Meet the Band
Want to meet the band? You’ve heard the story behind the band, this is all about the musicians themselves
Meet the Band: Dave Kent – Lead Vocalist/Lead Guitarist |
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| Want to meet the band? Dave started playing the guitar at aged 12 and joined his first band while attending Heathside School in Weybridge, Surrey. Dave has played in many semi-professional and amateur bands over the years playing originals, covers, and 50/50 split. Dave Kent founded Velvet Razor in 2002 along with younger brother Will Kent and Gavin Cox. Dave is the main songwriter and visionary of the band. Velvet Razor operates as a benign dictatorship. Though Dave has been involved in several bands over the years, Velvet Razor is still dearest to his heart. As you can see below Dave suffers from G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) there is no cure but, symptoms can be eased by treatment of infrequent guitar purchases. |
Dave’s EquipmentHere is a list of all his lovely musical toys Electric Guitars
Acoustic Guitars
Strings & Accessories
Guitar Effects Pedals (Foot candy)
Amps
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Favourite Bands/Artists Sorted by Genre:Heavy/Hard & Grunge Rock
Progressive & Neo-Progressive
Gothic / Goth Rock /EMO
Punk
Pop, Blues Rock & Ordinary Rock
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Meet the Band: “Mutton” Jeff Rose – Bassist |
| Jeff has been playing for many years and is a keen aficionado of Rock/grunge and indie music. Jeff has been the bassist of the seminal covers band “Bone Idle”. Jeff also joined the auspices of Velvet Razor at the tail end of January 2010 |
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JEFF’S EquipmentBASSES
Strings & Accessories
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Favourite Songs/ArtistsOpen Up – Leftfield, Rule the World – Shihad, She Sells Sanctuary, and Rain – The Cult. American Dream (Afterlife Remix), Jakatta YYZ – Rush, Ramble On – Led Zep, Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd, Push – The Cure Elegantly Wasted – INXS, All That Money Wants – Psychedelic Furs, Toccata – Sky, Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), Us3 Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes, King of the Mountain – Kate Bush, Talking Loud and Clear – OMD, All Hooked Up, All Saints The Chain – Fleetwood Mac All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix, Time – Pink Floyd, You Should Be Dancing – The Bee Gees Money, The Flying Lizards Dayvan Cowboy, Boards of Canada What You Waiting For?, Gwen Stefani Stop, Sam Brown Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana Benedictus from The Armed Man, Karl Jenkins Helicopter – Bloc Party, 0.7734, Blu Peter Pounding – Doves, Wishing I Was There – Natalie Imbruglia, Destiny – Zero 7, Lucky Man – The Verve |
Meet the Band: Danny Fabris – Drummer |
| Danny has been playing in various pub bands on and off for a good few years now. His claim to fame is that he played a gig at Portsmouth’s Victory Stadium, (but he doesn’t like to talk about it 😀 ). He has also played with The Big Jug band (which he also doesn’t like to talk about).
He likes most organic genres of music from country to death metal and everything in between but he is mainly drawn to rock and funk. Musical influences are:Led Zepp, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Rush, Monster Truck, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Royal Blood, the Bar-Kays, Wild Cherry Gov’t Mule…. and the list goes on. Favourite drummers: Bonzo, Greg Bissonette, Neil Peart, Artimus Pyle, Jeff Porcaro, Buddy Rich, Steve Gadd. On joining Danny stated he looking forward to Playing with VR as it gave him an opportunity to develop his own style on the VR originals. Danny joined Velvet Razor in October 2019, replacing our previous brilliant, long-serving (11 years), and long-suffering drummer Paul Tillotson. Big shoes to fill but Danny has more than proved himself a creative and responsive drummer. |
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EquipmentDrum KitYamaha Birch Custom Absolute (Written into the pre-nuptial as untouchable). A mixture of Zildjian, Paiste, and Sabian cymbals. Ludwig “Squeak” king bass drum peddle. SticksVic Firth 2B sticks (logs) |
Favourite Songs/ArtistsLed Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Guns ‘N Roses, Monster Truck, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Royal Blood |