Skin The Fish - About Us

Faye Skinner
Faye has been singing publicly for around 7 years, making her debut at the St Augustines Festival...
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Chris Bayfield
Chris has been a serious drummer for 13 years now, although he knew he was cut out for the job...
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Andy Heasman
The newest member of the band, but also a highly experienced musician and singer/songwriter in his own right....
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Steve '6-string' Hicks
Steve our guitarist brings a jazz oriented influence to Skin the Fish from his 4 years playing...
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Simon Lambert
Simon is an an amazingly talented local singer songwriter, over-flowing with musicianship and style... more

Faye (Lead Singer)

Faye has been singing publicly for around 7 years, making her debut at the St Augustines Festival in 2001. Since then she has performed with 'Daddy Paul' and 'The Star Cafe Collective' before becoming a founder member of Skin the Fish in 2004. She has always had a passion for music and singing, particularly those cheesy disco classics, and finds it hard to be without some form of music in her life! Faye also has a love for Brazilian music and has played with the Liverpool & Suffolk Schools of Samba for 8 years. Faye's current influences include everyone from Feist to Sarah Jane Morris and almost any singer she has the opportunity to watch!!
Equipment: Strong Vocal Chords, Shure SM58 Microphone, Shakers.

Andy (Keyboard/Vocals/Guitars)

The newest member of the band, but also a highly experienced musician and singer/songwriter in his own right. Biog to follow.
Equipment: Plays Yahama Digital Stage Piano/Synth/MacBook, Electro-acoustic and Electric guitars.

Chris (Drums/Backing vocals/Harmonica/Cow bell)

Chris has been a serious drummer for 13 years now, although he knew he was cut out for the job from a wee nipper! As a youngster, he honed skills using, pots, pans and any available kitchen work surfaces, but it soon became apparent that he would not get away with this heath-robinson approach if he was to achieve his ultimate goal, of gigging. So it was, in 1994, that Chris went to market to buy his first proper drum kit. And from that day he never touched a kitchen utensil again (except for when cooking his tea)! Chris has amassed a wealth of musical experience playing various styles, playing in local bands such as 'Mad as a Fish', 'The Alibi Club' and currently shares his time with Boulevard Blonde, a rock party band.
Equipment: Plays Tama Rockstar Drum Kit, with Paiste 802 and Stag Splash Cymbals. Hits 'em with Vic Firth and Flix sticks.

Steve '6-string' (Guitar)

Steve our guitarist brings a jazz oriented influence to Skin the Fish from his 4 years playing with local jazz duo Laidback. Equipment: Ibanez SC420 electric guitar. Epiphone Sheraton semi-acoustic. Epiphone PR5E electro-acoustic. Pod XT Live effects unit. Peavey Bandit 112 combo amp.

Simon (Bass/Backing vocals)

Simon is an amazingly talented local singer songwriter, over-flowing with musicianship and style - joined Skin The Fish in 2006 and the band have gone from strength to strength ever since.
Equipment: Hartke 120W bass amplifier with DI capability (with fender lite bass guitar).