Drummer John Quirk was born and raised on the Isle of Man and is a major 1960's music fan who has been playing drums since 2003. He is a retired secondary school educator, and like the other HW members, lives in South Manchester. John plays drums in another band and plays cornet in Stretford Brass. John uses a Prestige Drum Kit and a Shure SM58 vocal mic. His favorite artists include The Kinks, The Searchers, The Hollies, and The Spencer Davis Group.
Bassist Phil Hoskins has firm roots in the late 1970's Manchester punk scene. He was born in Hull and has lived throughout Cheshire. He is currently Sale Fire Station's Watch Commander. After working as a singer in a punk band, Phil decided that playing the bass would come next. "It was the one instrument big enough for these hands," Phil loves The Ramones, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, The Clash; and any other band that begins with a The. Phil plays Fender Jazz 24 and Vision basses through a 120-watt Behringer amp, so keep small children and pets safe.
Andy Mealor, self described "bedroom guitarist," has played since he was a teen in Cheshire. At age 13, Andy was in a band with Johnny Marr. "We always had the amps turned up too loud. I'm sure we'd have sounded better if we'd just turned them down a little." Andy is a project manager at Adam Telecom, and his computer wizardry helps when it's time to find those free tabs and mp3s. His current favorite guitar is his Gordon Smith GS-2. Andy also plays a Line 6 Variax and Fender Strat guitars and he uses Peavey valve amps.
Annie Muse was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan and moved to South Manchester in 2000. She uses a Line 6 Spider 210 amp and plays a 1983 Fender Strat, a Westfield SR-383 electro-acoustic, a Michael Kelly Legacy FSE mandolin, and a 2002 Gibson ES-335 called "Gretchen." Annie loves Matt Groening and Mike Judge cartoons, and wants to be Mark Knopfler when she grows up. Annie has been playing music since age seven and is a guitar and bass tutor. She also does voluntary work for new way forward, a local mental-health charity.
Sound Engineer Kate Cook is a lecturer in law at Manchester Metropolitan University and has lived in Sale for most of her life. Kate has a classical music background and played viola in school, but preferred The Beatles and The Buzzcocks. She plays a Steinberger Spirit 5-string bass and sings in some HW songs. Kate does voluntary work for Truth About Rape and the Campaign to End Rape.
Influences
Late 70s punk The Talking Heads Jimi Hendrix Green Day Free The Rolling Stones
Hazardous Waist is a 4-piece rock band with the traditional lineup of two guitars, bass, and drums. We began when founders Phil and Andy working together at Club Guitar gigs in Altrincham and Sale. Annie joined in late 2005. Paul Baddeley answered our Loot ad in December 2005 and we were complete. Paul has now moved on and we have been working with John Quirk since late 2008. John brings a whole new focus and feel to our music and we look forward to many projects with him.
We work on originals along with all the covers we play. As older musicians, we know what we like and what we don't. The modern definition of R&B simply does not apply here. Our music is 100 percent live, mistakes and all. The band has Public Liability Insurance and our equipment is PAT tested.
We do one charity gig each year, rasing over £300 for the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund in 2006, £375 for Trafford Diabetes Care in 2007, and £605 for Breast Cancer Care in 2008. We raised £845 for The Fire Fighters' Charity in 2009, with the help of Quiet Desperation.
Sweet Home Alabama Run Suspicious Minds Wherever You Will Go Blue Suede Shoes Bad to the Bone Locomotive Breath Sleepwalk Psycho Killer Country Roads Take Me to the River Maggie May Little House Undercover Agent for the Blues Boulevard of Broken Dreams All Along the Watchtower Hey Joe The One I Love Goin' Down Paint it Black All Right Now Can't Get Enough Keep on Runnin' Sheena is a Punk Rocker Sweet Home Chicago Wipeout What I Like About You Good Riddance 2-4-6-8 Motorway Sunshine Of Your Love Can't Explain Gimme Some Lovin' Rockin' in the Free World Day Tripper Sympathy for the Devil Silver Machine Roadhouse Blues Some Kind of Wonderful No Sign of Water Wishing Well She Sells Sanctuary
’’The Sunday Express (five stars) ***** It’s clear from the title track
that you are listening to something special with O’Connor’s second solo
album…''
The Herald (four stars) **** ''O’Connor has one of the best voices
heard in Scotland in some time, and a set of fine songs to show it
off…''
The List (four stars) **** Soulful stripped down and spine tingling.
To stand a chance of winning a top prize, listen to any of the shows over the St Georges weekend giveaway...
Thursday 23rd April 8pm til midnight... classic rock night
Friday 24th April 8pm til midnight... 80's and cheesy music night
Saturday 25th April 8pm til midnight... Dance and mixed music
Sunday 26th noon til midnight... unsigned bands rock, metal and indie all day giveaway! (email purebikerfm@gmail.com for your bands musci to be played live on air)
You need to be listening to any of these shows to win prizes as we will be giving loads away all weekend. Don't miss your chance to win and its all FREE OF CHARGE on Pure Biker FM.
Am not playing on friday - what's the occasion? You have a great drummer! Hope to catch you soon - let me know when you're playing next and all the best for friday night. Hev
Hey guys, yeah last weekend it was good to have a gig free weekend! Jeez, you guys gotta get some new clothes man ha ha - you must be able to see your ass thru your jeans by now they must be that thin ha ha. Bumpers next at OMT on 27 July. Check out my other band Doghouse there on 1 June - www. doghouse-music. com - C U guys soon! Al
