Biography

"But it was Four Tops all night... With encores from stage right, charging from the bass knives to the treble" The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais.

K... That's the name explained then, no more shielding questions about Krystoff Kryslowski's film trilogy, never was much of an arthouse movie fan anyway... 3 Colours Red is dead. Long live the red. A MASSIVE "hvala" (some Balkan gratitude for ya there) for e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e who made the final show at Islington, as gigs go, then I can say - hand on heart - that it was, and will always be, to my mind... up there with the best shows we did under the banner of 3cr. (An extra 'big up' to the boy they call Danny McCormack for the rizla wrapped 'bomb' that got me onto the stage in the first place... Shit, I couldn't walk straight, let alone talk before the gig... 2 hours sleep a morning tends to catch up over a week and a half of trying to be heard over a backline that must share a postcode with Motorhead ...and we won't even mention Cardiff, "Mum's" the word, Dan!).

So... "What's the big idea?" - with 'basskniv3s'...

Well, as a teenager, you could find me down the pub every Friday night drinking, consulting with William 'Billy' Whizz and enjoying what I enjoy the most... music. That's 'rock' music peeps, hard hitting drums locking horns with a fuzz bass, underpinning the guitars and raising my glass when the big 'f**k off' chorus hit me - not unlike the majority of my time spent in the back of the tourbus with the first 6 AC/DC albums gaffer taped / jammed into the CD revolver...

Why am I sitting here boring you with my rock credentials?

Well, it constantly amuses me when I have to read reviews or articles that point my contribution to 3cr as 'mellow', or 'introspective' or any of those other worn out cliches that fall prey to the myth that I am a 'balladeer' or something... It can get kind of sickening, I mean, was any member of Black Sabbath known as a ballad writer because of "Changes"? Same goes for Metallica with "Nothing Else Matters"? And for those of you who aren't aware... there is a song titled "Love Song" which appeared on side 2 of the first e-v-e-r AC/DC album (the Australian 'High Voltage' on Albert records, the front cover featuring a dog pissing on a generator) that finishes with Bon Scott singing "Oh Jean" about 20 times...

Rant over.

...and, knives out!