Phil     guitar & vocals

Born -  Sheffield -20th century

Musical history -   Hun, Borderline, Xtractors,  Piledriver, Cold Gin ,    Suite Zero.

Influences -  Black Sabbath... All their material.          COMUS !!!!

 Propaganda                  Blackmores Night

Progressive rock,...  Ozric Tentacles,  Kings X,    ' Canterbury' style -  Egg, Hatfield & North, National Health,...... The Nice, Yes,  Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull , It Bites,  Siouxsie and the Banshees,  Goth stuff, All About Eve.  

Jazz,... Be bop style/or acid   , eg..Barbara Dennerlein , also Shakatak,  Brian Auger    

60's rock, especially Beatles / Stones

80's  Metal

Equipment  - Valve amps only ! !   none of this transistor  @+%*

 Marshall  1987X 50 watt ' plexi ' head     4x12  +  2 x 12 cabs

Marshall  jcm 800 50 watt split channel head

2001 Paul Reed SmithCustom 24 , amber

!990 Paul Reed Smith  CE 24 ,red

1990 Mex Strat (modified), white

!988 Fender H.m Strat (modified) ,natural

1988 Fender H.m Strat (standard) ,turquoise

2007 Gordon Smith S.G, Natural

2000 Yamaha  AEX 500n

BOSS and Seymour Duncan pedals , Hughes & Kettner valve pre-amp, Line 6 delay 

Pro Co Rat,  BLACKSTAR twin channel pedal

As well as playing in Suite Zero,.. I also play with Cold Gin,

and very occasionally with the Xtractors

finally:- many thanks to Ian Higginbottom    , for all his help

and expertise in instrument and amplifier set ups , -a true tone guru!