Eastfield - band history

PERSONNEL

THE VARIOUS LINE-UPS...


January 1996 to June 1996 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Bambi (bass + vocals) 
Kris (drums)


July 1996 to June 1997 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Bambi (bass + singing) 
Kris (drums) 
Elaine (vocals) 

July 1997 to January 1998 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Bambi (bass + singing) 
Elaine (vocals) 
Darius (drums) 

February 1998 to May 2000 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Bambi (bass + singing) 
Elaine (vocals) 
Darius (drums) 
S@m (guitar) 

June 2000 to March 2001 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Elaine (vocals) 
Rhys (bass) 
Paul Raggity (drums) 

1 to 24 April 2001 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Elaine (vocals) 
Ben (bass) 
Sam (drums) 

26 April 2001 to June 2001 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Ben (bass + vocals) 
Sam (drums) 

July 2001 to September 2001 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Ben (bass + vocals) 
Drums: various - see below

October 2001 to February 2002 
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Ben (bass + vocals) 
Danny (drums + vocals) 
Kerri (vocals) 

March to November 2002
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Ben (bass + vocals) 
Chris Wheelchair (drums + vocals) 

November 2002 to October 2003
Jessi (geetar + vocals) 
Ben (bass + vocals) 
Matt (drums) 

December 2003 - September 2006
Jessi (geetar + singing)
Bambi (bass + singing)
Trina Vodkapunk (more singing)
Chris from Bishops Stortford (drums)

Current line-up - October 2006 to present
Jessi (geetar + singing) 
Bambi (bass + singing) 
Trina Vodkapunk (more singing)
Oddo (drums)

SOME FOLK JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY...

Bambi - bass + vocals
22/9/00  Winchester, Railway 
23/9/00  Bristol, Folk House 
18/8/01  Tallington, Whistle Stop
14/5/02  Telford, Destiny Nightclub 
1/6/02   Southwick, Glastonwick Beer Festival 
13/7/02  Tallington, Whistle Stop 
16/7/02  Birmingham, Old Railway
21/9/02  Birmingham, Market Tavern
20/10/02 Birmingham, Market Tavern
26/10/02 Wilbarston (private party) 
Also vocals at... 
1/12/01  Morecambe, Coopers Tap 
11/12/01 Birmingham, Old Railway 
17/12/01 Birmingham, Market Tavern 
26/1/02  Nottingham, Langham Arms

Elaine - vocals 
25/6/01  Birmingham, Flapper and Firkin 
14/7/01  Leeds, Primrose (Punks' Picnic) 
28/7/01  Acocks Green, Curly's Garden Party 
18/8/01  Tallington, Whistle Stop 
30/9/01  Birmingham, Market Tavern 
11/12/01 Birmingham, Old Railway 
17/12/01 Birmingham, Market Tavern
22/2/02  Birmingham, Market Tavern
15/4/02  Nottingham, Palm Tree
10/5/02  Birmingham, Market Tavern 

Paul Raggity - drums 
28/7/01  Acocks Green, Curly's Garden Party 

Sam - drums 
12/12/01 Cheltenham, Fish and Fiddle 
27/12/01 Gloucester, Deans Walk Inn 
19/1/02  Plymouth, Tramps
10/5/02  Birmingham, Market Tavern 
5/7/02   Plymouth, Nowhere Inn 

Ben - bass at...
19/6/04  Midsomer Norton, Wunderbar
Guest vocals at... 
29/5/04  Bridgwater, Arts Centre
30/5/04  Gloucester, Crackers
27/8/05  Bath, Porter Butt
Drums at... 
7/8/04   Tallington, Whistle Stop (daytime)
11/12/04 Rhyl, Dudley Arms
8/6/05   Belfast, Front Page
9/6/05   Downpatrick, Hoot Bar
10/6/05  Derry, Nerve Centre
18/6/05  Lancaster, Yorkshire House
26/8/05  Lancaster, Yorkshire House
12/3/06  Lancaster Yorkshire House
30/3/06  Tandragee, The Paddock Bar
31/3/06  Ballintoy, Cararick-a-Rede Bar
1/4/06   Sligo, Coolera House
2/4/06   Dublin, Voodoo Lounge
3/4/06   Belfast, The Bunker
15/4/06  Sheffield, Old Matida Social Centre (PUNX PICNIC)
16/4/06  Birmingham, Market Tavern
9/5/06   Lancaster, Yorkshire House
10/5/06  Edinburgh, Subway
11/5/06  Dundee, Dexters
12/5/06  Aberdeen, Tunnels
13/5/06  Elgin, Ocean
14/5/06  Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union
7/8/06   Birmingham Market Tavern
9/9/06   Plymouth - White Rabbit
21/9/06  Morecambe - The Platform
22/9/06  Barrow in Furness - Healeys Bar
23/9/06  Blackburn - Cellar Bar
1/5/08   Birmingham - The Old Wharf
3/5/08   Faslane - Peace Camp festival (afternoon)
3/5/08   Edinburgh - Bannermans (evening)

AND THOSE THAT CAME BACK FOR MORE...

Matt Raid (Eggraid) - drums 
12/8/01  Brighton, Hobgoblin (Cowley Club benefit) 
21/9/01  Leeds, 120 Rats 
10/11/01 Nottingham, Palm Tree
12/3/02  Hereford, Liberty's
14/5/02  Telford, Destiny Nightclub 
9/6/02   Birmingham, Market Tavern 
18/7/02  Worcester, Marrs Bar 
24/7/02  Stoke, Talbot Hotel  

Kerri - vocals 
12/8/01  Brighton, Hobgoblin (Cowley Club Benefit) 
2/9/01   Birmingham, Market Tavern (Punx Picnic) 
15/9/01  Plymouth, Tramps (Punks' Picnic) 

Danny - drums 
8/7/01   Morecambe, The Platform, Holidays in the Sun Festival 
2/9/01   Birmingham, Market Tavern (Punx Picnic) 
30/9/01  Birmingham, Market Tavern 

Chris Wheelchair (Bus Station Loonies) - drums 
14/7/01  Leeds, Primrose (Punks' Picnic) 
15/9/01  Plymouth, Tramps (Punks' Picnic) 
18/1/02  Bristol, White Horse 
...and backing vocals at
26/4/03  Plymouth, Nowhere Inn 

Chris from Bishops Stortford - drums 
16/2/02  London Vauxhall, The Funeral Parlour
22/3/02  London Vauxhall, The Funeral Parlour
30/3/02  Portsmouth, Horseshoe 

Trina Vodkapunk - backing vocals 
24/8/03  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Chillingham;
25/8/03  Leeds, New Roscoe
10/10/03 Birmingham, Royal George
11/10/03 Sheffield, The Grapes;
and also for 'Milton of Leys' at Wilbarston Village Hall, 26/10/02.


OTHERS TO WHOM WE ARE INDEBTED:

Mike (General Winter) - drums 
7/4/97   Coventry, Golden Cross 

Joseph Porter (Blyth Power) - drums 
18/9/99  Oxford, Jericho Tavern; 
17/2/00  Rugby, Fitchew and Firkin; 
1/5/00   Chelmsford, Army and Navy; 
2/5/00   London, Hackney, Golden Shoe; 
3/5/00   Birmingham, Old Railway; 
4/5/00   Brighton, Free Butt; 
22/9/00  Winchester, Railway; 
23/9/00  Bristol, Folk House; 
18/8/01  Tallington, Whistle Stop; 
26/1/02  Nottingham, Langham Arms;
2/5/08   Leeds, The Fenton

Simon Goble (Anal Beard) - bass 
24/4/01  Birmingham, Old Railway 

Sunderland Ian (Intention) - backing vocals 
8/6/01   Nottingham, Langham Arms; 
9/6/01   Nottingham, 1 Club; 
8/7/01   Morecambe, The Platform, Holidays in the Sun Festival. 

Simon Debenham (Hearty Bears Cricket Club) - drums 
28/7/01  Acocks Green, Curly's Garden Party 

Sonny (Combat Shock) - drums 
13/11/01 Brighton, Free Butt 

Graham (Filthy Lookers) - drums 
1/12/01  Morecambe, Coopers Tap 

Tinny (Flyboy) - drums 
9/3/02   Birmingham, Market Tavern
14/3/02  Rugby, Fitchew and Firkin 

Goz - guitar 
16/2/02  London Vauxhall, The Funeral Parlour; 
22/2/02  Birmingham, Market Tavern; 
9/3/02   Birmingham, Market Tavern;
14/3/02  Rugby, Fitchew and Firkin; 
22/3/02  London Vauxhall, The Funeral Parlour. 

Pat (Bastards Trained by Bastards) - bass
17/5/03  Birmingham, Market Tavern;
19/5/03  Stoke on Trent, Cheers.

Baron (ex-Dangerfields) - bass
8/6/05   Belfast, Front Page;
9/6/05   Downpatrick, Hoot Bar;
10/6/05  Derry, Nerve Centre;
30/3/06  Tadragee The Paddock Bar;
31/3/06  Ballintoy Cararick-a-Rede Bar;
1/4/06   Sligo Coolera House;
2/4/06   Dublin Voodoo Lounge;
3/4/06   Belfast The Bunker.

Nick Bliss (Red and Black Collective) - bass
18/6/05  Lancaster, Yorkshire House;
26/8/05  Lancaster, Yorkshire House;
7/11/05  Lancaster, Yorkshire House.

Basque-Punk Jules (Los Bragas) - drums
7/11/05  Lancaster, Yorkshire House;
4/2/06   Lancaster, Yorkshire House;
5/2/06   Barrow Queens;
18/3/06  Birmingham Market Tavern.
12/4/06  Coventry, Jailhouse
13/4/06  Brighton, Free Butt
14/4/06  Dover, Louis Armstrong
14/4/06  Folkestone, Jolly Frenchman
15/4/06  Eastbourne, Bonners
20/4/06  Laudio (Basque Contry), Gaztetxea
21/4/06  Laudio (Basque Contry), Centro Social Okupado / Orbeko Etxea
22/4/06  Donostia/San Sebastian (Basque Country), Sala Mogambo
23/4/06  Sopelana (Basque Country), Ganebarri Gaztetxea
3/8/06   Brighton, The Albert

Stef Leppard - backing vocals
7/11/05  Lancaster, Yorkshire House.

Pippa Girlscout - vocals
30/3/06  Tadragee The Paddock Bar;
31/3/06  Ballintoy Cararick-a-Rede Bar;
1/4/06   Sligo Coolera House;
2/4/06   Dublin Voodoo Lounge;
3/4/06   Belfast The Bunker.

Willis (T-Mart and the Raiders) - drums
28/9/06  Kettering - Sawyers

Oddo (Rotten Agenda) Drums
21/10/06 Chesham - Football Club



GUEST SPOT:

Mad Mary sang 'Jostick Head' at Birmingham
Mercat, 3/10/97;

Chris from Bishops Stortford and Joseph Porter
played drums for one song apiece at
Tallington Whistle Stop, 13/7/02;

Nick Watson (Bonesaw) sang backing vocals on 'Drive on Henry', Spalding
Ship Albion, 1/5/03; Spalding, Black Swan 15/8/03, 18/3/04, 17/6/04;
and Moulton Seas End Festival, 16/8/03.

John Taylor (Bootleg Band) played bass while Ben crooned for three
songs at Thurlby Horseshoe, 2/5/03.

John Taylor and Nick Watson both sang backing vocals:
18/9/03 Spalding, Black Swan.

Chris (Valdez) Bass + vocals on .Come to Bevland.:
19/6/04 Midsomer Norton, Wunderbar.

Steven Cooper (Blyth Power) played lead guitar
on 'Fortuna Hell' at 
Tallington, Whistle Stop, 7/8/04 (evening);
Birmingham, Royal George, 14/8/04;
Bishop's Stortford, Half Moon, 10/9/04...
...and for a few songs at
Bishop's Stortford, Half Moon, 2/7/05
Tallington, Whistle Stop, 16/7/05

John Taylor played bass for the first two songs at
Tallington, Whistle Stop, 8/8/04;

Jeremy Hatcher (Jack) sang backing vocals on 'Aspartame',
Birmingham, Royal George, 14/8/04.

Sims (ex-Dangerfields) played lead guitar on 'Wasted' at
Belfast, Front Page, 8/6/05.

Chris Butler (Folk Hero) sang 'Ooh Ah...',
Cromford, Boat Inn, 13/5/05;
Tallington, Whistle Stop, 16/7/05.

Johnny (New York Scum Haters) played kazoo on
Port Talbot Transport Police. at Tallington, Whistle Stop, 16/7/05

Jacob drummed along with Ben at
Blackburn, Cellar Bar, 23/9/06

Wasp Boy played dulcimer on'Train to the top of the World' at Belfast Front Page 14/6/07, and
played acoustic guitar/additional vocals on 'Train to the top of the World' at Belfast Pavillion 17/3/08

Wasp Boy, Simsie and Jamie Numskull joined Jessi for 3 songs 
at Belfast Front Page 14/6/07  

Pat Society (Violent Society) sang 'Pepper' at  Brixton The Jamm 8/11/07

DJ Leg (UK Assassins) sang 'Fare Dodging' at Matty Steel's Memorial gig 9/11/07

Bryn Wiseman sang 'Rugeley Crimestoppers' (twice) and 'Sharks Against Surfers' at Wrexham Gresford Colliery Club 15/12/07

Tez (UK Assassins) drummed and Adam (29 Well 'Ard Dogs) played bass for a few tracks at Ulverston Sports and Social Club 26/4/08.

Leg (UK Assassins) played bass on 'Fare Dodging' and did backing vocals for a few tracks at Ulverston Sports and Social Club 26/4/08.

Nick played bass on 'Drive on Henry' at Ulverston Sports and Social Club 26/4/08.

REALLOCATIONS:
Elaine sings for The Alcohol-Licks;
S@m plays guitar in Cupid Stunt and sings for The Alcohol-Licks;
Chris Wheelchair still croons for The Bus Station Looniesand his one man keyboard extravaganza  'Harikiri Karaoke';
Danny drums for Drongos for Europe;
Ben drums for Zombina and the Skeletones;
Matt is working on an organic olive farm in Spain;
Kris makes massive backdrops for the likes of Razorlight;
Darius drums in Ram-Man.
PERSONNEL

THE VARIOUS LINE-UPS...

SOME FOLK JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY...

AND THOSE THAT CAME BACK FOR MORE...

OTHERS TO WHOM WE ARE INDEBTED:

GUEST SPOT:

REALLOCATIONS:

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