Please Y Self Skiffle Band

Bio:

Brothers and sister John, Rob and Chris Gill have been stomping their unique brand of skiffle around the UK and Europe now for more than thirty five years and show no signs of mellowing or losing their spontaneous approach!

There is no musical genre which they can’t re-arrange for tea-chest bass, washboard and guitar – with their minimalist but energetic instrumental approach contrasting brilliantly with the kind of close-harmony vocals one can only associate with sibling outfits.

The fantastic variety in the band’s music, ranges from earthy roots blues to high-energy psycho-skiffle to just plain hilariously weird

With their parents and grandparents in Music Hall, the Carter Family on the gramophone at home in the 5O’s and wild imaginations, . . . . . . .

it’s difficult to find the words to describe a PLEASE Y’SELF performance.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE THERE....!

Member Since:

December 03, 2006

Members:

SISTER CHRIS

For thirty years fans at home and abroad have been pressed into silence by the sometimes sweet, sometimes glass shattering range of Chris’s vocals, but the use of nimble thimbles to wriggly tin whilst singing of an eager beaver would stiffen any collar without the aid of starch and leave you feeling well hung out to dry. Headstone: BOARD STIFF

JOHN

Guitar gladiator, he plugs in and turns it up, you check your BUPA policy as your ’innards’ exit stage left. Next thing you know, as John goes melodic, you trance out quicker than a Vulcan mind melt, then come round wondering why the aliens picked on you. He is the very reason you should give blood. Headstone: SOUND HOLE

ROB

With thirty years perched on one leg and an arched back reminiscent of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, Rob developed the condition known as Deep Vain Thrombassis resulting in various bits of his body being surgically removed. WARNING: The bass frequencies of Rob’s teachest are capable of thawing out a frosty mop and rearranging your internal organs in the process.

Headstone: BOXED BASS..

Influences:

Joan & Jack Gill. . . . . . Please Y'Self are Jack & Joans Babies. . . . At 84 Jack Gill has released his first album 'Basement Jack sings Hip Op favourites' Well worth the wait! Jack Gill has been singing almost since the day he was born on 11:45 on New Year's Eve 1922. At 84 he's still at it! And the dancing...and the jokes! This is his video!!..

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Sounds Like:

WEIRDER than the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, HEAVIER than Napalm Death, MORE RYTHMIC than the Flying Scotsmen, MORE MELODIC than Nana Mouskour

Record Label:

Unsigned