JAKE THORNTON

ALIAS: The Trying Scotsman

INSTRUMENT: Alto Saxophone/Vocals

FAVOURITE ALBUM: ABBA Gold Anniversary Edition

CHOSEN DEITY: Ben Hill

FAVOURITE QUOTE: "It comes in pints? I'm getting one!" - Peregrin Took

SPECIAL ABILITY: Can juggle and recite Burns poetry at the same time.

JOSH WUNDERLICH

ALIAS: Jaaaaash

INSTRUMENT: Guitar/Vocals

FAVOURITE ALBUM: Heartsongs - Josh Wunderlich

CHOSEN DEITY: Matthew Price

FAVOURITE QUOTE: "Sorry I'm late..."

SPECIAL ABILITY: Punctuality

BEN HILL

ALIAS: Benno Hillo

INSTRUMENT: Soprano Saxophone

FAVOURITE ALBUM: Somewhere in the between - Streetlight Manifesto

CHOSEN DEITY: Pete Wareham

FAVOURITE QUOTE: "Top Banana" - Ben Hill

SPECIAL ABILITY: Able to belly dance whilst also moving his ears, eyebrows and nostrils.

MATT PRICE

ALIAS: Cap'n Schplank

INSTRUMENT: Guitar

FAVOURITE ALBUM: Graceland - Paul Simon

CHOSEN DEITY: Odin

FAVOURITE QUOTE: "It's not the years, honey,
it's the mileage" - Indiana Jones

SPECIAL ABILITY: Premium grade Gollum voice

PATRICK LESTER-ROURKE

ALIAS: Paddy "Bass-Face" William Sean Lester-Rourke

INSTRUMENT: Electric Bass/Vocals

FAVOURITE ALBUM: Spectrum - Billy Cobham

CHOSEN DEITY: Leland Sklar

FAVOURITE QUOTE: “I looked inside Nicholas Cage and I found a secret; people are random and pointless” - Abed Nadir

SPECIAL ABILITY: Dat neck movement....

ED DAY

ALIAS: Just Ed

INSTRUMENT: Drums/Percussion

FAVOURITE ALBUM: Ok Computer- Radiohead

CHOSEN DEITY: Stewart Copeland

FAVOURITE QUOTE: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." John Sedgwick - seconds before he was shot.

SPECIAL ABILITY: Animal noises...

MEET THE BAND

create their own brand of World-Music infused Party-Rock in a raucous, genre defying show unlike any other.

Their “unique, distinctive and thrillingly energetic,” [Whats On Live] sound takes you on a wild ride, from high octane Japanese shamisen rock to the sexy saxlines of gypsy ska jams.

Alongside artists such as Bellowhead, The Old Dance School & The Destroyers, Punch The Sky join an illustrious line of folk fusion acts emerging out of the world renowned ‘Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble’.

Now highly sought-after musicians in their own right, members of Punch The Sky have performed and recorded with Fairport Convention, The Urban Folk Quartet and Electric Swing Circus.

Punch the Sky have rocked the festival stages at Isle of Wight, Shambala, Towersey, Bearded Theory, Swingamajig, Nozstock and many more.