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Neil - Lead Vocals
/ Guitar
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Neil
Name : Neil Mackie
Birthday : 7th December
Nickname : The Rock Frog
Born : Glasgow
Lives : Dunblane
Instrument : Voice & Guitar /
Bass / Mandolin (when I tune it) / Flute
/ Keys / Percussion / Bass Pedals (but
only on my own proggy stuff)
Drink (Alcohol) : red wine / JD & Coke / G&T
Drink (non alcoholic) : Black
coffee / Diet Coke / Water
Favourite Food : Chinese or
traditional roast beef
Started Playing : 1979
Favourite Music : Progressive
Rock but varies with my mood.
Favourite Artists : Pallas /
Marillion / Peter Gabriel / Genesis
Favourite Book : Espadair Street
- Ian Banks
Favourite Film : The Crow
Who I'd Most Like To Play With :
Kylie or David Sylvian would be cool.
Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno
Clothes : Everyday - whatever I
throw on / Stage - kinda Gothy
Lech : Angelina Jolie / Kate
Beckinsale /Kylie
Best Thing About The Shine : The
honour of not only playing with the best
bunch of guys in my musical career but
also gaining 3 best mates!
Also, the ability, hopefully, to make
people happy and enjoy themselves.
Worst Thing About The Shine :
They won't let me leave... I'm tired, I
need a rest, please...
Ambitions : To keep
getting better and better, keep making
people happy and loads of gratuitous
sex!
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Andy - Lead Guitar
/ Vocals
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Andy
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Name : Andy Keates Birthday
: 23rd May
Nickname : Andy K
Born : Loughborough
Lives : Dalgety Bay
Instrument : Guitar & Voice
(both exceptionally well)
Drink (Alcohol) : Real Ale
(beer with sticks in it) & Single Malt
Drink (non alcoholic) : Coke
Favourite Food : A good
Bradford Curry
Started Playing : 1991
Favourite Music : Indie / Rock
Favourite Artists : Echobelly
/ Subways / Lost Prophets
Who I'd Most Like To Play With :
Already playing with some of my best
mates
Clothes : Jeans
Lech : Kate Beckinsale / Lisa
Burke (Sky weather girl) / Natalie
Portman / Keira Knightly
Best Thing About The Shine :
Audience reaction to us
Worst Thing About The Shine :
Bass player flatulence (hopefully now
solved)
Ambitions : WORLD DOMINATION! |
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Iain - Drums /
Vocals
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Iain
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Name : Iain Wilson
Birthday : 20th December
Nickname : Percussion Maestro
Born : Yes I was! Airthrey Castle, Bridge
of Allan
Lives : Denny
Instrument : Drum kit and Voice/ “They
said I began to sing long before I could talk!”
Drink (Alcohol) : Not often, but when I
do, red wine /Guinness
Drink (non alcoholic) : Black coffee /
Diet Coke / Fizzy Water
Favourite Food : Indian/ anything that
doesn’t have celery in it
Started Playing : 1978, Properly in 1981
Favourite Music : Most stuff with real
drums- rock, jazz, anything I fancy
Favourite Artists : Genesis/ Crowded
House/ Living Colour/ Orson/ Mika/ Lily Allen
Clothes : Everyday – Suit and Tie at
Work, jeans and t-shirt at home / Stage – jeans
and t-shirt
Lech : Zoe from Blue Peter, Clare from
finance!
Best Thing About The Shine : The roar of
the crowd, the ability to play anything we fancy
and pull it off, the lack of ego!
Worst Thing About The Shine : Humping the
gear- ooer!
Ambitions : Win the lottery, give up the
job and spend more time playing drums and
playing with the kids.
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Stevie- Bass /
Vocals
Contact Stevie
Name : Steven Patrick
Birthday : 1st FebruaryNickname :
Stevie
Born : Paisley, raised Glasgow
Lives : Banknock
Instrument : Bass / Guitar / Vocals /
Keys / Trouser Snake
Drink (Alcohol) : Yes, thanks
Drink (non alcoholic) : Yes....I don't
have a drink problem
Started Playing : One night,when I was
small.....ermm 1974.
Favourite Artists : Squeeze,
Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Ben Folds, Aimee Mann,
Richard Thompson, John Martyn, Kate Bush, XTC,I
an Dury, Pilot(yes really) Bill Nelson, COLUMBUS
ROAD!
Most Like To Play With : Kate Bush
.....in many ways....
Ambitions : Keep playing, To visit
Wales again, For Kate Bush to drop the court
case against me.... To get a plumbing job that
pays!
Lech : Kate Bush, Kirsty Allsopp,
Alice(the wife)....all three...at the same time! |
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