Biog

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a.k.a. The Voice. a.k.a. Iron Throat. Andy started his singing career relatively late at 29 years old, (although was a choirboy until the tender age of 12) His love of music and singing has developed into an obsession and he can always be heard humming a tune even in his sleep. He was the lead singer of a rock covers band in Kent and fronted them for 4 years before moving back to the midlands and meeting up with the rest of these reprobates (just kidding) and has never looked back since. His gritty style and smooth talking gives the band an edge over many others, taking his main influences from many artists including Bryan Adams, Teddy Pendergrass,Garth Brooks and many of the Soul legends.Give him a song to sing in any style and he will just nail it time after time whether it be Abba through to ZZ Top.

Graeme 'Mr Da Rocka'.
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Graeme has been playing guitar for several years now, however, it's only recently that he migrated from lead guitar to bass, he can count the strings on one hand rather than two now! Although he performed as a lead guitarist with many different styles of band from swing to hard rock, this is his first band experience as a bass guitarist and he loves it. As a bass player, his influences are quite varied; however, Graeme does have a particular soft spot for the ‘funkier' bass lines and PRANG's harder edged tunes. He is a big fan of bass guitarists such as Geddy Lee (Rush), John Entwistle (The Who) and Bernard Edwards (Chic), however, it doesn't matter who played it; if the bass line's catchy he will give it a go. The Da Rocka nickname comes from our very first gig when Andy was announcing the band and couldn't for the life of him remember Graeme's surname so called him Da Rocka and it has stuck from there ever since.

Pete 'Mr The Holyman'.

Pete Holyman has been playing and collecting guitars for many years. His musical influences range from artistes such as Brian Setzer, Hank Marvin (of course), Eric Clapton and the one and only Keith Richards. Pete enjoys a wide range of music including Rock n Roll, Soul, Blues and New Country. Pete has his own recording studio and also teaches music. He has worked with Reggae Kings UB40 and 70's and 80's Reggae popstars ASWAD. Pete has also written for film and DVD features and is currently involved in a new DVD feature and also a TV project.

Rob first started messing around with a musical instrument at the age of 3 when he would play his sister's electric (fan powered) Organ and his brothers Guitar. He also used to listen to the music on the "Oracle", TV info pages early in the morning (Ok...But he was only 3). At the age of 5, He was hooked on listening to The Top 40 on a Sunday. It was not until he was 12 in 1989 that he wanted an electronic keyboard for Christmas and then he had lessons until 1994.His own style started to develop and he started composing some of his own tunes. After playing in bands and other production work, he got a full-time position as a composer/sound engineer at a company in Nottingham . In 2001, a friend told him how much it had cost to record a few tracks in a studio, it came to hundreds of pounds. He found that solo vocalists were having a hard time getting demo material recorded. At that moment the ideas for The Track Factory were laid down and finally, after 2 years of building all his ideas into reality, The Track Factory started business in July 2003.

The man who sits at the back behind his five piece kit and cymbals galore.Nij started bashing the skins when he got his first kit aged 5 and has been hooked ever since. His main influences are Motown, Blues, Funk, Rock n Roll, Disco actually it would of been easier to just put music as his influence.Ater working in the Disco/P. A. industry for over ten years, including working with artists such as Edwin Starr,Courtney Pine and Humphrey Lyttleton, he saw the future and playing drums was just that. Instead of playing Cd's he wanted to be part of making them and enjoying the absolute joy of playing live. Nij also sings backing vocals in the band aswell as playing drums and has been known to take a funny turn on the karaoke now and again. Always the first to arrive at the gig and always the last to leave. Nij is your contact should you wish to book PRANG.

Lyndsay 'Ms L Boogie'.

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Nottingham based vocalist Lyndsay is an office worker by day and a Disco Diva by night! She started singing at the age of 18 with recording artist Freddi Kofi's gospel choir where she developed her soulful sound. Since then Lyndsay has performed in various cover bands at venues ranging from local television to an RAF base. With music surrounding her at every opportunity – even in the shower! - she has many musical influences from hiphop to pop but it's 70s disco or 80s cheese that will always get her onto the dance floor. Lyndsay is the latest addition to PRANG and her strong, sassy and soulful voice compliments Andy perfectly.