The BAAnd (BAA)
Band History
Formed in September 2010 from the ashes of Big Audio Anarchy, The BAAnd have demonstrated a fine track record of NOTHING yet. With Mary Langsford as the only surviving member from the 2009 event, she finds herself surrounded by bandmates from around the BAA Heathrow campus. At the time of going to press, there had not been one full rehearsal, but the mission remains. "...The BAAnd, making every performance better..."
Band Members
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Mary Langsford, Vocals
Maz, being the shy, retiring type, started singing far too late in life for it to be cool and with one Construction Rocks under her belt, feels good progress is being made. Asked if she was nervous about performing at this years event, she replied "I don't think I've ever cocked up anything as big as this, does Live Aid count?"
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Anuj Bhardwaj, Vocals
Anuj started singing in a barber shop quartet, stopping only when the barbers shop concerned, had them moved on. Since then he's gone from strength to strength, being moved on at regular intervals from various locations across the country. He still does the odd bit of singing too.
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Dave 'Woody' Woodman, Guitar
Dave, Born of a Mancunian Zoo Keeper and a Lancastrian Actress. He first learned to hum by listening to bees, he then began plucking on wire fences after school until his mom realised his potential as a musician and sent him to London. The rest of his history is lost in translation, as they say. He plays a green 1962 Stratocaster.
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Russell Francis, Bass & Keyboards
Russell grew up in Nilford-on-Null in the West Midlands, England, where his father ran a telephone sanitization business, "Sani-Fone". Describing band mates 'distinct types of visionaries ... akin to fire and ice", saying that he considered his role in the band to be "in the middle, kind of like lukewarm water".
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John Farnden, Drums
John has played drums since the age of very young, when he woke one Christmas morning to find a biscuit tin and two breadsticks in his stocking. There was no stopping him, and he's since dropped beats for bands of all types, from rock to metal. His birthday is today and he lives in mortal fear of Jaffa Cakes.
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Gary Mannix, Saxophone
Gary started his relationship with the Saxophone as a reason to get out of cross country running at school. It went so well that he gained a scholarship to play with one of the biggest bands in the country, namely the British Army. He excelled during his training, but struggled with the cross country running!!
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Alex Barfield, Keyboards
Little is known about this elusive character.
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