| Band Members | Hannah - Vocals
Hannah was once interviewed on Parkinson (it was a highly elaborate and unusual dream) and was asked to name what drives her to achieve in life; to which she replied 'Jaffa Cakes'. Admittedly this is not much of a musical insight (Parky said as much), one packet of the magical stuff (with the orangey bit) is all that is required to kick start the turbo charged midget into life. She started life as a baby, and has now grown up into a...well a slightly bigger person. After beating up several garden gnomes and passing pantomime performers using her brown belt in Judo (yes, really, she does actually kick arse), Hannah likes nothing more than lying down in front of a non existent log fire, stoking the embers of her imagination (like what I did there?) using only a bic and some paper stolen from her day job. Yep, skilled thief too. She is an extremely talented wordsmith, being responsible for the lyrics in GEKO, she is also an uncontainable performer with an infectious enthusiasm for the stage, and is the glue that holds it all together. She is also the same height as a Pritt Stick which is purely coincidental. All in all, not at all bad for a total short arse
Jon - Guitars
Where do you start describing Jon? Well, thankfully, I am not going to put you off your lunch by discussing what he actually looks like. Gruesome work like that is normally reserved for pathologists and Anne Widdecombe's make up artist. Jon is a co-founder of GEKO (along with his beautiful assistant, Hannah), and has been instrumental (like what I did there?) in formulating the GEKO sound. He may look like a vague, overtired monkey child, but is actually the calming influence in the band, and keeps everyone's feet on the ground, especially during live performances. Not one to speak his mind that often (there is limited activity in his mind which goes some way to explaining why),when he does speak, you know he has actually got a opinion. Not a person to ask 'which pub shall we go to' then. Rather worryingly, he did once stay up until 5am playing a guitar simulator game, clearly forgettng that his Gibson SG was in the adjoining room keeping his girlfriend company. GEKO would not be GEKO without Jon, and we love the little specimen and his hair too. Bless him. Now off you go Jon and have some Ovaltine and a little lie down.
Gregg - Bass
Having being born with a dreadful condition which enabled him to be good at any musical instrument he turned his hand to, Gregg tried his best to be rubbish at the bass but failed miserably. Rightly hailed as the next big thing, he joined Jon and Hannah in the new 3 piece GEKO. Rather annoyingly, he is an excellent stage performer as well, and frequently (accidentally?) ends up in the spotlight and thus in all the bands posters. The bastard. The talented talented bastard. Gregg is key (like what I did there?) to our songwriting efforts, as well as providing backing vocals on several tracks. He is responsible for several of the most memorable GEKO guitar riffs, but is not one to blow his own trumpet. Mainly because he doesnt own a trumpet. No doubt he is at home composing somthing Mozart would be proud of as you read this. Probably whilst he is asleep. The bastard
Rob - Drums
Rob joined GEKO, ages ago and they instantly became brilliant. That is a lie. They were already brilliant. Not that he didn't contribute. He did. Well he thinks he did. (Come to think of it, they have never mentioned it..*frowns*-Rob). Despite failing to impress his parents by 'putting on shows', Rob realised he had a gift for annoying people at a very early age, culminating in him receiving the worlds first singing related ASBO. After beating up his teddy for 'non compliant behaviour', Rob realised that hitting things got results and so began his lengthy and mainly pointless journey into the percussive unknown. Gregg spotted him across a smoky room, and after initially resisting his advances, was sucker punched by Gregg saying 'Listen you have no options and you are mess, join GEKO and at least you'll have some pretend friends'. This has proved to be a wholly satisfactory arrangement, apart from the fact that even his new pretend friends press 'busy' when he calls. He has, however recently gained some notoriety as the new face of Werthers Originals, so...every cloud and all that...
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