Harking from a town where the only two major pastimes are forming bands or drinking, Quadrophobe began life as a culmination of both, but quickly escalated beyond being a minor diversion from the trivialities of small-town day to day life, into an all-consuming song and dance.
Since formation, they have written songs, broken genre taboos, ridden a piano through a small Oxfordshire village, gigged, and pioneered the Jazz Elephant; roughly in that order.
We've just finished our latest EP! We've named it Quixotic, after Don Quixote, since everyone's a little bit Spanish at heart. Ariba! It contains four of our newest and bestest songs, and will be available for only four English pounds! We recorded it at the mighty Indie Guitar Studio in delightful Grove Technology park, care of the multi-talented Adam Fox. The first track from it, Super Badger, is first in the player above. We'd love to know what you think, so do please review away!
Genre(s):
Pop, Alternative, Ska
Influences:
Hughes - The Who, Sand
Dan - All, Grace
Wilks - The Moulin Rouge
Jimbo - The Coral, Paul Williams
Torben - Bienenstich, Wheat-beer
Pete - Jean Michel-Jarre, Gilbert & Sullivan
Bomb - The Aquabats, Tickling
Members:
Hughes - Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar
'The Pin Up' - Guitar string-breaking, 'singing', and generally making a fool out of himself. He writes the odd tune as well.
Dan The Man - Drums / Lead Guitar
'The Housewife's Favourite' - Noodling beyond belief, grinning, making everyone else food and generally being the band's guitar tech. Song writing too, if pushed.
Jimbo - Bass
'The Funk' - Bass-playing like the 70s never ended, organising gigs, encouraging fandom, and making everyone happy. He sells pretzels in his spare time.
Wilks - Saxophone
'The Talent' - Sax-riffing till his arms bleed, and then some more, this is a man whose jazz talent is matched only by his eating ability. Ow!
Torben - Sax, ambience
'The Rascal' - Bringing a continental edge to the band, he continually searches for the best shapes to pull in front of the crowds. Our resident beer-expert.
Pete - Keys/Accordian/Vox
'The Heckler' - His brain being literally the core of an old NES drive, he spews forth tunes of videogame delight at the drop of a hat. Or indeed keyboard.
Bomb - Trumpet
'The Tickler' - Trumpeting like he invented it and secretly being the Jazz Elephant. His life's pretty full with those things going on.
Website:
www.myspace.com/quadrophobe
Page Manager(s):
Quadrophobe (a band)