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| A BRIEF HISTORY OF FIVE QUID SHORT Rich Law, Rich Mockett and Ali Haliday used to be in a punk band called AKA who were really, really crap. Now we would like to get it straight that AKA no longer exist and never will exist again. Some members DO NOT play for both bands or have left to play for AKA perminently (aimed at those who keep asking). Oh, but here is what remains of their website if you would like to have a laugh at your own leisure, www.aka-punk.freeservers.com .Some members of the band (namely Rupert and Sam) would also like to make clear that they are not associated with this shambles of a group at all...period!! Anyway, AKA went on to lie their way into being the support act for an American ska/punk band called Big D And The Kids Table (who, incidentally, are now five quid short's stage show inspirations) and thought "oh my god, ska rules!". After recovering from their embarrassment of being so..shite they decided to make it their sole mission to transform AKA into a GOOD ska/punk band. There first objective was to find a bassist (thats right people, AKA actually tried to play gigs without a bassist, like eating without a mouth isn't it?) and to their suprise found one in the form of a Mr Rupert Owen, a cocky son of a b**ch, but never the less, a bassist. For many years, Rupert had sat next to Mockett and while Mockett longed to find a bassist to play with, Rupert longed for a band to convert him from all the metal crap he was listening to at the time. There was only one small problem, Rupert didn't know how to play bass or have one of his own. But never letting such...minor problems bring him down, he set about practicing his 4 stringed weapon of mass destruction and soon after, FIVE QUID SHORT was born in the May of 2001!! Yet, there was still one thing lacking for you can't have true ska without some sort of horn section (i'm sorry people but its true). On fine summers day while promoting for there up and comming gig Rupert and the Ali stumbled across a strange ape type figure called Sam who sold sandwichs in Stafford. As the devilish three began to talk, sam's primitive trumpet playing skills came to light and he was promply asked to join the band and continue the ska revolution. Sam quickly learnt the two ninga trumpet styles that were Ska and Punk and so the new era of Five Quid Short began. Now granted, there were many lay backs. Except for the fact that all five of them sucked on instruments, there was also the problem of venues. Their first gig as a five piece at The Bear, thats right people the BEAR was quite an experience. Steve from the bear decided (after taking lots of money off all the quid short fans) that he couldn't hack all the fun and frolics and decided to throw everyone out. How ever this was not to make them down hearted and so the Five Quid short ningas fought on to now become a well established band in Stafford and other great unknowns of the midlands. Yet the story does not end there my friend! For Five Quid Short would not be Five Quid Short without the ups and downs that they seem to so fequently encounter. Oh no! So therefore it shouldn't come as a suprise for me tell you that one fateful day over Christmas 2001 Rupert decided to randomly sleep with Sam's girlfriend. Now i maybe no rocket scientist but it doesn't take a genius to work out that this may cause a little tension between band members. And so, to cut a long story short, Rupert left to join Sam's now ex-girlfriend in a wounderful experience they called "love" thus leaving Five Quid short with no bass player. However, when all looked lost, Iain pearson, a Five Quid Short fan, came to the rescue with the aid of his 4 stringed bass guitar. Oh, at this point, it would also be a good idea to add the fact that Kayt also joined with her big brass buddy known as the 'trombone', thats right people even the brass section was finally complete!! And so the Five Quid Short goeas on. As for the future? who knows, but one day, this will make a bloody good soap opera!!!! |
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