All about the band members...
Steve Brown - Guitar and Backing Vocals
Q.What is your music background?
From a musical performing family. My father plays trumpet and has played with the likes of: -
Stevie Wonder
Peter Frampton
The Who
Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames
Jimi Hendrix
Peter Green
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
P. P. Arnold
My Grandfather also played Trumpet and Accordian and my Grandmother was a Stage Actress.
Learnt to read music and play a Descant Recorder when I was 6. I played trumpet briefly around the age of 11-12, but really didn’t take to it. (I was trying to please my father really!) I bought my first electric guitar when I was 16, for £15.00.
Dreams….Always wanted to be a Drummer, but never had the required independence to be able to play at the standard I wanted to. (Namely, like Keith Moon) Guitar was just an afterthought. I learnt to play Bass, just so I could record and multitrack my own songs and perform all the parts on the track.
Q.Which bands have you played with?
Jetstream
Live ‘n’ lern
Who Said That?
The Ravens
Second Nature
Close To Zero
Gemini
The Touch
Q.What are your musical influences?
Michael Schenker (UFO)
Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy)
Roger Lewis (Monopacific)
I always wanted to be in a Twin guitar Line-up doing Thin Lizzy, or Boston style Guitar Harmonies, right up until I heard “The Adventures - Feel the Raindrops.”
Suddenly, by the addition of a delay pedal, one guitar could fill a stadium without using distortion. From that point on, I thought about playing with subtlety, rather than make your ears bleed….Listen to us doing “Ain’t No Sunshine” to understand better!
Q.What equipment do you own?
Various guitars namely, Gibson, Fender, PRS, Jackson, Yamaha & others.
(Favourite? A 1991 Gibson Les Paul Studio Wine Red with Gold Hardware)
Marshall JMP 1 Preamp
Marshall EL84 2 x 20w Valve Power Amp
Marshall 9000 2 x 50w Valve Power Amp
Marshall 9100 2 x 50w Valve Power Amp
Marshall 8008 2 x 80w Valvestate Power Amp
Marshall MG30DFX Combo Amp
2 x 150w Marshall 1912 Speakers
Alesis Quadraverb Digital Effects
Rolls Midi Buddy Controller
AKG Guitar Bug Wireless sytem
Mania 5 String Bass
Aria Magma 5 String Bass
Trace Elliot 300w Combo
Yamaha SY85 Digital Keyboard
Q.What are your favourite internationl bands?
Thin Lizzy
Bon Jovi
Def Leppard
Heart
Q.Are there any local bands that you like?
A.Highway and
The Honeymonster’s (sadly no longer performing)
Q.Who would you most like to meet?
A.Phil Lynott, Peter Osgood & Jim Lovell
Q.What is your favourite films?
A.Apollo 13, The Great Escape, 13 Days, The Cruel Sea
Q.Which songs do you most hate performing on the set?
A.Sweet Home Alabama & Sweet Home Chicago!
Q.Which are your favourite songs that Potluck perform?
A.World, Rebel Yell, Sanctuary & Gimme Some Lovin’!
Q.What is your most memorable night on stage?
A.Headlining Rock on the Rec 2001
Q.what is your favourite gigging venue?
A.Bar Mambo’s in Guildford, Surrey
Andy Green - Drums
Q.What is your music background?
A. I played the recorder at age 5. Sadly my skills weren't really all that polished and it was only really dogs and dolphins that could actually hear what I was playing. Drumming was the obvious progression after this.
Q.Which bands have you played with?
A. Close to Zero
Q.What are your musical influences?
A. Mark Richardson, Nicko McBrain, Emma Bunton and Keith Moon
Q.What equipment do you own?
A. DW kit
Pearl Masters Snare
Various Zildjian and Paiste cymbals
Tama Iron Cobra pedals
Morphy Richards Smoothie Maker
Q.What are your favourite internationl bands?
A. Muse, Feeder, Take That, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day and Rolf Harris
Q.Are there any local bands that you like?
A. Candiholic
Q.Who would you most like to meet?
A. Whoever it was that broke into my car in Bracknell Sports Centre car park and nicked my laptop.
Q.What is your favourite films?
A. Kodak
Q.Which songs do you most hate performing on the set?
A. The disco medley
Q.Which are your favourite songs that Potluck perform?
A.Kaiser chiefs is good fun, plus the queen medley.
Q.What is your most memorable night on stage?
A. The second Rock in the rec that we did ? it wasn't so much memorable but more of a miracle that I made it up the steps onto the stage area thanks to a large case of Carling.
Q.what is your favourite gigging venue?
A. Aldershot Conservatives club ?fantastic atmosphere, plus the crowd made us really welcome there. The only criticism they had was that Green Days' American Idiot was a little tricky to fox trot to ? but we know for next time.
Big Pete - Vocals
Q.What is your music background?
A. Sang in school choir when I was 12
Q.Which bands have you played with?
A.Stressed Out and Potluck
Q.What are your musical influences?
A. Haven’t got any
Q.What equipment do you own?
A. 3 Mic’s in ear monitoring, mic stands.
Q.What are your favourite internationl bands?
A. The Who, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd.
Q.Are there any local bands that you like?
A. Road house, Stressed out , Bang out of order.
Q.Who would you most like to meet?
A. Max and Paddy, Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Evans, Chris Moyles
Q.What is your favourite films?
A. First Blood, Layer Cake, Star Wars
Q.Which songs do you most hate performing on the set?
A. Mamma Told me not to Come, Dancing in the Moonlight,
Q.Which are your favourite songs that Potluck perform?
A. Johnny B Good, won’t Get Fooled, Blaze of Glory.
Q.What is your most memorable night on stage?
A. First Rock in The Rec, followed by Bands in the Barn at Eastbury.
Q.what is your favourite gigging venue?
A. Royal Windsor Rugby Club at the Royal Windsor Hotel
Kevin Twelvetrees - Guitar and Backing Vocal
Q.What is your music background?
A. Closet bedroom guitarist, which is the best place for me with really thick walls.
Q.Which bands have you played with?
A.One band as a teenager the mighty Heavy Mist, with my old mate Mark the lights, but it does feel like I have been in Potluck most of my life.
Q.What are your musical influences?
A.Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore (the master) Ac/Dc and my old mate Pete Lincoln great player, anyone that looks like there having fun when there up there and know they have got the best job in the world.
Q.What equipment do you own?
Guitars
Gibson's, Fenders, PRS a few others, but my favourite is my handmade Firebird made by my old mate the mighty Mick Johnson the mans a legend.
Amps
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, pedals galore, I don't want to say no more just in case her in doors reads this.
Q.What are your favourite internationl bands?
A. Gun's and Rose's (Slash is the man), Thin Lizzy, Velvet Revolver, Zakk Wylde
Q.Are there any local bands that you like?
A. No there all w*****s (just joking Dave, Juis)
Q.Who would you most like to meet?
A. Jonathon Ross, Allan Brazil, Jimmy Greaves, Slash, Zakk Wylde what it would be to jam with them.
Q.What is your favourite films?
A.Blazing Saddles, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Saving private Ryan, 51st Date, my wedding video I was slim then.
Q.Which songs do you most hate performing on the set?
A.Brown eyed girl (but it still gets everyone going) Wonderful tonight. I love the rest because we have the best set list ever.
Q.Which are your favourite songs that Potluck perform?
A. Boys are back in town, Rebel yell, Do anything you wanna do: To love somebody, Sweet child of mine (when we nail it).
Q.What is your most memorable night on stage?
A. Lap dancing bar in Twickenham was good, didn't expect to be on stage though, Closing Roc in the Rec and Gary Woodward's white party for his wife's 40th never played in snow before.
Q.what is your favourite gigging venue?
A. Anywhere with a good stage, lots of room so I can keep out of the Big fellas way, all topped off with a crowd who want to party.
Lee foster - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocal
Q.What is your music background?
A. Played various instruments at a young age but picked up Bass and Guitar when I was 14 – inspired by listening to The Jam and The Who. I have played in various rock bands over the years, mostly in the “power trio” format of Guitar/Bass/Drums, so my style tends to be busy. Playing with Potluck is tempering my playing into a more traditional bass role, working with Andy to provide a backing for Steve and Kev’s guitar work.
Q.Which bands have you played with?
A.Some from years back that I can’t even remember names of, but more recently with The Unprofessionals and then The Jack Daniel’s Experience, playing mostly pretty heavy rock music. We had to call time on JD after 3 years as one of the guys has moved away to Gloucester, but we will get together for the odd gig to rock out. Hence I wanted to get with a new Band and I auditioned for Potluck about 8 weeks ago.
Q.What are your musical influences?
A.Bass wise, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Bruce Foxton, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tim Commerford from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave – power bassists every one. Guitar wise, probably Stevie Ray Vaughan – the man was a genius and John Frusciante of the RHCP.
Q.What equipment do you own?
Guitars
Musicman Stingray 3 EQ Bass, Vester Clipper II Bass.
Amps
550 Watt Ampeg Bass rig and a 400W Peavey Mark VI Bass Rig. I keep it very simple.
Q.What are your favourite internationl bands?
A. Audioslave, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, The Hundred Reasons, Rage Against The Machine…
Q.Are there any local bands that you like?
A. To be honest I don’t really know any
Q.Who would you most like to meet?
A. I don’t think there’s anyone changing the world these days, so it would probably be people who changed the course of history – Einstein, Churchill, Henry VIII. The list would be big so I won’t go on and bore anyone.
Q.What is your favourite films?
A. I don’t watch a lot of TV or films. Probably Apocalypse Now - I love the smell of Napalm in the morning – it smells like….victory. Leaving Las Vegas is great – Nicolas Cage can actually act in that film.
Q.Which songs do you most hate performing on the set?
A.I haven’t really got round to that yet – I’m enjoying my playing right now.
Q.Which are your favourite songs that Potluck perform?
A. Boys are Back in Town, Dakota, Sweet Child of Mine. I can really let loose on those and enjoy them. I enjoy watching the other lads let loose too - it’s a very rewarding feeling to get into that groove and live in the moment – you forget all the other issues in life and just love playing music. Best feeling in the world.
Q.What is your most memorable night on stage?
A. With my old band, playing a big open air gig with 20K PA and watching over 1000 people going crazy and crowd surfing and stuff.
Q.what is your favourite gigging venue?
A. I’ve only played 4 gigs so far and enjoyed them all – I am really looking forward to the Bierkeller in Bracknell on 5th May as it is a place where I have seen some other bands play and want to see what we can do to the place.