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ABOUT THE HAND
LUKE
PABS
PHIL
TIM
BEAST FROM THE EAST
LUKE'S WORLD OF CHILLI
PABS KICKS BUTT
PHIL'S WORLD OF BUCKFAST
WHAT'S IN TIM'S BAG
WHO WE'VE PLAYED WITH
PLACES WE'VE PLAYED
VENUES WE'VE PLAYED

Name?
Pabs

Role In Big Hand?
Lead Vox & Drums

Favourite venue / stage?
Birmingham NEC

Biggest musical influences?
Manu Chao, Stevie Wonder, The Cat Empire, Faithless, Sam & Dave, Gun & Roses, Oasis, Michael Jackson

No 1. place to live in the world?
Sydney

Pick a song that you play to get yourself fired up?
Firestarter - The Prodigy

Pick a song that you play to relax?
Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy

In the film of your life, what song would play over the closing credits?
Pour some sugar on me - Def Leopard

What can you cook?
exotic fish dishes and hearty, hearty soup

Beatles vs the Stones?
depends on my mood

Most treasured possession?
humility

List 5 things you'd take if stranded on a desert island?
I-pod, Surf board, solar powered beer fridge, beer, Monica Belluchi

If attempting to set a world record, how much of which particular foodstuff could you consume in one sitting?
Peppered Beef Jerky, or similar meat based product.

Do you have any bizarre fears?
Gibbons - big ones, small ones and round ones

Do you consider any particular animal to be evil?
Cats are all fundamentally and inherently evil - all cats, even Top Cat. Oh, and teletubbies, if they can be considered?

Restaurant of choice?
Maison Bleu - Victoria Street, Edinburgh

Do you have any secret inventions that will revolutionise the world?
Yes

Hero?
John Smeaton & Phil Collins

Things that make you go hmmmm?
The BNP and bigots

If you could time travel, when would you go to?
Detroit in the early 60's for the start of Motown records

What do you believe in?
Fun, fire & debauchery

Favourite thing to do when it's sunny?
sit out, cover my self in strawberry jam and let the good times roll (or appropriate seasonal condiments)

Favourite thing to do when it's raining?
sit out, cover my self in strawberry jam and let the good times roll (or appropriate seasonal condiments)

What song do you wish you had written?
Let it Be (Beatles)

What would have written as your epitaph on your tombstone?
I told you I would be the first to go

One thing about you everyone should know?
I have no trust in evil robots

1st record you bought?
Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Most frightening film?
Sex in the City

What does Zorbic mean to you?
fun, enjoyment, letting yourself go and embracing all that is good in life

Who would be in your 'supergroup'?
Keith Moon, Flea, Isaac Hayes, Ronnie Wood, Dizzy Gillespie. Optional backing singers of Andrea Corr, Kylie Minogue & Christine Aguilera

Best big Hand gig?
Self release Album Launch @ the Bongo Club in Edinburgh 2008. Complete sell out and amazing crowd.

Favourite Big Hand song?
Hold Me Up

Strangest band moment?
Phil competing in a physical challenge with members from the Edinburgh Rugby team in Princess Street Gardens - Burpees, Knees raises and push ups - Phil stopping half way through to have a refreshing swig from his can of cheap Scottish Lager. The look on the ruby player's faces was priceless!

Funniest onstage moment?
Luke and Phil simultaneously kicking off the brakes on my drum riser at the Birmingham NEC and me moving around stage trying to signal to the stage techs

Favourite tipple?
Jack Daniels & Coke, Bollinger

If you started your own religion, what would be the commandments, and what would your church be like?

Thou shall enjoy life to the full
Thou shall value family and friends over any material possessions
Thou shall always be who you want to be and know you are unique
Thou shall challenge conformity
You may sometimes agree, sometimes you may not
Thou shall give when you can and not expect the same in return
Thou shall treat everyone with respect and never judge anyone on appearance
Thou shall enjoy meat, Red Wine and Cheese
Thou shall have a mild appreciation for penguins
Church would be a 35ft bouncy castle in the sea

Best Trait?
the ability to pat my head and rub my stomach at the same time

Worst Trait?
incorrigible flirting

How would you best describe the fall of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers from the heights of Blood Sugar?
A 600ft snowman of wonderment, melting to an insignificant 2ft pile of dirty sludge