August 2026
Lords of Form
Niall Hone
Instrument(s) Played: Bass, Guitar, Synths.
Favourite Instrument ever owned: Casio MG510 (Mid 80’s Fujigen Strat). Got two of them now…
Eight, in no particular order, of your favourite albums: (Band Name – Album Title)
1) Rush – Hemispheres
2) Pink Floyd – Wish you were here
3) Can – Ege Bamyasi
4) Augustus Pablo – King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
5) NoMeansNo – Wrong
6) Bob Marley – Exodus
7) AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
8) Earthless – Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky
Favourite Quote: ‘Kindness is my religion’ – Dalai Lama
Person (Living or dead) you’d most like to share a beer / coffee with and really get to talk to: Bob Marley
Person / band (Living or dead) you’d most like to have the opportunity to jam with:
Jimi Hendrix
Five words that best describe your personality:
1) Inquisitive
2) Kind
3) Creative
4) Adaptive
5) Experimental
Favourite food: Veggie Curry – very specific curries, never found the one in my mind, the search continues…
Favourite Drink: Coffee, sparking water, Gin and Tonic
Favourite sport: Football
Favourite Place: With my family
Favourite Film(s): Lord Of the Rings, The Matrix.
Favourite TV Show(s): True Detective, don’t really watch TV.
Favourite Book(s): The Hobbit
Favourite Website: Youtube
Favourite Vehicle ever owned: Old Merc, left hand drive, truck.
Best Job ever had: Music, of course!
Worst job ever had: Any ‘working for the man’.
Hobbies: Dungeons and *ahem* Dragons
Likes: Kindness, positivity
Dislikes: Meanness, unfairness
Tony Whiting
Instrument(s) Played: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar.
Favourite Instrument ever owned: Frontline 303 Electric Bass
Favourite band(s): Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Caravan, Lindisfarne, Terry Reid, Small Faces, Boston, Japan.
Five of your favourite albums: (Band Name – Album Title)
1) Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink
2) Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
3) Boston – Third Stage
4) Terry Reid – Seed of Memory
5) Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut-Gone Flake
Current “Hot” album playing in your system: Lords of Form – Fallow and Fain
Favourite Quote: Life is just a bowl of all-bran.
Person (Living or dead) you’d most like to share a beer / coffee with and really get to talk to: John Lennon.
Person / band (Living or dead) you’d most like to have the opportunity to jam with: David Gilmour
Five words that best describe your personality:
1) Thoughtful
2) Quiet
3) Laid Back
4) Caring
5) Amusing
Favourite food: Lasagne
Favourite Drink: Chocolate Yazoo
Favourite sport: Formula 1
Favourite Place: Jersey
Favourite Festival: Secret Garden Party, Dial Post
Favourite Venue Played & Why: Secret Garden Party – Very laid back, no hassle, full of lovely people.
Favourite Film(s): It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Riddle of the Sands – Logan’s Run – Shawshank Redemption – Jingle all the Way
Favourite TV Show(s): Only Fools and Horses, Inspector Morse, Canal Boat Diaries, Silo.
Favourite Book(s): Day of the Triffids
Favourite Website: Youtube
Favourite Vehicle ever owned: Ford Capri
Best Job ever had: Glazier
Worst job ever had: Picking Tomatoes
Hobbies: Playing Music, Writing Songs, Country Walks, Riding Old Motorbikes, Working on Old Motorbikes.
Likes: Good Music, Good Friends, Good Health.
Dislikes: Bad Music, Toxic People, Football, Donald Trump.
Piece of trivia / info about you that most people don’t know about you: I have more GCE’s than Rodney Trotter.
George Cobbold
Instrument(s) Played: Bass
Favourite Instrument Ever Owned: My 1980s Music Man StingRay.
Favourite Band(s): Ah man… too many to mention.
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Current “Hot” Listening: I’m not really listening to albums at the moment, but I’m currently enjoying:
• Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over
• Goo Goo Dolls – I Will Love You
• Type O Negative – I Don’t Wanna Be Me
Favourite Quote: “Kaput.” (Supposedly the last thing the Red Baron said before he died.)
Person (Living or Dead) I’d Most Like to Share a Beer/Coffee With: Archimedes, James Watt, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Cliff Burton and Peter Steele.
Person/Band (Living or Dead) I’d Most Like to Jam With: Probably Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt, or Black Sabbath. It would have been great to play with Bill Ward.
Five Words That Best Describe Your Personality: Erratic, Fixer, Overstimulated, Sleepy, Daffodils.
Favourite Food: Hog roast.
Favourite Drink: Pepsi Max.
Favourite Sport: The Isle of Man TT. I’m not really a sports fan, but if the darts are on I’ll happily watch them… no idea why!
Favourite Place: My studio out in the countryside.
Favourite Festival: Roadburn.
Favourite Venue Played & Why: The Cart & Horses. If you know, you know.
Favourite Films: Conan; This Is Spinal Tap 2; The Princess Bride.
Favourite TV Shows: House; Stargate; Good Omens; Evil.
Favourite Books:
Sharpe; Flashman; Conan; Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass.
Favourite Website: Elektrotanya.
Favourite Vehicle Ever Owned: My 1960 Morris Minor Traveller, which I completely restored. Also my 1945 BSA M20 military bike, given to me after a close family friend passed away.
Best Job Ever Had: What I do now.
Worst Job Ever Had: Kitchen porter. I cut my hand open and they wouldn’t let me leave to get the stitches I needed.
Hobbies: Restoring and modifying bikes; RC models; Airfix models; Building bass guitars.
Likes: Loud music and quiet spaces.
Dislikes: Humans. They’re great one-on-one, but once they gather in large groups it all goes to crap.
Something Most People Don’t Know About Me: I can ride a unicycle. I’m really into sci-fi and anime, and I have a bit of a Fred Dibnah obsession—I love old machines and engineering.
Lukas Goodchild
Instrument(s) Played: Drums, Guitar, Didjeridoo (just drums for LoF)
Favourite Instrument ever owned: My late 90s Pearl Masters Birch drum kit
Favourite band(s): Black Sabbath
Five of your favourite albums: (Band Name – Album Title)
1) Rush – 2112
2) Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
3) Animals as Leaders – The Joy of Motion
4) Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
5) Aphex Twin – Syro
Current “Hot” album playing in your system: U.K. – U.K.
Favourite Quote: “Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy
condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself
subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the
imagination of ourselves.
― Bill Hicks
Person (Living or dead) you’d most like to share a beer / coffee with and really get to talk
to: Socrates
Person / band (Living or dead) you’d most like to have the opportunity to jam with: Tony
Iommi
Five words that best describe your personality:
1) Drums
2) Metal
3) Beer
4) Chilled
5) Pedantic
Favourite food: Pizza
Favourite Drink: Augustiner lager
Favourite sport: Cycling
Favourite Place: Amsterdam
Favourite Festival: Bloodstock
Favourite Venue Played & Why: Camden Underworld (great memories & meeting some of
my favourite players, e.g. Gene Hoglan, Kevin Paradis
Favourite Film(s): The Blues Brothers
Favourite TV Show(s): Star Trek: The Next Generation
Favourite Book(s): n/a
Favourite Website: n/a
Favourite Vehicle ever owned: 2006 Civic Type-R in Milano Red
Best Job ever had: Teacher
Worst job ever had: Teacher
Hobbies: Walking, camping, enjoying good food, HiFi
Likes: Halloween, hot hatchbacks, hot tubs
Dislikes: Incorrect Latin used by metal bands to try to sound evil & cool, but is just gibberish.
Piece of trivia / info about you that most people don’t know about you: By day, I am a Latin / Classical Greek teacher at a secondary school.