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mr Greggi G - SLAP BASS & VOCALS  

 Greggi G The man behind the smile! My musical history.
I first got into music at the tender age of 12. My uncle gave me an old Salvation Army drum kit For a while he bashed n crashed away in his bedroom but sadly the neighbors didn't agree, So I took up singing lessons (that shut em up!) I swapped the drum kit for a old hofner bass guitar My younger brother played the piano and in no time we were playing some boogie-woogie together n I was hooting n a howling, Time to put a band together I met an old friend in a music shop that not  only had a double bass for sale but also played guitar. So he joined the band and I bought the double bass! I placed an add in the music shop for a drummer and didn't even get home and I had a drummer. Time for a name the first song we learnt was a Carl Perkins song rhythm bound that's it the name for the band RHYTHM BOUND
My first gig was at a social club in my village the band used to practice there and soon people came to listen.
I then joined the WILD ANGELS I stayed with them until they split up and I then joined the chart topping band MATCHBOX
I then decided to form my own band again. GREGGI G AND HIS CRAZY GANG. My music has taken me all over the world to places like Italy. Spain. France. Holland. Belgium. Even Yugoslavia. And Florida. I’ve also had the pleasure to work with. The comets.(bill haleys band) the crickets (buddy hollys band) the blue caps (gene vincents band)  Jerry burns. Adam faith. Cliff Richard. Joe brown.Janis martin,Hayden thompson,Carl perkins. Big Al Downing, Marty wild. Wee Willy Harris. Freddie fingers lee. Screaming lord sutch. Fats domino. Chuck berry. Glitter Band. Chas & Dave. Mud. But to name a few. And also toured with Jerry lee Lewis. My recording i.e.. Albums. Singles. And CDs to date are. High-class lady. Rockettes. Desperate discs. Learning how to r n r. rockettes patch records.(no16 indi charts ,eng) Lets jive. Clive's jive five. weststar music. Live at pebble mill. clive's jive five. BBC No cigar. Wild angels. Dodge records. Still wild. wild angels. dodge records.(no1 Sweden), Slipping in. jive brothers. part records. Roller coaster. rocking rebels. Rockhouse. Have bass. greggi g. part records germany sax maniac. langford. records. Coming home. matchbox welcome records.(no23.indi spain) Rock the box. matchbox welcome records. Live in Yugoslavia. matchbox. polytone. Tribute to gene. matchbox. polytone. Shades of gene matchbox. polytone All over now. matchbox. polytone. Radar love. matchbox polytone. Rockabilly rebels. matchbox. phab music.Jive jive.greggi g & his crazy gang. big g records.(no35 indi charts eng) Dya wanna be in my gang.crazy gang.be bop records My gang.greggi g & his crazy gang. be bop records.. jump jive n Boogie . greggi g & his crazy gang. polytone.
15 compilation CD's and numerous session albums

 

the legend - lead guitar 

Paul started off playing lead guitar many many years ago in a rockin little band called 'lights out', playing many of the local pubs & clubs. 
then after 3 years decided it was time to move on so joined up with another local r'n'r outfit called 'the Rockettes' teaming up with Greggi G for the first time ,for which he stayed with for nearly 6 years, Not only playing all the local clubs but bigger venues, from holiday camps to major hotels up & down the country & to playing abroad. 
after leaving the rockettes Paul joined 'Good Rockin Tonite' stayin for about 5 yrs. again playin at a vast variety of social clubs, pubs & most  of the countrys major r'n'r clubs, and even appearing in a film with Screamin Lord Sutch. with a slight change of musical orientation Paul then joined up with 'Roots Country'., playing at all the main c+w clubs in the country. he stayed for just over 3 years before seeing sense...getting his recall, he decided there was only one way of playin... good ol' r'n'r...he joined up with another local outfit called 'the Foottappers' where he had the honour of playing along side the infamous 'Wildcat'    ha - ha,  playing many pubs & clubs in & around london, also to playing many charity gigs helping local hospitals etc... he stayed with them for 3 years before they disbanded. from there Paul went on to join 'the Corvettes' playing clubs up & down the country. he stayed for 4 yrs before getting the 'Call'....He was invited to join his current band - the legendary Greggi G & His Crazy Gang..... teaming up with long time buddy 'GreggiG' again,  playing at a lot of the top r'n'r clubs all over europe, even to backing one of his idols - Graham Fenton....
influences...pauls main musical influences include Brian Setzer, eddie cochran, Brian Setzer, cliff gallop, Brian Setzer ,  gene vincent, Brian Setzer ,  to name but a few.... (not forgetting wildcat for all his help)
hobbies....if he's not pluckin or strummin then he's out knockin his balls about.. being the keen golfer that he is.. 

                                                                                     

Chas - drums 

Charlie (rockin) Hockin an old cornish name and irish on his mother's side, spent his formative years in tooting, moves to kingston upon thames when he was 15 and that year at school he was asked to join a band. drummer was the only vacancy that hadn't been filled so drummer it was then, better get some drums he thought. when he got the drums home he found that he could hold down basic rhythms straight away so never bothered with lessons until 8 years ago. he played with cover bands in his teens and formed a 50's rock n roll band called thunderbird while still at school, and played on the rock n roll circuit sharing the bill with the likes of flying saucers, crazy cavan, matchbox, flight 56, rocky sharp and the razors, and many more.in 1975 thunderbird went out to rotterdam to the exit club where they played alongside shakin stevens and the sunsets and rocky sharp. the following year he went with the wild angels to scandinavia, then his career then took a diversion when a mad aussie piano player called colin hindmarsh asked him to join his band working 6 nights a week in pubs and clubs around london including the beer keller trafalgar square and the nashville rooms, this led on to work on p&o criuse ships the oriana and the canberra taking him right around the world. thinking there was more than just percussion in him he took up bass guitar and started playing social clubs and british legions - nothing wrong with that! but the drums got the better of him in the end and he went back to them after a brief flirtation with another calling.
  met up with greg and howard in the 80's joined the crazy gang in 96 finally decided to take drum lessons in 2001 and started teaching drums in 2003 and music is his job now ... to be contiued...   

Colin - keyboard 

Colin has played piano since aged 6 and had a classical music education through to grade 8 and A Level. He has played with a variety of groups including the London based covers band ‘5th Avenue’. In June 2002 he joined Greggi G and has been the regular ‘boogie boy’ ever since. When Colin’s not hammering the ivories he enjoys cycling, badminton, scuba diving and last year earned his private pilots license. Now if we can just find a small plane big enough to take Gregg’s bass……. (and Gregg )