The Veggies
Peter Simmonds
Founder member and ever-present, the other main songwriter, plays bass, guitar and sings. Chipped in with a bit of uke and mandolin here and there too.
Paul Morris
Also a founder member and ever-present, one of the main songwriters, plays guitar, sings and these days does all the engineering and production stuff.
David J Reakes
Keyboard player and stardust sprinkler. Full-time member of the band since 1992. Has also written a song. Formerly the bongo player before that post became redundant.
Neil Roberts
The actual drummer. Pops up once every blue moon and bangs things. Lives in Huddersfield. Uncanny resemblence to a very big teddy bear.Honourary Veggies
Paul Brown
Bass. Took over bass playing duties circa 2004, having previously popped up as a guest here and there in the two years before that.
Paul Frederick
Vocals. Formerly of The Family Cat and Pure Grain, and now of Jack Adaptor, Fred contributes guest vocals on an occasional basis, most notably on 'Mouth' and 'Planets'.
Simon Pickering
Piano & keyboards. Another former member of Sucker, Simon has been playing keyboards and piano for the past two years or so now. Hates orange.Former Honourary Veggies
Chris Mansell
Engineer & percussion. Extraordinarily good engineer the band were fortunate enough to encounter at their first session at Music City. Went on to engineer the entire LP. Absolutely top bloke.
John Graves
Bass & keyboards. Also formerly of The Family Cat and Pure Grain, Mr Graves played on 9 or 10 songs in the late 90's, icluding 'Want It' and 'Stupid Knife'.
Leigh Cranston
Vocals. Was at art college with Paul and sang on four or five songs on various demos in 1990.
Robert Murphy
Engineer & guitar. The engineer (and owner of) Pizarro Studios in Edinburgh, where the band did all their studio recording between 1988 and 1992. Chipped in with several guitar parts and bits of sequencing. Thoroughly nice bloke.Former Veggies
Gareth Davies
Guitar. Founder member of the band back in 1983 but sacked the following year due to his inertia even though he was the only one who could vaguely play an instrument at the time.
Phil Duncan
Guitar. Played on 'Last few Leaves' (2005) and at a few rehearsals in early 2005. Decided to opt out in about March of that year. Also remixed a couple of tracks circa 2004.
Dominic Ashworth
The Lifestyle & guitar. In addition to officially living the lifestyle on behalf of the band circa 1995-1998, Dom also played guitar on a couple of tracks, including 'E' on 'Madagascar (A Kind Of Togetherness)' in 1995.Guest Veggies
Mike Atkin
Made the original 4-track recording of 'If You See My Dancing' with Paul in Glasgow and was there again, recording guitar and backing vocals, for the session to record the version that was used on 'Get Here, Get Kissin' With...'.
Russell Bathgate
Guitarist & songwriter, formerly of Sucker. Guest appearances on several songs from the N5 sessions and beyond and author of 'Planets' and 'Spartak Theme', both formerly Sucker tunes.
Alan Cowsill
Longtime buddy of the band - some might even say 'fan'. The 2004 LP was named in his honour. More recently two of his songs, 'This Year's Song' and 'Let It Go' have found their way onto LP's.