy to be here. "Skapache" is a Cracked Actors variation of the old Shadows hit of the sixties, while the lush reggae strains of "Hypocrisy" is a favourite of mine. The thirteen song set offers plenty of contrast with "Buzz to Buzz", fast and dancey, while "Naked" is enhanced by the sound of Malx on the sax. The punkish "Modern World" is a slight let-down, but thankfully "Flowers" soon puts the bloom back into the Cracked Actors' musical garden! A rich, raw, ska-reggae beat booms out and is soon reprised with "Come around" which closes the set. "More!" was my shout!
Record Label: Bard For Life Records
Type of Label: None

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cracked actors jam

were gonna start sticking all our jams at rehearsal for your listening pleasure....smell the red stripe in the air, and hear our drunken meanderings for the first time.
Posted by Cracked Actors on Sat, 31 May 2008 12:33:00 PST

Rich Capone

Our latest member is Rich on guitar,once of the great ska /punk band the Capones. Welcome Rich,good to have you on board
Posted by Cracked Actors on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:58:00 PST

Then there were 7

After much wailing and nashing of teeth Tim Organic has decided to hang up his guitar to concentrate more of his time to his young family, we wish him all the best in the future.  Cracked Ac...
Posted by Cracked Actors on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:34:00 PST

Skunkrock Skanival

Warning Warning to all in the Area. the rumour starts here :- Next Summer I hope to put together a Ska Festival in the midlands somewhere, I'm hoping to bring together Ska based music from around the ...
Posted by Cracked Actors on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:58:00 PST