INSIDE THE BAND: Turnstone

Band Members:
Guy Nottage – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano & Percussion
Lewis Hickin – Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals
Rafe Garforth – Bass Guitar, Piano & Backing Vocals
Nick Garforth – Guitar
Tim Eves – Drums

How many years have you been singing or playing your instrument for?
Guy – Piano 14 years, Guitar 5 years, not sure about singing
Lewis – Guitar - since I could hold one!
Rafe – Guitar 11 years, Piano 3 years, singing - who knows!?
Nick – Guitar 7 years
Tim – Drums 2 years

Who in music inspires you (person or band)?
Guy – Bob Dylan
Lewis – The Beatles and the Stones
Rafe – The Beatles
Nick – The Beatles, The Stones and Bob Dylan
Tim – Roger Taylor

What is your most prized possession?
Guy – My record collection
Lewis – My Gibson Les Paul
Rafe – My mind - its a weird and wonderful place
Nick – I don't think I own it yet
Tim – My drum sticks - without them I couldn't do a gig!

If you could be in someone else’s shoes for the day, who would it be and why?
Guy – Nwankwo Kanu's because they are bloody big!!
Lewis – Richy Branson's because they would be more comfortable and expensive than mine
Rafe – Right now? Anybodies! I don't own a decent pair!
Nick – Neil Armstrong so I could have been the first man on the moon
Tim – Brad Pitt so I could find out what it's like to get women flocking around you!

Who is your favourite band?
Guy – The Beatles
Lewis – The Beatles
Rafe – The Beatles
Nick – The Beatles
Tim – Pink Floyd

What was the last album you bought?
Guy – The Very Best Of Simon and Garfunkel
Lewis – Exile On Main Street - The Stones
Rafe – Please Please Me - The Beatles
Nick – Decade - Neil Young
Tim – Pulse - Pink Floyd

What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve experienced?
Guy – Streaking at Glastonbury
Lewis – I had to strip in high school for Charity
Rafe – I accidentally left an incredible floating poo in the womens toilet of a posh restaurant -whoops!
Nick – I walked into the girls toilet in the ocean rooms!
Tim – Smacking my head on a beam in a pub in front of loads of people

If you were given a role in a film, would you want to play a goodie or a baddie?
Guy – I would be better as a baddie
Lewis – Goodie
Rafe – Goodie
Nick – Goodie
Tim – Goodie- evil never triumphs over good

If you could time travel, where would you go and why?
Guy – The Cavern in 1962 before the Beatles made it
Lewis – Go back to the time of Jesus so that he could fix my bad back!
Rafe – Back before the big bang so I watch the universe being made
Nick – Travel back to prehistoric times to breathe in non-polluted air
Tim – To the 60s and 70s and ask Keith Moon for drum lessons

Describe yourself in five words?
Guy – Such a ruddy nice guy
Lewis – Still, chilled liquid barren juice
Rafe – A simple twist of fate
Nick – I don't think that’s possible
Tim – Smoking Isn't bad for you