My bass playing is mainly influenced by a love of Belgian beer, a lack of obvious vowels in the Welsh language and a string of bad luck.
Sounds Like
On a good day my bass playing sounds like a tractor sliding backwards while grating gears in a muddy field with assorted farmyard animals panicking in the background. That's on a good day.
I PLAY BASS. I like heavy metal. I love to play heavy metal bass..... Some of the bands and projects I've been rocking, recording and touring with are....
TANK - I've recently joined the newly reformed NWOBHM band Tank now also featuring Doogie White (Yngwie/Rainbow) on vocals. We played some cool Euro-festies in 2009 and we're working on a new studio album for 2010....
SACK TRICK - that's my very own toy band. It's me and a bunch of mates playing and recording songs that amuse us, but amazingly it's turned out really good. A lot of people seem to like us. We've done three albums so far with a fourth on the way as we speak. I really recommend you see www.sacktrick.com and www.myspace.com/sacktrick for more.....
BRUCE DICKINSON - I played bass on a couple of his solo albums, "Skunkworks" and "Alive in Studio A" and did a couple of world tours too. We still play together every now and then....
I PLAY ROCK - that's a band with me, guitarist Richie B and drummer John Keeble (Spandau Ballet). As the title says we play rock, usually very loudly. See www.iplayrock.biz and www.myspace.com/iplayrock....
RICKY GERVAIS - I played bass on a couple of tunes for him, one was used as a bonus track for "The Office" Christmas DVD another is on series two of "Extras" as the theme tune to his sit-com, When the Whistle Blows. Very funny....
TRIBUZY - I played bass on the debut album for this Brazillian metal band and also did a short but very big Brazillian tour with them (out now on DVD). The album and gigs also featured guest appearances from Bruce Dickinson, Roy Z, Roland Grapow (Helloween/Masterplan), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), Kiko Laureiro (Angra), Mat Sinner and Ralf Scheepers from Primal Fear and others. See www.tribuzy.com....
ACE SOUNDS - is an album project by Ace (Skunk Anansie guitarist) with Mark Richardson (Skunk/Feeder drummer) and myself on bass. Many guest artists also appeared on the album such as Lemmy (Motorhead), Jason Perry (A), Cass Lewis (Skunk), Benji (Skindred) and more....
LAPSED CATHOLIC - was a recording project featuring Matt Backer (ABC/Alan Partridge guitarist), Mikee (Sikth vocalist), Jay Graham (Ravenscreed drummer) and myself on bass. We did a bunch of tunes some of which get played as background music on SKY sports a lot...
PLANET BASS is a website run by Matt Cohen (The Reasoning) and myself. It's all about bass players talking about playing bass. We interview over 50 top class bass players from around the planet and get them to tell us all about their way of playing bass. At some point in the future we're planning to release a Planet Bass album with loads of bass playing all over it. See www.planetbass.fsnet.co.uk......
TOTAL ROCK is an internet Radio Station that plays total rock and metal. I DJ a show on it at 3-6pm UK time on Thursday afternoons (if I'm not on tour). I mainly play classic rock in the vein of Kiss, Dio, Dokken, Maiden, AC/DC, Kiss, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Kiss, Van Halen and Kiss. Tune in if you get a chance, and send some email requests for metal in too. See www.totalrock.com....
I've also recorded bass on lots of albums for lots of other rock/metal artists such as ANTI-PRODUCT, BALANCE OF POWER, FOOD FOR THOUGHT (a warped Maiden tribute) and if you happen to have a very, very long memory, ATOM SEED... I am available for hire. If you're a rock/metal band in need of some bass guitar noises, message me.
When I'm not playing bass on tour I go on tour with bands as a guitar tech. Maybe I just love touring too much? Over the years I've worked with artisits such as Tony Hadley, Armoured Saint, Glenn Hughes, Billy Sheehan & Tony MacAlpine, Judie Tzuke, Sikth, Therapy?, Go West, James Brown, Matt Willis, Gomez, Vex Red, The Damned, ABC, The Men They Couldn't Hang and many more... I'm also sometimes available for hire in this category. If you need a guitar tech for some upcoming dates, message me!
No Sleep Till Saltburn is the untold story of the trials, tribulations and laughs centred around the great Teesside and North East UK New Wave Of Brit Metal in the early 80s. Featuring BATTLEAXE, BLACK ROSE, RAVEN, SATAN, HOLLAND, ARIZONA, SAXON and DEF LEPPARD amongst others. Charting the authors chaotic and often comic forays into Metal Fanzine publication, Metal Gig promotions, band management, rock radio dj-ing, and his brief but eventful time as a freelance writer contributing to an embryonic KERRANG! magazine. It's this Christmas's must have metal read! An affectionate look back at a great time in rock!!!
“Saltburn, Salford, Salisbury, or Seattle, if you followed any local music scene back in the day, this a is a MUST READ!” Mike Sweeney – Rock Radio
“Bloody Brilliant! Great use of pyro!” Gary Philipson – Tfm Radio
“I was captivated. A really, really, good read”. Lisa McCormick – BBC Tees
“No Sleep Till Saltburn is an important book, because it captures an untold story, and also gives you an insight into the humour, the ‘Carry On’ atmosphere of the time”. Chris Phipps – Rock Music Historian - ITV
You can order No Sleep Till Saltburn in paperback for Christmas delivery right here:
If you or anyone you know is looking for Artwork, please get in contact with myself and we'll see what we can come up with. The freakier the better!! Love Bailey @ Think Inc. Artwork x P.S. It would be for free as I'm building my portfolio x
Thanx for the add ;) Some new songs and photos online of FLUXIOUS a groovy metal band with female vocals from the french's alpine's mountains !!! It's FLUXIOUS time, so come listen to us, hope you'll enjoy it ...
Nice to be MySpace friends. Hope life is treating you well. You have some great bands listed on your page. We wish you all the success in your rich music carrer.
Here is our video for the track 'Saved From Falling'. Hope you like it.
Hi Chris! Just uploaded a new tune, Inspired by Dime R.I.P. Needed to get my Metal head back on! Hope you like it! Keep on rockin!!! Have a great Weekend .
Great hearing from you Chris. Let me know if you ever make it over to the U.S. so that we can drink some more beers and talk bass. We will hopefully be coming back over to Europe next summer as Q5 to do some more festivals and would love to share the bill with Tank again. You guys sounded great at the HOA 2009.
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