Get to know Irk The River

As a bit of a get to know you activity, each member of the group has written a short introduction about the other two members. Here we go...

Andrew

"He’s alright once you get to know him” is the phrase best used to describe him. Obviously the more enlightened individual will know this actually means “he’s a dickhead, but you’ll get used to it”. Our resident bass player who also helps out with the odd energetic yelp. The man behind our killer groove all the while being a human without rhythm. An inability to see any other point of view other than his own makes him a formidable arguer. Looks great in chinos. CB


He is a keen cyclist who never ventures ‘off road’. The same cannot be said of his approach to bass playing, whereby sometimes even he wonders where is going.  One half of a rhythm section that likes to continually question the established principles of conventional fashion, Andrew is never far away from a heated discussion. BC

Barnaby (Crawshaw)

There’s no e in Barny, drummer, likes to run up hills, dislikes paying full price, wears glasses & tracky bottoms. AY


The man with the most northern name in the business. He once showed up to one of our shows wearing shell-suit bottoms and a fleece and was rightly severely reprimanded. He can tell you the exact price of everything he’s ever bought within the last ten years, including its original price before reduction; being the resident Yorkshire man he never pays full price on anything. Plays drums once a fortnight. Is the only human in the world who sweats only out of his stomach. Enjoys wearing shorts and going running up hills in the rain. CB

Christopher

He has the approach to life you’d expect from someone who spent two years without any curtains. Always one of the first in to band practice, his perfunctory, spiky guitar playing is the perfect foil for his soulful personality and dry wit. BC


Guitar/shouts, likes acting older than he is, dislikes running up hills, is tall & thin like a giant tinned carrot. AY