User:TYM1962/Cracked actors

Cracked Actors…Are a 6 piece band from Birmingham UK, they were formed in 1999, and have gone through various line up changes from the original 9 piece. They play a brand of music they call “Skunkrock” The band although called a “Ska” band, crossover into other genres as the word Skunkrock hides the fact the band will play any type of music that can be derived / rhymed from it i.e. Ska, Skank, Punk, Rock, Funk, etc. But the main guiding force of the music is to make people dance and have fun.

The band was formed by Fudge (Vox) and Ming (Guitar) after a chat, and decided to form a band and play music their friends would want to hear. After asking mates Kez Carpenter (Vox) JB (drums), John O’Byrne (Bass) Andy Evans (Guitar), Jade Griffiths (Vox), the mates did some rehearsing under the name “Colour Climax”. Some early recordings of this line up are to be found on YouTube. www.youtube.com/user/RadioErm1

Lots of these early recordings ended up as Cracked Actors songs later.

After Jade and Andy left the band, the line up settled as Kez, Fudge, Ming, JB, John O, with new members Johnny 2 Bad (Keyboards) and Mal X (Sax), and as JB was never at rehearsals Lewis (2nd drummer) a friend of O’Byrne’s was drafted in, (the drumming was then shared on live shows between JB and Lewis). After a while Johnny 2 Bad moved to Guitar and Tall Tim Bamford was bought in on Keys.