Bruce Brand

Probably better known as being a rock 'n' roll drummer for the likes of The Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, The Masonics and Holly Golightly, Bruce Brand started his musical journey around 1975 as a guitarist, his first group being 'Bruke Farouk's Jambusters', formed whilst at school in Sheerness, Kent and covering 'rock classics' of the period. His first live performance was opening for local prog legends 'Midas' at the Sheppey Little Theatre with Tim Jacobs, Kevin Simpson and Danny Jarvis on vocals, bass and drums respectively. By the time they played their second show, now augmented by second guitarist Wayne Hill, the name had inexplicably changed to 'Sidewinder' (despite being erroneously billed as ‘Cyclops’ in the programme).

To be continued.

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Musical CV:

Sheerness, Kent-based:

1975-76: Bruke Farouk's Jambusters [a.k.a. Sidewinder] (first group, playing guitar on '70s rock covers)

Medway-based:

1977-80: The Pop Rivets – punk group, with Billy Childish on vocals, BB on guitar, Russ Wilkins on bass and Russell Lax on drums.
1981-84: The Milkshakes – rock 'n' roll in its properest sense, and BB's first trap-rattling duties with Mickey Hampshire & Billy Childish on guitars & vocals and bassists Banana Bertie (a.k.a. Mark Gilbert) [as 'Mickey & The Milkshakes], followed by Russ Wilkins [as The Milkshakes] and then John Agnew [as Thee Milkshakes].
1984: Thee Mighty Caesars – Milkshakes without Micky; BB played drums on first album only.
1984-5: The Len Bright Combo – with Wreckless Eric, Russ Wilkins on bass, BB tub-thumping.
1986-87: Auntie Vegetable – pseudo Psyche/cod Acid Rock act, featuring BB on gtr, James Taylor (of the Prisoners, and later JTQ) on Hammond, Sexton Ming on vocals, capes, knives etc., Allan Crockford on bass guitar and Ian Smith on drums.
1987-89: The Kravin' "A"s – beat combo with BB on gtr, Glenn Prangnell on guitar & vocals, Jonny Barker on bass & vocals, John Gawen/Wolf Howard on drums.
1989-2000: Thee Headcoats – back drumming with Billy C. along with bassists Allan Crockford, Ollie Dolot then Johnny 'Tub' Johnson.
Also worked with Don Craine & Keith Grant as 'Thee Headcoat Sect'.
1989-present: The Masonics – with Mickey Hampshire from the Milkshakes on guitar & vocals and John Gibbs (ex-Kaisers) on bass & vocals.

London-based:

1992-present: The Adventures of Parsley – playing guitar with Hammond-based TV/film themes combo.
1994-5: The Clique – gtr; 'Big Boss British Beat' (ie: 'Mod') group.
1994-present: Holly Golightly (helped out with initial song arrangements; mainly play drums, sometimes gtr, occasionally bass.
1995-present: Dutronc – guitar in French-based covers band, mainly playing the songs of Jacques Dutronc (the clue's in the name).
2002-present: Hipbone Slim & the Kneetremblers – rock 'n' roll trio; drums).
2005–present: The Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers – drums for authentic Ska & r'n'b band.
2008–present: The Kneejerk Reactions – garage/rock 'n' roll; dr.
2005-2006: The Buckets (R&B combo; gtr).
2005-2006: The Bongolian (funky Hammond/Latin combo; dr).
2017–present: The Voo-Dooms; bass guitar.

Recorded with:

Link Wray
Ronnie Dawson
Steve Turner [Mudhoney]
Thee Exciters
Anjali
The Singing Loins
The Budget Girls
Mark Lee
David Viner

Played live with:

The Pretty Things
The Prisoners
Art Wood
The Prisoners
Armitage Shanks
Dan Melchior
The Bristols
Mark Pickerel
Mungo Jerry (& recorded)
Ten Benson (& recorded)
The Slingbacks (& recorded

Produced/helped record:

The Aardvarks (GB)
The Squares (F)
Thee Gorgons (F)
The Pickles (D)
Doctor Explosion (E)
The Green Hornets (GB)

Graphics:

Designed record sleeves right from the first release ('Pop Rivets' Greatest Hits', 1979) and started Arthole Retrographics in August 1994. Has done covers for most of the releases he played on and others, including as The White Stripes albums 'Elephant' & 'Get Behind Me Satan' plus a handful of singles, The Darkness' first album and Mungo Jerry releases since 2005.

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