About ~ TONY
TONY BROWN.....LEAD SINGER WITH 'LAST GANG IN TOWN'.
I was brought up in the 60's in a quiet mining village with a great community spirit which has now been sadly long forgotten, a sign of the times.
A single parent family, I never knew my father (Cunt) ... we had 'fuck all' but we just got on with it.
Left school at 15, worked in a tailoring factory and my first wage was £7.25, my mother took £5.00 off me for 'board' and I still thought I was rich...
Got into music around 1971 and bought my first guitar for £30 on hire-purchase, a 'CSL 335' copy which I still have...even though I now own 14 guitars.
I Just used to 'jam' away, I never thought you could you could be in a band, I thought it was a job. It wasn't until 1980 that I got into bands 'what was I thinking' . Even though Punk was and is the music energy I like we never played it, mainly pop or rock...anything we could work out.
It wasn't until 6 or 7 bands down the line that I started playing the music I enjoyed most. But not many people around my area were playing it and it was difficult to find a singer so I though I'd have a go. I realised that I could shout in tune (I don't class myself as a singer) and people seemed to enjoy it, so until they stop enjoying it...I'll carry on.
At this point I had 2 bands 'stolen' from me...the gutless bastards (not name of band) ... I didn't realise it at the time but they did me a fucking BIG favour because otherwise I wouldn't have met and joined LAST GANG IN TOWN. Lads as likeminded as me...plus we blow those other bands clean off the planet. It's a 200 mile round trip for me just to rehearse but I enjoy every mile /minute of it.
It's great to be working with Gaz, Mark and Stez...we are the LAST GANG IN TOWN.....
TRIVIA.
Hair 'fucked up' by ..... Ian of Whitkirk ..... coiffeur to the blind.
Favourite drink...Red wine, but if you're buying I'll have a pint of Fosters.
Favourite food...bacon sandwiches, with the fat cut off (but not from the works canteen)
First record bought...'Walk on the wild' side by Lou Reed.
Last record bought...The Boswell Sisters...I love the vocal harmonies.
Favourite new band... 'Dollar Sent'... Three lads from Brighton who I played with while in my last band 'The Kingcrows' ...Thanks Lee for helping get me back into it...
Favourite DVD...The Biederbeck Affair...true Yorkshire humour.
Favourite clothes...Fuck it, dress to offend...preferred outlets include Oxfam, Help the Aged and Leeds Market (Outside) and EBAY.
DISLIKES...Jobsworths, liars, users and bone-idle cunts.....
Truthful, honest and generous to the point where I'll do myself an injustice. Totally committed to anything I'm involved with or start.
Looking forward to meeting new friends on the current journey ahead.
Miss friends who didn't make it this far...MALLY and ROD...RIP.
And to friends who are afar but not forgotten TONY and ANDY.
Thanks to my mother, John Goodson, Bill Heslegrave and Kathryn for help, inspiration and guidance throughout.
Now FUCK OFF.....
Tony on myspace ~ www.myspace.com/deztroy_uk
