| Member Since | 2/25/2006 | | Band Website | www.variousassortments.co.uk | | Band Members | Paul Program (vocals/guitar)
Stephen Ayres (trumpet/trombone)
Michael Oliver (bass)
Martin Baxter (tenor sax/harp)
Tim Young (drums)
Keiron Standfield (keyboards)
Stevo Bliss (sleeping partner) | | Influences | Beatles, Rutles, Billy Liar, Velvets, Bowie, Roxy & Eno, Zappa, Woody Allen, Television & Patti, punk, post punk, new wave, Gary Numan, Two Tone, Simpsons, Damon, Paul Patch, Colonel Bastard | | Sounds Like | according to reviewers: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Small Faces, doo wop, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Bowie, Eno, Frank Zappa, Wings, The War Of The Worlds, Billy Liar, Grease, Jilted John, Frank Sidebottom, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, The Buzzcocks, Buddy Holly, Pere Ubu, Blancmange, Depeche Mode, OMD, Gary Numan, Howard Jones (!), Adam Ant solo, The Buggles, Kate Bush, Madness, Elvis Costello, The Teardrop Explodes, the 60s, the early 80s, the late 80s, plink plonk music, The Dukes Of Stratosphere, Mr Bungle, They Might Be Giants, The Lightning Seeds, Blur, Pulp, The Frogs, The Streets, Gorillaz, a cockney Bob Dylan and a bedroom Kaiser Chiefs | | Record Label | Appollo Records |
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