Kate - Vocals

Kate was vocalist in a Beatles tribute band until she joined NWO to stay closer to home. She enjoys jamming with other muso friends for fun as well as any studio/recording work.

Kate's slowly teaching herself guitar and ukulele but singing her heart out is really where she's happiest.

She into all kinds of music from soul to country and bluegrass to pop and will don one of her massive collection of weird & wonderful hats at any and every opportunity.

You've been warned.....

Kate uses a Sontronics Solo mic

Kate will have a cheeky Pinot please

Lee - Drums


Lee's been playing drums for over 30 years starting in jazz bands at school when taking lessons from the age of 13. Influential musicians are probably too many to mention here. Enough to say, he loves playing all types of music but has a passion for Rock and Britpop with a dash of prog.


Lee has owned way too many kits but currently plays a Sonor 3005 full maple sizes 8", 10",12", 14",16",22" with a matching snare all in a lacquered sunburst. 

Lee also plays a tama silverstar full birch in vintage burgundy sparkle sizes are 10",12",16",22" with a sonor 2005 birch snare. 

Cymbals are various from sabian, paiste and zildjan. Hardware is varied, tama, Gibraltar, mapex, natal and premier. 

Electronics are Alesis and Korg.

Lee will have a Peroni please

Rich - Bass

Rich has played in bands for ever, a well seasoned bassist you might say. He's played all sorts of music travelling the globe on cruise ships and toured across the UK playing Big Band Jazz and generally done his time as a full time musician. 

Now he's a family man he's happiest playing some awesome covers closer to home

Here's a guy with way too many basses. There are electric basses, acoustic basses and even uprights. He surprises us every time he opens the case.

Rich uses Ampeg’s BA-210 2x10″ Combo and PF115 cab for some big bass tones and a choice selection of pedals at his feet.

Rich will have a Moretti please

Dave - Guitar

Dave first got interested in guitar as a kid when an acoustic guitar appeared in the house. He didn't get really hooked until around 14 after finding a Tiesco Starway. Then, living in Cornwall at 17 swaps to an old Jedson Telecaster bass gets a Roost 50watt head, a Burman 4 x 12 and forms his 1st band with mates Don and Big Dave.

At around 19 he goes back to guitar, swaps all his gear for his first Vox AC30 (a 1963 Bass) at 'Red's' in Falmouth and borrows enough money to buy a Hondo Pro II guitar, an Ibanez TS808 and joins a Reggae band in Truro. He's never looked back.

He's played Reggae with The Sons of Albion, all sorts of Blues with Animal House and The Blues Boys and a mix of covers with This Way Up over the years

Dave currently uses  Reverend Jetstream390, D'Angelico Deluxe Bedford SH and Yamaha Revstar RSS02T guitars. 

For amps it's either a Bad Cat Cub 40R Head with Palmer 1x12 cab, Cornell Romany Pro, Blackstar Artisan 15 or a Vox AC30 depending on the gig. 

At his feet -  Cry Baby 535Q Wah - MXR Booster Mini - King of Tone Overdrive/Distortion - Sunface Fuzz - T-Rex Roommate Reverb - Providence Anadime Chorus - Empress Tape Delay - T-Rex Quint Machine & T-Rex TuneMaster. All fixed to a T-Rex Pedal Board with DC from a Palmer PWT 12 Pedalboard Power Supply  strapped out of the way underneath with a Line6 Relay wireless system. Oh, and George 'L jacks and cable mostly

Dave will have a single malt please

Adrian - Keys


Adrian’s been playing keys from an early age but after years of piano lessons and grudging practice, he stopped the lessons and started to play mainly by ear. Eventually discovering fingers work better. 

He’s performed with the Woodentops/Fish Turned Human (who’s EP was played on the legendary John Peel show), After Dark, The Famous Five (following in the footsteps of Bill Bailey), Surface Tension, and Wayward Souls, amongst others.

Adrian uses an Access Virus TI2, a Yamaha MODX7 and an EMU Emulator X3 sampler, together with a variety of small black boxes of ill-defined function and a Focusrite 2i2.


Adrian will have a Doombar please