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