Simon Allen
On Stage: Drums, rambling banter
Off Stage: Reluctant band & label manager, photographer, unaccomplished linguist
Equipment: Tama 14” x 5.5” Maple Snare (sunburst); 13” UFIP Class Series hi-hats; Sabian 20” ride and 16” medium crash; any old 20” kick drum, 12” rack tom, 14” floor tom.
Born: Warwickshire, England
Brief Musical History: 1987 - had a Saturday job in a record shop. Learnt drums by tapping on the counter along to music. Moved to Leeds aged 18, played in a blues band and several acid jazz and soul bands in the early nineties. Connected with Eddie Roberts in 1997.
Feed Me: Roast beef, Yorkshire Pudding and all the trimmings.
Hot Beverage Preference: Tea with milk and one sugar, please. Thrice daily.
Cold Beverage Preference: Newcastle Brown, London Pride, Old Speckled Hen
Currently Reading:
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka
Recommended Reading:
- What We Believe but Cannot Prove by John Brockman
What's On (or sitting next to) My Record Player:
Recommended Listening:
Pet Hates: 1. inane rising intonation of British airline cabin crew announcers; 2. Grocers’ apostrophes, especially in official corporate publicity
Links
- Simon interviewed on Dyn-o-mite
- Simon interviewed on La Toile des Batteurs (French drumming website)
- Simon & Eddie interviewed on Moboogie
Contact
email: simon@newmastersounds.com
Labels: simon
The Band
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Eddie Roberts
guitar
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Simon Allen
drums
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Pete Shand
bass
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Joe Tatton
keyboards
- Rob Lavers - tenor, flute (2006-7)
- Bob Birch - organ & piano (1999-2007)
- Malcolm Strachan - trumpet (Haggis Horns)
- Jason Rae - alto, baritone, flute (Haggis Horns)
- Atholl Ransome - tenor, flute (Haggis Horns)
- Jim Corry - tenor sax
- Cleve Freckleton - vocals
- Sulene Fleming - vocals
- Dave Skach - live sound engineer
- Richard Formby - Studio recording engineer
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C.H.U.D. Atlanta Show Review
"What's amazing is how these four guys can fill a room with the tightest and most intricately delicious music with what superficially seems like nothing fancy. There's no smoke and mirrors with these boys. They're normal looking chaps with guitarist Eddie Roberts playing a big-bodied Gibson, keyboardist Joe Tatton sitting at one organ using a very limited amount of sounds, bassist Pete Shand grooving away in the background, and drummer Simon Allen doing his thing tight as anyone's business but without theatrics."
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