Gary lives on the Isle of Wight and creates his unique sounds in his studio, a small room in the roof space of his flat, where he lives with his partner and son. For hours at a time Gary can be found laying down track after track of unusual-emotive-rocky-experimental-musaac and this is how "Logical Confusion" was born."LC" was recorded on an analogue 4-track and, with a bit of tweaking, courtesy of Dean Holt (more of him later...) it became the soundtrack to a media student's project (thanks O!) I'm glad to report, the student in question, got the highest marks in the final exam. This led to someone suggesting he send the cd to get reviewed by Paradox One psychedelic magazine. To Gary's surprise, Phil Jackson (reviewer) made reference to some of his earliest influences, Clapton and Gilmour, a bigger compliment couldn't have been wished for. Gary's love of music began when his brother introduced him to the music of "The Who" when he was ten years old (the original "Quadrophenia" LP) This was when he says he 'discovered the power of music', which led him to learn how to play guitar.He learnt the basics whilst travelling in places such as Thailand, on an old acoustic that he took with him. On his return to the u.k, he began his quest for a band, starting in the local music shop where he "played all the guitars and never bought any!) He quickly got involved in a band called Swine by responding to an advert for a guitarist. The band was highly successful in East London and around the Camden area. They were close to a record deal but when that folded, disheartened, the band disbanded.But Gary and the remaining members of Swine got together with a singer, Lisa Warden, to record an EP (Pig's Ear ep) and played one gig at The Standard Music Venue. They went down very well (the only band to get an encore - it was an all-dayer!) but sadly, the band broke up shortly afterwards. Gary joined another band called Triacyde, a kind of space-rock band, heavily influenced by Hawkwind and Floyd.Triacyde was made up of ex-members of "Alien", a successful pub covers band. Innis Barford on vocals, Dean Holt on bass, Gary on guitar and Syd Farrell on drums. They recorded one album (check out: www.myspace.com/triacyde1) at Harlow Square studios in 3 days, recording practically live.During a gig with Triacyde, a member of a Sabbath tribute band asked Gary to consider joining them. At the same time, Gary King (of The Anoraks) and Paul DiAnno, the original singer for Iron Maiden, approached him and asked if he would set up a sordid punk band. He was torn between the two.Unfortunately, his mother fell ill and Gary decided to move to the Island with his family, to take care of her. This move led him to bands such as "Dont Bring Harry", with whom he quickly became friends with. When the guitarist, Rod, was off in the loo, Gary would cheekily pick up his guitar and play with the band until he returned. His harmonica skills meant that he and the lead singer, Dave, would play a harmonica duel during some gigs.This always went down well with the crowd.
When Rod couldn't make a big gig they had supporting an Aerosmith tribute band at the Winter Gardens, Ventnor, Gary was asked to cover for him. The band asked him to learn their set and informed him they were playing the following Saturday. Gary dug in his heels, shut himself away and did as he was asked. The band played a storming set, even the guys from the tribute band were down the front, headbanging to "Whole Lotta Love". From then on he played with the band on occasion until it broke up a couple of years ago.
Gary is now playing lead guitar in THE NEUROPHOBICS : www.myspace.com/theneurophobics
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