Artist description Out of the ordinary Rock Music with a tongue in cheek, theatrical style

Music Style Rock

Musical Influences Doors, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Alex Harvey, Queen, Depeche Mode, Yes, Naked City, etc etc...the list goes on.

Artist History Noone would have believed that deep in darkest Fife in the early ninetys, two young spritely boys were to start an epic chapter in the history of music. Gary Letham (bass) andGordon Hillis (vocals)(aka Gizzard) began penning some cheerful little ditties under the guise of Rain and taking it upon themselves to expand took on the wonderous talents ofDave Welsh, Wullie Timms and Gordon Bell to play drums, guitar & keyboards respectively. What could only be termed as a 'washy mess' took on some kind of tighter form anddates were played, but popularity was not forthcoming. Gizzard & Letham, being Doors fans opted for the name 'One in Five' instead of the murkier Rain, and the band began toenjoy some success in gigs around the east of Scotland and some attention from the local press. It was during this time that founder member and bassist Letham spectacularly left the band amid scandalous accusations. All this coming just before the band were about to gointo recording sessions on their first demo tape. A guitarist, one Grant Jamieson was quickly drafted in to fill in on the bass on a temporary basis. Finding Jamieson's talents andinsanity well matched for the band Hillis offered him a permanent place. Both him and Timms were to share the roll of bass and guitar between them. It was this decision that wasto dog 'One in Five' for the next few months. Clearly egos were damaged when decisions were taken as to who should play bass and who should play guitar. And then of course there was the incessant slagging that is so crucial to the heart of any band. The group continued playing as 'One in Five' for several months leading into early '92. There were two highlights for this incarnation. One of these was definitely the 'GoodbyeMr Mackenzie' support gig mastered by management guru Alistair 'the manny-ger' Brown. He cleverly persuaded ex-members of one-time chart toppers 'Goodbye MrMackenzie' to take the headline at a showcase gig playing as 'The Filthy Tongues'. Interestingly their line-up included a youthful Sharon Manson of 'Garbage' fame onkeyboards. The Mackenzie's got a bit upset at Alistair's handling of things when more focus was put on 'Goodbye Mr Mackenzie' rather than 'The Filthy Tongues'. They even gota bit of local press complaining about the issue. The other highlight had to be The Royal Albert Hall gig (ok so it was in Stirling, but Queen played there once - honest). Thismight have had more to do with the free beer than the actual quality of the venue. The gig was jointly done with Happy but Twisted, whose guitarist, in a fit ofnon-professionalism, walked off stage amid heckling from certain members of other bands. The aforementioned band were managed by a distinctly queer fellow named RussellFenton, whose persuasion is now immortalised in the cry 'Russell Fenton is BENT'. The band had other brushes with the musically famous. Their practice room was frequently stolen by Big Country. They also once played a gig organised by Nazereth's PeteAgnew. Another practice room they used for a while in Glasgow was used by the hugely successful and hugely dreadful Wet Wet Wet in their early days. Unfortunately very littleor indeed, none of this fame was to attach itself to them. In early '93 the band split. Bell decided he had to broaden his horizons and abruptly left for Mexico. Jamieson was also poached at this time by one-time composer for 'BarclayJames Harvest' Robert John Godfrey, to come and do sound engineering in Northampton for his band 'The Enid'. Things didn't go as planned for Jamieson and by Summer hewas back in Edinburgh. Gizzard recruited a new bass player, Alan Davidson. Willie Timms had had enough of the slagging and decided not to rejoin. A new demo was puttogether improving on the failings of the first. The band continued to play as 'One in Five', until Bell returned and the band relaunched itself. So Psycho Annie was born! With the new line up of Hillis, Jamieson, Davidson, Welsh and Bell the band's sound improved considerably. With this more solid sound and tighter set the band began seekingout gigs once more, although this proved harder without their management guru as they had to set them up themselves. Still some real classic events took place at this time. Agig was setup in the unlikely highland town of Pitlochry. Heartland FM got wind of this and made the questionable decision of allowing the band to come on their Sunday nightindie show. With nothing to do on a Sunday afternoon in Pitlochry other than sample the local drinking holes certain members were incapacitated by the time there slot came up.Much mayhem resulted in what was good listening and a good turnout for their gig the following weekend. The venue made the mistake of letting them stay along with free drink.As was to be expected of budding rock stars, they were subsequently barred from ever appearing there again. The Summer of '94 culminated in a tour of the highlands ofScotland. A week of consecutive gigs around the North of Scotland. Starting off in Edinburgh then to Buckie, Elgin, Aberdeen, Dundee and finally Alva park they played hard bothon and off the stage accompanied by The incredibly bombastic Liquid Pub Dugs and a roadcrew that would have frightened the characters of Trainspotting. The end sadly comes to all good things and the band fittered away, but not without leaving the world a third exceptional demo recorded in early '95.Click your fingers and I'm, sure they'd reunite in a flash.

Group Members Gizzard - vocals Allan Davidson - Bass Dave Welsh - Drums Grant Jamieson - Guitar Gordon Bell - Keyboards

Press Reviews Various local reviewsPlayed & Loved by Heartland FM

Location Inverkeithing, Scotland - United Kingdom

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