Martin Loft - Vocals, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboards, Triangle and anything else that comes to hand. Martin is also the only band member to send a profile to us at Billy Watchers HQ.

Martin Loft – Profile

 

Name:- Martin Loft (My middle name was permanently erased in a freak accident at Summerset House)

 

Porn Star Name:- Mickey Mercer

 

DOB:- Originally 20/04/1889 – Last regeneration:  27/09/1969

 

Instruments:- Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Mandolin, Bass, Drums (and anything else, except.....Violin!!)

 

Previous Bands:- Everything from cheesy 80’s synth-pop to rock covers!!

 

Live Work:- Loads, well, as long as I can keep awake anyway.

 

Main BWD Role:- Only have to do one thing – and that’s everything!

 

Best BWD Gig:- The Carlisle Pub, Hastings

 

Smallest Audience:- The Carlisle Pub, Hastings – 3 bar staff, no punters!

 

Favourite Lego Block:- Flat rectangular 8-er

 

Influences:- Nick Spink, Jack Daniels, Ian Snowball, Jim Beam, Paul Moss

 

Musical Influences:- Joe Dolce, Henry VIII, The Klangers, Bob Moooooooog

 

Role Model:- Jon Hodges

 

Likes:- Crisps, Spangles, Cars with one flat tyre, Jupiter, Staplers, Wire, injustice

 

Dislikes:- Violins, Plumbers, Any food that’s red, Tapirs, luminosity, The Pope

 

Hates:- lists, Calendars, Wood, Lego flat 4-ers, Saturn, Nerys Hughes, The Pope

 

Detests:- People getting in the way when I’m setting up the PA, The Pope

 

Earliest Memory:- Last Thursday, about tea time

 

Most Recent Memory:- Errm, Ooo.....no, sorry....it’s gone!

 

Criminal Record:- None....sorry, Nun.

 

Disabilities:- The love of all things taught

 

Proudest Moment:- Finding five flat rectangular 8-ers stuck together in the Lego box, aged 29

 

Other Information:- Mrs Beeton was only 29 when she died!!