Stuart Walton
Keyboards & Bass
| Full Name: |
Stuart John Walton |
| Nicknames: |
Wally, Fast Eddie
John-Boy |
| Date and Place of Birth: |
15 June 1961, Bridlington |
| Height: |
5'10" (approx) |
| Eye Colour: |
Brown, white round the edges |
| Hair Colour: |
Brown |
| Shoe Size: |
8½ |
| Favourite Foods: |
Shepherd's pie, roast pork, Italian, French, chicken, interesting salads, bacon, Yorkshire fish'n'chips |
| Favourite Drink: |
Tea, milk, coke, orange |
| Favourite Film: |
Monty Python, Poltergeist, Woody Allen, most gory films |
| Favourite TV: |
The Tube, Horizon, The Young Ones, Monty Python |
| Favourite Radio: |
Caroline |
| Favourite Bands: |
Devo, Bowie, Diagram Brothers, Thomas Dolby, Original Mirrors, Bonzo Dog Band, Pink Floyd |
| Favourite Books: |
Stephen King, Guitar Handbook, Monty Python's Big Red Book, sheet music, Tolkien |
| Favourite Joke: |
The charts |
| Favourite Place: |
Bed, in front of the fire, north-east Spain, France |
| Favourite Clothes: |
Warm |
| Favourite Classical Music: |
"Pictures at an Exhibition" Mussorgski, Beethoven's 9th |
| First Record Bought: |
"The Untouchable", Alvin Stardust (well, I was only 12) |
| Best Record Bought: |
"David Live", Bowie |
| First Gig Attended: |
1972, Hawkwind, De Montfort Hall, Leicester |
| Best Gig Attended: |
1974, Pink Floyd, Bingley Hall |
| Previous Jobs: |
Graphic designer, car park attendant, paper(round) boy, stock room assistant, farm worker |
| Best Moment of Career So Far: |
When "Miranda" entered the indie charts |
| Heroes: |
Bowie, Michael Caine |
| Heroines: |
Janet Turpin, Raquel Welch |
| Likes: |
Eating out, recording, stratocasters, sleeping, going on holiday, swimming, cinema, sunshine, listening to music, Jaguar XJs, Ferraris, Porsches, forests, the sea, fretless basses |
| Dislikes: |
The Smiths, The Bunnymen, getting up early, smokers, the John Peel show, marzipan, apricots, insects, insurance companies, cold weather, football, TV sport, Radio One, shaving |
| How Would You Describe Yourself: |
5'10", with brown hair, brown eyes and size 8½ shoes |
| Last Mode of Transport: |
F reg Mini (green) |
| First Guitar: |
Watkins Rapier 33 |
| First Gig Played: |
School assembly in Leicester |
| First Band: |
Labyrinth (Hawkwind influenced) |
| Signing On: |
Thursday, 9.30am |
| Bank: |
Midland |
| Best Studio: |
Surrey Sound |
| Worst Studio: |
Roundhouse |
| Favourite Duane Eddy Song: |
Peter Gunn Theme |
| Favourite Chord: |
A Minor |
| Favourite Side of Bed: |
Left |
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