Paul joined our band to play drums whenever Rod or Dude couldn’t make it. He’d been a bit of a fan of the band and we got on well and so when Fabes moved to Denmark to further his career in blondes, the logical step was for Paul – who also plays bass and lead guitar sickeningly brilliantly – to move into the guitarist’s role and Martin got his old bass out and plucked at that. (The baby Godzilla noises he’d been making for far too long were, by now, defunct.) Paul was the mastermind behind the changes in arrangements and recording, acting as engineer and producer. Andy stated that, “Paul was somtimes a bit of a mare to work with as he had so many ideas and one thing would lead to another and the songs changed constantly. There was one occasion where we’d been rehearsing during the day, and come the gig, as we walked on stage he said the immortal line as per The Italian Job quote, “Hang on, I’ve got an idea” and changed the arrangement 30 seconds before we began playing.” We never really officially split up but we stopped gigging Paul joined an Elvis tribute band playing bass, then guitar for Big Jim White and after that he got a gig with Kid Voodoo. He’s still strummin’ an’ pickin’ around Manchester and if you get the chance to, go and see them. Kid Voodoo are really very good and one of Manchester’s best kept secrets.