"Whey Aye C/DC perform a full two and a half hour stage show of classic AC/DC tracks from both the Brian and Bon eras. Musically and visually, the band are the closest thing to the real deal you could hope to see and hear - and Daz (vocals) and Graham (lead guitar) are two of the most uncanny looking / sounding frontmen you could ever wish to see in a tribute band. Every song is played note-perfect and it is evident from the sheer professionalism and breath-taking stage show that these guys have it absolutely nailed. Certainly the best AC/DC tribute band I've seen in a long time - and believe me, I've seen quite a few"
Viv Griffiths - Co-Organiser - 'The Big Ball AC/DC Convention' in Wrexham 2004 - 2006 .
BAND MEMBERS
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Graham Harker - Lead Guitar |
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The most uncanny looking Angus you will ever see in an AC/DC tribute band. "Four Foot nowt and six stone wet through" was how a local live music reviewer described him. Graham has every Angus characteristic mimicked down to the last duck-hop and lip-curl. His guitar playing is second to none and he wrings notes from his Gibson SG like his life depends on it. Curious Fact: Graham takes this whole band malarkey very seriously and tends not to get involved in the daft shenanigans his band mates get up to (re: Daz and Neil). |
| Born | He won't tell us when, but it was sometime in the late 60's in Newcastle. |
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Starsign |
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Hair |
Yes, and currently trawling wig shops to complete his 'authentic' look on-stage. |
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Eyes |
Two |
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Equipment |
Gibson SG x 3, Marshall JCM800 and loads of 4x12 Marshall Cabs. Union Jack boxers, school uniform. |
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Favourite Food |
Absolutely anything. The bloke is a human tapeworm. |
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Favourite Drink |
Robinsons Barley Water at gigs. On a night out - 3 halves of John Smiths laced with Bromide. Then he falls over. |
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Hobbies |
Going abroad more times in a year than Judith Chalmers. France. Florida. Making money. Not spending money. |
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Favourite Films |
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Favourite Books |
How To Speak French In 5 Easy Stages. Florida for beginners. |
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Favourite TV Shows |
Bargain Hunt. |
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First Album |
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First Live Gig |
AC/DC Newcastle Mayfair 1977 |
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Favourite Bands |
Graham has never heard, nor intends to hear any other band but AC/DC. It's a bit sad really... |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs |
F*ck me, where do we start...? |
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Favourite AC/DC Albums |
If You Want Blood, Back In Black, Let There Be Rock |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs to Play |
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Daz McCourt - Vocals |
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Daz has always
been a big AC/DC fan, but manages to keep his obsession to a
manageable level, unlike Dean or Graham - who would rather
spend their last fiver on a copy of Kerrang featuring a one
inch article about Phil Rudd's dog, than buy food or put
petrol in their cars. Daz first heard AC/DC back in 1979 when his Dad gave him a worn out taped copy of 'Highway To Hell', which he played non-stop for a year until he got the album 'Back In Black' for his 7th birthday and played it until the grooves on the LP knackered. After years of belting out AC/DC tracks in various pub bands, Daz finally got to do what he does best in 'Back in Black' and now 'Whey Aye C/DC'. Curious Fact: Daz has recently had all of his hair cut off (again) after a home hair-dying experiment went wrong (again). So instead of a Wurzel Gummidge look-a-like fronting the band, he has now opted for an 'Action Man / GI Joe' hair do, complete with Garnier brown hair dye to cover the shambles he made of his blonde highlights. The big girl. |
| Born | Gateshead, England 1973 |
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Starsign |
Orion |
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Hair |
Yes, what's left of it. |
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Eyes |
Two. Grey-Blue. |
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Equipment |
Radio Mic. Flat cap |
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Favourite Food |
Anything that you can stick in a microwave. Pringles. |
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Favourite Drink |
Jack and Diet Coke, Diet Coke on it's own. Jack without any Diet Coke. |
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Hobbies |
Motorbikes.
Playing guitar. Drinking. Upsetting yanks on Xbox Live.
Sometimes at the same time |
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Favourite Films |
Any Star Wars (except Ep.1 cos it's shit), Goodfellas, The Deer Hunter, Superbad. |
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Favourite Books |
XBox 360 Magazine. Sonny Barger Biography, Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? |
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Favourite TV Shows |
The Sopranos, Deadwood, Lost, My Name Is Earl, 24 |
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First Album |
Got a dodgy taped copy of Highway To Hell when I was six from my dad |
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First Live Gig |
AC/DC - Whitley Bay Ice Rink, Fly On The Wall Tour |
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Favourite Bands |
The Wildhearts, AC/DC, Ginger, Silver Ginger 5, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth. |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs |
For Those About To Rock, Cold Hearted Man, Ride On, Have A Drink On Me, Spellbound. |
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Favourite AC/DC Albums |
Back in Black, Powerage. |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs to Play |
Have A Drink On Me, For Those About To Rock, Thunderstruck |
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Dean Robertson - Rhythm Guitar |
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Dean is a true
professional in every sense of the word. He's always the
first to arrive at rehearsals and gigs, and due to his work
commitments, that probably means he's driven about 200 miles
to get there (in his girly hairdressers car). Curious Fact: Dean's also a member of the legendary NWOBHM band The Tygers Of Pan Tang. He's probably the most experienced member of the band when it comes to performing live and that's why the rest of the lads tend to ask him stupid questions and direct over enthusiastic fans in his direction. |
| Born | County Durham, 1960-something. About 6.30am and it was raining...... |
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Starsign |
Gemini |
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Hair |
Sort of mucky
blonde colour. A bit like a Cocker Spaniel |
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Eyes |
Four. Two Blue,
One Brown and an Oriental One. |
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Equipment |
2 x Gretsch guitars, 2 x Marshall JCM 800 and 4 x 4x12 Marshall cabs |
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Favourite Food |
KFC, McDonalds, Ginsters Pasties from service stations. |
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Favourite Drink |
At gigs, coke. Socially - he'd drink brasso if you put it in a pint glass. |
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Hobbies |
Motorbikes, cars, guitars, music. |
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Favourite Films |
Any skin flick, Hairspray, The Wizard of Oz |
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Favourite Books |
Vidal Sassoon - A Biography, Curl Up and Dye - The Life And Times of Nicky Clarke. |
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Favourite TV Shows |
Top Gear, Only Fools and Horses, The Salon. |
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First Album |
Paranoid - Black Sabbath. |
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First Live Gig |
Deep Purple,
Durham Students Union sometime in the 70's. |
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Favourite Bands |
AC/DC, Tygers of Pan Tang, Rush, UFO |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs |
Jailbreak, Beating Around The Bush, Let Me Put My Love Into You. |
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Favourite AC/DC Albums |
Back in Black, Powerage |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs to Play |
Hard As A Rock, Riff Raff, Back In Black |
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Chris Walker - Bass Guitar |
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Probably the most sensible band member, Chris' bass playing provides the back-bone to the Whey Aye C/DC sound. Chris also undertakes alot of the 'behind the scenes work' with Daz, which means booking gigs, sorting out backdrops and posters etc for his ever-so-grateful band-mates. Curious Fact: Chris is a fireman in 'real life' and therefore has probably the most important job out of everyone in the band. Chris can usually be found at gigs being subject to 'rescuing cats out of trees' jokes by the ignorant buffoons he calls band-mates. |
| Born | Late end of the 1960's. |
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Starsign |
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Hair |
Golden Brown. Texture like sand. |
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Eyes |
Aye |
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Equipment |
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Favourite Food |
Anything flame grilled. |
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Favourite Drink |
Flaming Sambucas. |
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Hobbies |
Are you kidding? Work and the band takes up most of his time. But at a push - Football. |
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Favourite Films |
Backdraft. Towering Inferno. Fire Walk With Me. |
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Favourite Books |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. |
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Favourite TV Shows |
The Simpsons, Match Of The Day, London's Burning. |
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First Album |
Something by Blondie back in the 70's. |
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First Live Gig |
Iron Maiden, Newcastle City Hall 1982. |
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Favourite Bands |
AC/DC, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Mr.Big. |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs |
Down Payment Blues, Lets get it up, Heatseeker |
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Favourite AC/DC Albums |
If You Want Blood, Back in Black |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs to Play |
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Neil Vickers - Drums |
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Neil is sometimes referred to as the 'quiet one' in the band. Which is utter bollocks. Stick him and Daz in the same room for any longer than 5 minutes and their insane gibberish, star-wars impressions and 'jokes' will drive any sane person up the wall. By far the noisiest member of the band. Neil likes nothing better than banging the hell out of his drum kit, usually while Graham's trying to tune his guitar.
Curious Fact:
Neil used to be a goalkeeper for an ice hockey team - which
means he's git hard and that. He also makes movie props and
masks for local fancy dress shops in his shed. He's
currently knocking up two cannons for the band to use at
live shows, but they're that big he can't actually get them
out of the shed now that he's built them. Daz is going round
later in the week to help him remove the shed roof so they
can hoist them out. |
| Born | Somewhere in the North East, sometime in 1969. |
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Starsign |
The Animal. |
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Hair |
Very little. Chris Slade would be proud.... |
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Eyes |
Two. |
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Equipment |
Drums. Lots of them. Sticks. Lots of them (well he would if he didn't keep giving them away at gigs). |
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Favourite Food |
Pizza. Burgers. Pot Noodles. Pizza. |
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Favourite Drink |
John Smiths Bitter. Sherry. |
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Hobbies |
Locking himself in his shed and creating grotesque latex masks and dildos. His 'Doom Metal' band - NORD. |
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Favourite Films |
Transformers. Spiderman 1, 2 and 3. X-Men. Anything not real, or with superheroes or talking cars in it. |
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Favourite Books |
Are you taking the piss? The last book Neil read was a Dandy Annual sometime in 1978. |
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Favourite TV Shows |
Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, She-Ra Princess of Power. |
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First Album |
Killers - Iron Maiden 1981. |
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First Live Gig |
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Favourite Bands |
Dream Theatre, Slayer, Megadeth, AC/DC, Slipknot. Anything noisy. |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs |
Fire Your Guns, Thunderstruck, Let There Be Rock |
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Favourite AC/DC Albums |
Back In Black, The Razors Edge |
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Favourite AC/DC Songs to Play |
Fire Your Guns, Let There Be Rock, Riff Raff |
