Dave "Give Me A Fucking" Beer is a top notch if slightly scary creature who provides equally scary vocal skills on HLD's "Hypnotic & Deadly". Dave is recognisable by his trademark Trilby hat, fingerless gloves and a tendency to carry his belongings with him in a plastic carrier bag. Nice guy.... likes some band, Ken Deadennies or something like that....
Lucy James is a friend of the band who provides brass....sorry, WOODWIND assistance on her decidedly BRASS-looking saxophone. What? It's made of brass! Ergo, it's a BRASS instrument! Woodwind? Where's the forkin' wood on a saxophone??? Um, yeah, Lucy's most excellent, plays loadsa stuff, knows music "theory" and other such horrors.
Kath, better known to the world as Dr Odeevil Jazz, lends HLD a trumpet-toting hand in several songs, and is nice enough to not moan even when she spends three quarters of each practice playing pool. And Kath, for this, we are eternally greatful. Anyways, Kath likes Ghost World, Bjork, learning a new instrument every seven minutes, and....of course.... Kath likes Jazz....NICE.
During a devious night-time raid, HLD gained access to fellow Newport band Wildge's main headquarters.... after sedating his band-mates with a Bon Jovi record, HLD were able to kidnap Rik and force him to play trombone for them. OR, in reality, we were a member or two short one day and Rik helped us out, and hopefully it's a regular thing now. Nice guy, good 'boner. *titter*