This page contains a picture of each member of the band with a brief accompanying ramble. To see more pictures, activate the links below to check out the band galleries or, more interestingly, to see if we have a picture of you at one of our gigs.

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Who ate all the pies?

Simon Bell - Vocals and Rythmn Guitar

Anyone turning up to one of our gigs for the first time and arriving early might be forgiven for thinking that Simon Bell (pictured left) was a friend of the the band and had simply turned up on a night off from his part-time job at McDon#lds to help us set the gear up.

A walking testimony to the fact that appearances can be deceptive, once he becomes wedged behind a microphone it should be immediately apparent to any onlooker that whatever Simon lacks in the looks department, he more than makes up for with some quite stunning vocal performances.

Simons' delivery between songs is not quite so crisp however, with more than the odd instance of slurred diction. It is beyond the scope of these pages to offer a comprehensive translation service but, for those still in the dark, I am pleased to be able to clear up the mystery of the oft-repeated 'ughhh'. Ughhh = Thanks or Cheers, Ughhh Ughhh = Thank You or Nice One. Multiple repetitions of Ughhh can be more difficult to decipher although hardened followers of the band will have surprised themselves with just how much information can be cleaned from such neanderthal-like grunts.


Feargal Sharkey?

Lee Hamilton - Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals

Calm down girls! By popular demand ( a 'lady' in a local psychiatric unit managed to slip her straight jacket, overpower an unsuspecting member of staff and get access to a pc from which she managed to e-mail the band moments before being recaptured ), we have included a specially commissioned photograph of our beloved Mr Lee Hamilton.

To fill in anyone who has not yet been to see us (and we'd like to), Lee is master of yellow (sorry, lead) guitar, backing vocals and insertion of witty repartie into otherwise awkward silence between songs.

If anyone would like to see pictures of Lee in swimwear or would like to sleep with him, you should contact the Samaritans, your GP or another health professional at the earliest opportunity.



Fleece Alert

Mark Melton - Bass Guitar

Nice piece of wood that!!

I'm referring here to the bass and not the bass player although those who have witnessed the 'live' performances of Mark Melton, which often involve little more than barely animated twitching, might be forgiven for thinking otherwise.

Once Mark finally accepts that he cannot play or is too old to be in a band, or both, the said bass will probably make a fine, albeit expensive, coffee table.

Marks ambition in bass terms is to play something, anything at all, involving notes above the 12th fret. What can you expect from someone who wears a fleece to a gig? Marks ambitions on a personal level are too numerous to mention however, he maintains that he has the elixir of youth in his sights and will not be persuaded otherwise.



Nice But Dim!!

Nigel Tungate - Drums

Blister's drummer with effect from August 2004.

Nigella Tungatius - Not a celebrity cook but an overly flatulent form of Homo Sapien; it's primitive grasp of rythmn helps it communicate with other members of the species. Fortunately for the 'Nigella', after millions of years of beating the living daylights out of anything within reach, it has latterly discovered texting, a method of communication it has embraced with almost boundless enthusiasm. If the Devil makes work for idle thumbs, then those of the 'Nigella' must have been completely 'bone'. When threatened, or simply requiring it's own space, the 'Nigella' will repel others with examples of what it perceives to be humour. Should that fail, this highly resourceful creature will resort to the aforementioned flatulence.

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