1968 – It's a funny old life…
14 years old. Into Pink Floyd (Saucer Full of Secrets), Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat, Beatles, Steppenwolf etc.
Had;
- two home-made guitars, both almost unplayable
- the beginings of long hair
- friends in bands
- a local youth club for bands, dances, light shows and bottles of pop
- an aquaintence with a bunch of hells angels who protected us from skin-heads
- a passion for writing terrible lyrics
- a complete lack of embarrasment about singing them
- girlfriends who pretended they liked them.
But this all stood me in good stead to becoming;
- a drummer in an various bands
- drummer for the Everman Theatre, Liverpool
- drummer for Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster
- actor/musician at the Everman Theatre, Liverpool
- actor/musician at the Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster
- actor in a number of London West End shows.
Later, with a desire for a little more control over life, I set up a small photography and video-recording company.
Now I've stopped working for a living I have the pleasure of animating some of my partner, Steph Grainger's, drawings. See here.