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Ronnie - (Lead Vocals & Guitar)
Been
on the music scene since Lincoln college days, mainly around
the Black Country area, where my origins are. Joined my first
band before I even started shaving. Played many pub's and clubs
around Birmingham. Virgin records were even interested in us
once - Honest! First guitar: Spanish (whose wasn't). First Influences:
Bert Weedon (play-in-a-day & mega-guitar cufflinks). Previous
bands include: Sadida, Sadeeda II (Reggae), Savvy (Reggae),
Shakedown (Reggae), 8 Till Late (Blues), Snapper & the Crabs
(Blues), Something for the Weekend (Reggae/Soul/Blues) and the
VIP's (Local Function Band). Highlights include: Lincolnshire
folk clubs, Almost having our speakers blown-out by a shotgun
in a Birmingham Heavy Metal Club, Storming the 'Ironbridge World
Music Festival', Starting to play Bass whilst with 8 Till Late
(others would say this is not a highlight) and wearing
striped trousers at Boswell's on New Year Eve.
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Paulus
- (Synth,Hammond & Webmaster)
Paulus
is originally from a small village called Guist in Norfolk. Self
taught on Synthesizers and Keyboards. He
design's and build's Websites (like this) and Personal Computers.
He has spent lot's of years gigging with several different function
and club bands including 'Alsortz', 'Reunion' & most recently
'Hollywood' on the East Anglian music scene. An ex Rude-Boy and
Scooterist, his musical influences were Ska, Reggae, Rocksteady,
Bob Marley and later UB40 and the Coventry 2-Tone scene. He enjoy's
being part of a band playing those early Ska/Reggae/Soul hits
that he used to love. He remember's standing in-line to see a
lot of the original artist's perform 'LIVE' when they first toured
around the UK during the 60's/70's & 80's.
Hobbies:
He collect's Synth's, Keyboards & Ska/Reggae CD's.
Philosophy:
'Don't dream your life, live your dream'.
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Mac - (Drums & Backing Vocals)
Mac
joined the band in September 2003. He has had over 20 years experience
playing with local bands (9 years with 'The East Coast Blues Band'),
orchestras and theatre groups, including being a founder member
of groups such as 'General Petting', 'Foot in the Door', 'Sunday
Drivers' and 'Blues at Ten'. Mac has also played with some notable
bands, such as 'Esbernsnare' and 'Jah Love and the Irie Vibrations',
which is where he first joined up with Ron and Barry. When he
is not hitting things with sticks, he can be found working in
the community at Magdalen CLIP (Community Liaison & Information
Point). In his spare time, amongst other things, Mac is the Drum
'Mestre' for 'Samba Magdalena', a community samba drumming group
and he co-organises the 'Mad Mag Day' festivals, where 'The Spanners'
headlined last year to great critical acclaim.
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Ozzy
- (Bass Guitar )
Hey,
I'm Ozzy (Mr. Gig). Some would call me the baby of the band but
I reckon i could drink any of them under the table!
I've been playing bass for about 5 years. I've been in a range
of bands ranging from Punk/Ska to Acoustic and Heavy Metal &
2 of the bands i've been in have won Battle of the bands 2004
and 2005 (different bands).
I've been into ska and reggae for years and only really started
playing it when I fell into the scooter scene.
I've
been madly in love with the music since & when I heard that
my mate Foggy was thinking of leaving I jumped at the chance.
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography,
and the dancers hit each other.
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Stevie Kerr - (Sax)
Allright?
My name is Stevie Kerr. Im the newest rude boy in the band. I
play alto sax and Ive been around. I used to play in many bands
including London based band 'Three stations east' supporting The
Blow monkeys and 'Dexys midnight runners'. Have done many tours
across Europe with different outfits and was also in the Alan
Stuart octet with the legendary Jack Parnell on drums. I met Mac
in '92 when I joined local heroes 'Blues at ten'.
Mac
mentioned me to Ronnie and I joined Monkey spanner in January
09.
'Hey,
watch your feet!'
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John
- (Trumpet)
John plays the Trumpet
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Buzz - (Trombone)
Buzz plays the Trombone
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All Copyrights Acknowledged
- Monkey Spanner 2007
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