So my first band was called Kinel. We were dreadful, utterly dreadful. I originally just sang, but when we lost our bassist i started to learn the bass. I can't find any photos, and we only recorded one song which luckily has been lost forever. Started off mainly playing nirvana/weezer covers and then started to write some shoddy, shoddy songs. We were amazingly popular, mainly because we were for the lolz.
Then me and the drummer from Kinel started a more ska/punk band in CTPS (Corporate Tramp Placement System) in which I played guitar and sang. Well, we tried to start a ska punk band, but the 2nd guitarist we had basically turned it into a weird funk/ska band. Didn't really do a lot, recorded one song that, again, got lost forever. Here's us playing at the Cavern in Liverpool (yeah, that's me, not Chad Kroeger)
Then myself and the drummer started Failure By Design as a 3 piece pop punk sorta band (i sang and played bass), which evolved from that to a four piece harder punk band (i sang and played guitar), to a 6 piece punk band with keyboards (i just sang), to a 7 piece skacore band (i sang and played trumpet). Lasted for about 4 years in the various forms, though it was the ska form that we did the most with, recording a fair few cd's and playing with bands like SB6, Adequate 7, Audio Karate, and so on. Here's us in a skip.
www.myspace.com/failurebydesign
During this period I had a couple of bizarre side projects, firstly with the old guitarist from Kinel as well as Nick from Chief, and this was lovingly called Follow The Smell. Recorded a bizarre cd of grungey metal stuff and generally had some crazy gigs. I played bass/drums/keyboards/guitar, and as seen here, the congas.
I also did a comedy pop punk covers band with a few of the members of FBD called Horace Handgrenade's Fabulous Four. We came second in some local battle of the bands, it was funny. I played an awesome guitar which is lost in huddersfield somewhere, and i'd really like to get it back at some point.
After that I started Kickback with the guitarist and trombonist from FBD as well as Nick from Chief, and we're still alive today. I sing and play bass. We changed our name to Kickback UK so that we wouldn't get beaten by frenchmen. Nick left, we still love him. Have embarked on a couple of tours but generally haven't done much due to other commitments. Started a fresh this year and will be releasing and touring a debut album in July
www.myspace.com/thisiskickback
I joined The Fractions on trumpet in early 07 just after FBD split, had some awesome times, supported Rancid last year as well as Big D and Leatherface. Left the band earlier this year, they're still going and will hopefully actually record an album at some point.
www.myspace.com/thefractions
And finally i played trumpet with the Catch It Kebabs for a short period last year. Played some wicked gigs with The Toasters and The King Blues, but it didn't really work out and I was added to the ever growing list of ex-kebabs.
www.myspace.com/catchitkebabs
So that's my tedious life story through music, what's yours?