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BAND HISTORY
ORIGIN OF NAME: A sketch from "The Goon Show" with
Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine and Peter Sellers as
The Goons.
FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE: Upstairs at The Mitre Inn, Stourbridge.
Spring 1988.
FIRST BROADCAST: "Ingredients EP", The Mark Goodier
Show, June 1990.
DISCOGRAPHY - SINGLES: "Ingredients EP" (Chapter 22),
April 1990; "Kill Your Television" (Chapter 22), July 1990;
"Until You Find Out" (Chapter 22), October 1990; "Happy"
(Furtive), February 1991; "Trust" (Furtive), September 1991;
"Not Sleeping Around" (Furtive), September 1992.
ALBUMS: "God Fodder" (Furtive), April 1991; "Are
You Normal?"
BORN
JONN: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham - 17/9/68.
RAT: Walsall - 8/11/70.
MAT: Wordsley Hospital - 28/11 /70.
ALEX: Wordsley - 29/8/71.
DAN: Wordsley Hospital - 28/7/72.
EDUCATED
JONN: Thorns School, Quarry Park, Hales Owen College.
RAT: Dormston School, Sedgley.
ALEX: Maidensbridge Primary, Kings Winford School, Hales Owen College.
DAN: Crestford School, Kings Winford.
MUSICAL CAREER
JONN: The White Rabbits.
RAT: Iron Lung (bass), Poetic Justice (bass).
ALEX: Martin's Overcoat (bass), Popism (bass), High Position (piano).
DAN: Northern Invasion (bass).
OTHER OCCUPATIONS
JONN: Merchandising entrepreneur, baker, chain maker.
RAT: Foundry floor sweeper, milk boy, paper boy.
MAT: Pizza Hut waiter, paperboy, trapper for a clay pigeon shooting
range.
ALEX: Frozen chip inspector, Pizza Hut (kitchen), restaurant dishwasher.
DAN: Paper boy for two weeks.
MUSICAL INFLUENCES
JONN: Andrew Eldritch, Duran Duran, Simon & Garfunkel, Julian Cope.
RAT: Billy Duffy, Jamie Stewart, The Edge, Kirk Brandon.
MAT: Ministry, Caravan, Bob Marley, Traffic, Nick Drake.
ALEX: New Order, The Chameleons, Nick Drake, The Only Ones.
DAN: Killing Joke, Ministry, The Waterboys, Tom Waits, Talking Heads.
FAVOURITE SINGLES
JONN: Julian Cope: "Fear Loves This Place", The Cure: "In
Between Days", Eurythmics: "You Have Placed A Chill (In My
Heart)".
RAT: Suede: "Metal Mickey", The Cult: "She Sells Sanctuary",
Psychic TV: "God Star", Utah Saints: "Something Good".
MAT: The Orb: "Blue Room", House Of Pain: "Jump Around",
Madness: "It Must Be Love", Rollins Band: "Low Self Opinion".
ALEX: Husker Du: "Makes No Sense At All", Wire: "Map
Reference", The Beatles: "It's All Too Much".
DAN: Ministry: "Jesus Built My Hot Rod", Paul Weller: "Uh
Huh, Oh Yeh", Murder Inc: "Corpuscle", The Kinks: "Come
Dancing".
FAVOURITE ALBUMS
JONN: Pop Will Eat Itself: 'This Is The Day, This Is The Hour, This
Is This", The Teardrop Explodes: "Wilder", Simon &
Garfunkel: "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme".
RAT: The Black Crowes: "The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion",
The Jesus And Mary Chain: "Psychocandy", U2: "Achtung
Baby", Guns N' Roses: "Appetite For Destruction".
MAT: The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy: "Hipocrisy Is The Greatest
Luxury", Paul Weller: "Paul Weller", Roy Harper: "Flat,
Baroque & Berserk".
ALEX: Lemonheads: "It's A Shame About Ray", Tom Waits: "Closing
Time", The Only Ones: "Even Serpents Shine".
DAN: The Waterboys: "Room To Roam"', Killing Joke: "Extremities",
The Kinks: "Village Green", Talking Heads: "Speaking
In Tongues".
FAVOURITE BANDS
JONN: Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Echo &TheBunnymen.
RAT: Ride, EMF, Suede, Ozric Tentacles.
MAT: Cud, The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, Paul Weller.
ALEX: Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Husker Du.
DAN: Murder Inc, Pigface, Virgin Prunes.
FAVOURITE SONGWRITERS
JONN: Robert Smith, Ray Davies, Julian Cope.
RAT: Carl McCoy, Simon & Garfunkel, Jagger & Richards.
MAT: Nick Drake, Bob Marley, John Martyn.
ALEX: Tom Waits, Nick Drake.
DAN: Gavin Friday, Steve Mariott, Ray Davies.
FAVOURITE FILMS/ TV SHOWS
JONN: "Dead Poets Society", "Predator", "Angel
Heart", "Inspector Morse".
RAT: "Goodfellas", "New Jack City", "Highlander
2", "The Dream Team".
MAT: "Running Scared", "Cyrano De Bergerac", "Postman
Pat".
ALEX: "Little Man Tate", "Geordie", "Paris
Texas", "Coronation Street".
DAN: "Apocalypse Now", "Planes, Trains And Automobiles",
"Match Of The Day".
BIGGEST INFLUENCES ON CAREER
RAT: The Wonder Stuff.
MAT: The total lack of ability to do anything else.
ALEX: Being forced to play the piano at an early age.
DAN: Draught Guinness.
RESIDENCE
JONN: Stourbridge.
RAT: Sedgley, Wolverhampton.
MAT: Stourbridge.
ALEX: Stourbridge.
DAN: Wordsley, West Midlands.
MAKE OF INSTRUMENTS
JONN: Shure SM58.
RAT: Gibson guitars, 2 Marshalls JCM 900's, Tremelo/Pan DSP 256 Digitech,
Wah Ebow pedals, 4000.60 Dunlop plectrums.
MAT: Music Man (Ernie Ball), Boss pedals, Trace Elliot Amps.
ALEX: Rickenbacker, Ampeg SVT200 Amp.
DAN: Pearl MLX drums, Zildijan cymbals, Promak Rock Knockers sticks,
Akai 5950 Sampler.