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Having formed from many groups since 1997 Ready Steady Go! have nestled themselves as one of the top groups in the scooter scene throughout the United Kingdom. Punching out raw Beat music hailing from the 60's era this unlikely group have seen the tribute bands come and go. Sharp and neatly
suited to the occasion their brand of 60's beat music gives power, punch and the drive to re-create authentically the classic sounds of The Who, The kinks, Spencer Davis, The Creation, The Action and The high Numbers, to name a few.
All hailing from the Medway towns in Kent, this 4 piece have played in support of Nine Below Zero, Who's Who and The Jamm and headlined the Modrapheniacs Scooter Rally 2003 in Dorset playing to an audience of over 3000. With a repertoire of over 50 hits their set list is suited for any occasion, from the easy listening 'Keep on Running' to the power of the
mighty Small faces hit 'Tin Soldier'.
Stuart White, Steve Terry, Colin Deans and Richard Flack make up Ready Steady Go! who have been playing together since the early nineties when they were known as End of the Beginning. A change of name in 1997 saw them take
the Mod revival scene by storm.
Vocalist Stuart said: "We decided to get back to our roots and play the music we love". "its important to get an authentic sound, so we use all original gear - Vox valve amps, and Rickenbacker guitars"
Toot 'N' Skamen
TOOT'N'SKAMEN
TOOT 'N' SKAMEN ORIGINALLY FORMED IN DECEMBER 1985 BY JOE MASTERS (DRUMMER) AND STEVE WELSH (BASS PLAYER). TOOT 'N' SKAMEN CUT THEIR MUSICAL TEETH PLAYING THE SKA AND ROCKSTEADY HITS FROM THE LATE SEVENTIES REVIVAL, MUSIC THAT THEY'D BEEN GROOVING TO FOR YEARS. MEDWAY LADS BORN AND BRED THEY SOON PICKED UP QUITE A FOLLOWING PLAYING PUBS AND CLUBS IN AND AROUND KENT.
THREE YEARS AGO HELEN MASTERS (VOCALIST) JOINED THE BAND WHICH SEEMED TO GIVE THEM THE EDGE OVER MOST SKA OUTFITS, NOT ONLY COULD THEY COVER TRACKS BY BAD MANNERS, MADNESS ,THE BEAT AND SPECIALS BUT IT NOW MEANT THEY COULD COVER STUFF BY THE BODY SNATCHERS AND SELECTER AS WELL!
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THEY'VE PERFORMED WITH SKA LEGENDS BAD MANNERS AND THE SELECTER, HAVE SUPPORTED THE JAMM AND READY STEADY GO! AND ALSO PLAYED AT SEVERAL OPEN AIR FESTIVALS, THE RIVER FESTIVALS AT MAIDSTONE AND GRAVESEND AND GILLINGHAMS "PARKLIFE".IN ADDITION THEY HAVE ALSO PLAYED VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, INCLUDING ASTON UNIVERSITY, BIRMINGHAM, ONCE THE VENUE OF A LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE BY THE SPECIALS IN 1979. THEY'VE RECENTLY HEADLINED AT THE SANDFORD SCOOTER RALLY HOSTED BY THE DORSET MODRAPHENIACS SCOOTER CLUB AND ARE GENERALLY MAKING QUITE A REPUTATION FOR THEMSELVES ON THE SCOOTER SCENE.
TOOT 'N' SKAMEN ARE SOON TO GO BACK TO THE STUDIO TO RECORD A SECOND ALBUM, AND IT IS RUMOURED THAT THEY ARE TO PRODUCE THEIR FIRST SINGLE, SUPPOSEDLY A SKA VERSION OF KYLIE AND JASON'S "ESPECIALLY FOR YOU".
TOOT 'N' SKAMEN PLAY AND PERFORM TO SUCH A HIGH STANDARD THEY HAVE OFTEN BEEN COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS THEMSELVES. THEY SOUND RIGHT, THEY LOOK RIGHT, THEY ARE THE DOGS BOLLOCKS! THEIR STAGE PERFORMANCE IS SECOND TO NONE AND CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS HIGH ENERGY WHICH RESULTS IN A HIGH DEGREE OF AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. IN A NUTSHELL ALL THIS ADDS UP TO BE A TRULY MEMORABLE TWO TONE EXPERIENCE.
TOOT 'N' SKAMEN ARE:-
JOE MASTERS - DRUMS
STEVE WELSH - BASS
HELEN MASTERS - VOCALS
ROGER GOODWIN - SAX
JONNY GARBER - GUITAR
JOHN DEAKINS - KEY
CHRIS GANNON - VOCALS
The Impact
The Impact were formed in 1999 after 2 years of talking about it by two unscrupulous and inept managers, Paul Owers and Kevin Walker. Both had aspirations of actually performing but age and complete lack of musical talent soon made them think again. They set out to create a band that would perform the music and convey the image that was sadly lacking from scene groups of the time-Mid-1960's Mod Beat.
Kev moved to Leeds while the group was still in embryonic stage but continues to take an interest. The first musician found was Paul Davenport, a guitarist. He recommended his friend Tony Harper as lead guitarist and switched to bass guitar as Tony was the more advanced player.
Several drummers were considered, but Ian 'Billy' Skinner was settled upon. Billy unfortunately was too interested in Psychedelia and though an excellent powerful drummer, never really fitted in and was fired after 4 gigs. His replacement was and is Kenton 'Kenny' Shinn, a friend of Paul and Tony's who was not immediately available. He was far more suitable and upon his joining, The Impact really began to take off.
Organ player is 'Little' Phil Lawson, formerly Bass guitarist with defunct Psychedelic group Quant. The first singer was Steve Gregory. Steve was a very moody singer from the North who performed many shows with The Impact and sang on some unreleased recordings. He fell in love with an Italian girl and moved to Italy to be with her. His replacement is Ian Soulsby, who had been interested in working with The Impact for some time. Ian's arrival moved the band into top gear.
Paul Davenport plays Bass guitar and writes some songs. He rarely moves or speaks on stage, which is a far cry from his manic off-stage behaviour. Paul is 25 and lives in Orpington.
Tony Harper plays 6 and 12 string lead guitar and sings backing vocals and plays the harmonica. He was initially going to handle lead vocals when Steve left but preferred to concentrate on his guitar when Ian joined. Tony also writes. He is 24 and also lives in Orpington. He handles critics by hitting first and taking questions afterwards.
Kenny Shinn plays drums and sings backing. Kenny enjoys rubber chickens and inventing new obscenities, such as 'arsewig.' Kenny is the tallest member but he sits down to play so he looks the same height. He's 25 and also lives in 'The Orp.'
Little Phil plays Vox organ (and Hammond when he can get it) and sings backing and plays percussion. Phil's on-stage wisecracks confuse foreign audiences. He is the jazzman of the group. Aged 26 and lives in Streatham.
Ian Soulsby sings lead and plays rhythm guitar on some numbers and lead on those where Tony plays the harmonica. His is a very energetic stage act and he is also something of an impressionist-tortoises and notorious Mod scene figures being his favourites. Ian lives in Bromley.
The Impact's image is Mid-1960's Mod-hairstyles and clothes reflecting this. The equipment is vintage Vox, Epiphone, Hofner and Rickenbacker. The image never drops-not even in rehearsal. The manager threatened to punch any of them who wore trainers.
They have played most recently in Spain, at the Euro Ye-Ye Music festival where they were hailed as the best group of the weekend. The show climaxed with a stage invasion and mini-skirted girls dancing around the band as they played. Next show is in Birmingham at the Mod rally.
They have played in Aachen and Munich in Germany, Scarborough Mod rally, Weston Super Mare Mod rally, The Isle of Wight Mod rally, several times at the Purple Pussycat club in London, where they had similar stage invasions and once ended in an orgy of auto-destruction; a planned gig in Carnaby street was banned by the police, they have played at London's 100 Club with Mod revival heroes Secret Affair, With The Jamm at the Standard Club, several times at The Vincent Van Go Go club at The Garage in Islington, At the Southend Mod 'Summer Special' where they destroyed a Television 'for Art' and got into a fight with the soundman who wrongly accused the singer of smashing a microphone, for 'Only fools and Horses' character 'Mickey Pearce' at his pub in London, At the Holmesdale pub several times, The Old Tigers Head pub, and the paradise bar several times-all live music venues.
They have also been asked to play in Manchester, Birmingham, Devon, Somerset, Southampton, Derby, Cambridge and Dublin, also Wales, Scotland, Italy, France and back to Germany and Spain. Japan and The USA have also been spoken about.
The group were filmed performing for television and used as extras in a TV show set in the 1960s. Tony and Phil have vintage cars, all have Vespa or Lambretta scooters.
The Impact have a few original songs, considered for recording is 'Giving up on you' a very Beatles/Byrds influenced number quite untypical of The Impact's usual sound, utilising 12 string guitar; and 'she's arrived' a fast beaty number with quite suggestive lyrics.
One Step Behind
"One Step Behind"
are the UK's PREMIER MADNESS tribute band. The band was formed in Spring 1993 and has achieved widespread recognition in an unusually short time. At first they played low profile venues in their native London, but quickly progressed and were invited to play larger and more prominent venues such as The Grand, The Venue and The Marquee.
Each member of One Step Behind grew up as a Madness fan and for each, perfecting his portrayal of his original Madness counterpart has been a labour of love. They strive to match every detail of the original, both musically and in appearance. Like Madness, One Step Behind are well known for their on-stage antics with which they build up an authentic 'Nutty' atmosphere. This is One Step Behind's philosophy - to carry forward the Mad mantle into the nineties and beyond.
They feel that by replicating one of the nation's best-loved institutions, they are keeping alive the spirit that inspired a whole generation, and still enjoys enormous popularity today. One Step Behind see themselves as perpetuating the popularity of Madness, who now rarely appear in public.
One Step Behind are:
Ian Soulsby (Suggsby) - Lead Vocalist, Mike Brown (Dix) - Sax,
Sean Kelly - Bass, Danny Howard - Drums,
Tim Love (Westy Boy) - Guitar / Vocals,
Brendan Phipps (Monsieur Phippo) - Keyboards / Vocals
WHO'S WHO MAXIMUM R&B
Who's Who is a dynamic powerful tribute band from the U.K with all of the energies, passion and angst of The Who at their peak. They recreate the classic hits whilst evoking the atmosphere of those heady times for a new generation to witness and for the older one to re-live.
Not only does the music contain all of the right ingredients but a closer visual representation would be very hard to find. Even The Who can't manage to resurrect Keith Moon like they have! Drummer, Paul (Moonie) Kemp resembles Keith so much in his looks and playing style that Keith's mother invited him home for tea when they met at a fan club convention!
Who's Who's exiting live performances with Townshend's leaping and Daltrey's microphone whirling antics receive incredible reactions and at one of them Pete Townshend's brother, Paul, danced at the front of the stage for the whole performance ecstatically declaring later that the band were "Astounding and brilliant!"
The band is a five-piece and incorporates keyboards in order to authentically reproduce the full orchestration of the albums 'Who's Next', 'Quadrophenia' and 'Tommy'.
Who's Who was started in 1996 and has gone from strength to strength playing to audiences of over 7,000 people at festivals and playing in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, France and the Middle East. The band have played Quadrophenia in its entirety and to celebrate the 35th anniversary of "Live at Leeds" in 2005 will be performing the whole set including "Tommy" and "A Quick One".
