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Favourite Floyd Tracks:
Us and Them, Learning to Fly, Time (everything really).

Introduction To Pink Floyd:
Buying Dark Side of the Moon as a kid - hooked!

Background:
Band History :

1977-1978 'Signal Injector' - (School friends)
1978-1982 'Limit' - 60's club band, later to become 'Blue Max'
1984-1989 'Rhiannon' - club / pub band, 70's - 80's blues/rock
1989-1990 'Wacky Backy Boogie Band' - blues
1991-1998 'Wilfred Hyde White' - Classic rock / blues
1999-2003 'Chaos Theory' - Classic / Prog rock
2003-2005 Longest time not playing - pursuing other interests
2005-???? 'Time to Breathe'

I began playing the bass guitar at the age of 15, in a band called ‘Signal Injector’ with some school friends. I had no idea how to read music, but learnt to play ‘by ear’ accompanying my favourite records at home.

We had a couple of small support gigs, but it was soon all over with me leaving school at 16, and the others staying on to do A levels.

I then was asked to join an established ‘60s club band called ‘Limit‘, and continued with this for some time. I would not dare venture towards a microphone, even to do backing vocals!

Rhiannon, a pub/club band came along next, and then a stint playing blues. It is at this time that I started to overcome my shyness and take my turn at ‘the mic’.

Wilfred Hyde White, a classic rock covers band was next, with 3 members of Rhiannon involved - and me as the lead vocalist! What a turnaround of events! We lasted about 5 years, then after an 18 month lay off, we came back as Chaos Theory, playing classic rock and progressive covers.

In 2003, due to other commitments, I left Chaos Theory and went into what I thought was ’musical retirement’. Then a call came out of the blue in 2005 and I auditioned for Time To Breathe, and I’m still here!

I had always wanted to play in a large band - the more members the better. We now are 8 musicians strong, with a dedicated lighting / sound engineer - took me 28 years, but I got my wish! We are pushing for larger venues now, and our equipment stock goes from strength to strength - always longed for this type of thing to
come along, I seem to be meeting more and more ambitions I have held for so many years - long may it continue!!

Equipment: Trace Elliot 400W bass amplification Trace Elliot 4 x 10 bass cabinet Trace Elliot 1 x 15 bass cabinet Zoom bass effects Nady wireless guitar system Shure SM58 microphone Yamaha and Fender bass guitars