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Meet the band
Joe Murphy

Birthplace? Sheffield
Star sign? Gemini
Does this mean anything to you?
I'm two-faced.
Favourite biscuit? Mint bonzo
Favourite songwriter? Jacques Brel
Favourite album? The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett)
Favourite single? Nag Nag Nag (Cabaret Voltaire)
Disorders? Obsessive compulsion
Favourite piece of technology? Dodgem car
What other bands are you in? Sheffield United Male And Female Voice Choir, Something In The Water
Best Dr. Who? Patrick Troughton
Favourite Brian? Clough
Likes? Trains. Maps. Cathedrals. Libraries. The BBC.
Dislikes? Bullies. Pharmaceutical companies/oil corporations/etc.
If you could be in any other band in the world, which one would you choose? Misty's Big Adventure
Favourite films? The Lady Vanishes, Sunset Boulevard, Viridiana,The Bicycle Thieves, Ikiru, The Saragossa Manuscript (my favourite), Vertigo, Psychomania, Wings Of Desire, Withnail And I, Bad Boy Bubby, Secrets And Lies, Bombon El Perro, The Lives Of Others, No Country For Old Men
Pets? Mulligan (cattus domesticus)

 
Kate Arnold

Kate Arnold

Birthplace? Birmingham
Starsign? Aries.
Does this mean anything to you? It's a really useful demonstrative pronoun.
Favourite biscuit? Ginger.
Favourite Buzfuz gig to date? There are 2: Tom Robinson's Blang showcase night October '09 and Aberdeen Tunnels '05 - 'cos they gave us soup.
Leisure pursuits? Designing armour for cats.
Roadies: help or hindrance? I prefer a 'chauffeur'.
Pet hates? Extended guitar hero solos.
What would your all-time top 5 playlist be? Picforth's In Nomine a 5 (x5)
Favourite Buzfuz song? Today it's Bite Your Lip.
Disorders? Obsessive Compulsive Environmental Grammar Correction Disorder, Perpetual Pre-prandial Rapacity Syndrome.
If you were an animal, what would you be and why? A dormouse; then I could catch up on my sleep.
Favourite piece of technology? The kettle.
How (on Earth!) did you become involved with Sergeant Buzfuz? It seems so long ago I can hardly remember...
Favourite Buzfuz lyric? 'Don't accept any flowers from me / I get them all from the cemetery / Don't believe poetry just because / It's under your pillow or in your drawers' from Public Enemy #1. And the Popes.
What other bands are you in? Paul Hawkins And Thee Awkward Silences
Which shampoo do you use? The John Freida Frizz-Ease one for red hair - although I don't have red hair.
Best Dr. Who? Tom Baker. Obviously.
Favourite Brian? Very difficult. So many Brians, so little time! Blessed? Eno? Magic Roundabout? Life Of? Hmm... I think I'll go for Cant.
Favourite material?. Wood.
If you could be in ANY other band in the world, which one would you choose? One consisting entirely of hurdy-gurdies, but there are two problems with this: 1) I don't think it exists; 2) I don't play the hurdy-gurdy (yet).

 
Eilish McCracken

Eilish  McCraken

Birthplace? Ronkswood Hospital (Worcester)
Starsign? Virgo
Does this mean anything to you? Does what mean anything to me?
Favourite biscuit? I don't know what they're called. They've got frilly bits around the edges, raisins in the middle and they're a bit shortbready. You get them in variety packs.
Favourite Buzfuz gig to date? It'd have to be Aberdeen.
Leisure pursuits? In the little leisure time I have I like to sleep, drink Guinness, cycle and climb trees.
Pet hate? Inability to pour a decent pint of Guinness
What would your all-time top 5 playlist be? Oh God, that's impossible.
1. David Bowie "Changes"
2. Lycia "Orion"
3. Faith and The Muse "Denn die todten reiten schnell"
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "The Mercy Seat"
5. Johnny Cash's cover version of Nine Inch Nails' track "Hurt"
Favourite Buzfuz song? Rebellion With Fries
Favourite Buzfuz lyric? "Turning up the TV again so we can't hear the screaming" (Blanket TV).
Disorders? RADHD (Relevant attention deficit hyperactive disorder - only if the situation is desperately boring)
SPITND (Slight pain in the neck disorder - allegedly!)
If you were an animal what would you be and why? Hyperactive Sloth. Because I could make the most of doing very little!
Favourite piece of technology? Electric violin
How (on Earth!) did you become involved with Sergeant Buzfuz? Didn't I lose a bet?
What other bands are you in? Sol Invictus, Sorrow, While Angels Watch
Which shampoo do you use? Herbal Essence for 'normal hair'!!
Best Dr. Who? Tom Baker
Favourite Brian? Molko
Favourite material? Velvet
If you could be in ANY other band in the world, which one would you choose? My Dying Bride
Favourite film? The Shining

 
Ian Button

Ian Button

Birthplace? Crayford, Kent
Starsign? Aries
Does this mean anything to you? It’s just another label, man.
Favourite biscuit? Ginger Nuts, any brand.
Favourite Buzfuz gig to date? Riverside BBC 6.
Leisure pursuits? Old cars, old TV shows.
Pet hate? People in front of you in the supermarket queue not having their money ready.
What would your all-time top 5 playlist be?
1. Jonathan Richman – Roadrunner (once)
2. Orange Juice – Blue Boy
3. David Bowie - Kooks
4. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow’s Parties
5. The Blue Orchids – A Year With No Head
Favourite Buzfuz song? Kay Malone
Favourite Buzfuz lyric? "Tight fingers gripped in the Whittington slowly let go" (God To Holloway).
Disorders? Only the one by Joy Division
If you were an animal what would you be and why? A royal corgi, for endless brilliant reasons.
Favourite piece of technology? The compressor/limiter.
How (on Earth!) did you become involved with Sergeant Buzfuz? They asked me very nicely.
What other bands are you in? Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences, David Cronenberg’s Wife, Deep Cut, The Anthony Anderson Project, Rotifer…….
Which shampoo do you use? John Frieda Brilliant Brunette (yes, I know….)
Best Dr. Who? Pertwee
Favourite Brian? Murphy
Favourite material? Denim
If you could be in ANY other band in the world, which one would you choose? The Beatles, but I wouldn’t replace Ringo, we’d have 2 drummers.
Favourite film? Alfie

 
William Barr

Birthplace? Dublin
Instrument? Mandolin

 
Jon Clayton

(Ex-member, now band engineer/mixer/studio cellist/live bass substitute)

Jon Clayton

Birthplace? Bangor, Wales
Star sign? Gemini.
Does this mean anything to you? No
Favourite biscuit? Hobnob, followed by the classic digestive, and then all the rest.
Favourite Buzfuz gig to date? The Tunnels - such a friendly lot up in Aberdeen
Leisure pursuits? Flying kites, reading.
Pet hate? I like most pets, but not spiders.
What would your all-time top 5 playlist be?
All Downhill From Here - Jim O'Rourke
Season Of The Witch - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger And The Trinity
She' s So Loose - Supergrass
Living In The Past - Jethro Tull
Knee 5 (Einstein On The Beach) - Phillip Glass
Favourite Buzfuz song? Cell Phone
Disorders? Chronic arachnophobia
If you were an animal, what would you be and why? A cat, for the
satisfaction.
Favourite piece of technology? I' d like to say bike, but it' ll have to be computer.
How (on Earth!) did you become involved with Sergeant Buzfuz? I first worked with Joe on Obsessive Compulsion Pour Homme, mostly as recording engineer.
What other bands are you in? Stuffy and the Fuses, Charlotte Hatherley, Something Beginning With L, Chris T-T, Bad Anorak 404.
Which shampoo do you use? Head and Shoulders.
Best Dr. Who? I quite like the current one (David Tennant)
Favourite Brian? The dog in Family Guy.
If you could be in ANY other band in the world, which one would you choose? I' d love to play with Jim O'Rourke.