Boum: Biography 
27th November 1965
Born in Grimsby, Lincs
... to Gillian and Bill. The Seekers were at no.1 with The Carnival is Over (it was for my parents, according to Polly).
Both Mum and Dad went on to be big musical influences. They also gave me a sister, Brigit, who I now admit ended up with a far less embarrassing record collection than mine (who were the Techno Twins ??)
September 1969 - July 1977
Signhills Infants/Junior School, Cleethorpes
Spare time was divided between piano lessons, singing in choirs and playing the clarinet in the orchestra. An obsession with pop music began in 1973 (Wizzard, Chicory Tip, the Rak label etc. ...okay, plus the Wombles).
A friend introduced me to the Beatles in1974, via his mum's record collection. I was hooked instantly, and for the next seven years spent my pocket money and Smiths vouchers on little other than their albums. Oddly enough - bearing in mind the associated anti-Beatles stance - when punk arrived at Signhills in 1976 in a flat-bed cassette player, I remember feeling naughty listening to it, thinking it was somehow illegal, but loving the power chords associated with early '60s recordings.
September 1977 - June 1984
The Lindsey School, Cleethorpes
Mum and Dad bought me an old drum kit when I was fourteen. Looking back, I'm quite surprised, considering the musical path I'm sure they'd rather I'd taken.
I formed my first, suitably pretentious bedroom band - Invisble Lines of Tension - with chum Dave Wright. Influences included avant garde electronica, post-punk 'agit pop'...and Shakatak.
October 1984 - May 1987
Bristol Polytechnic, Hotel work and London
Having returned from six months of hotel work in France at the end of my first year at college, I co-formed my first gigging band with pals Andy Fordham and Nick Green. Following a six-month hiatus (while I worked for a tour operator in London), various name/lineup changes, a festival headlined by Hawkwind (our appearance was axed a couple of hours before we were due to play), a much-lauded demo and subsequent interest from Go! Discs, the band split.
September 1988 - mid 1999
The Groove Farm and beyond
The affectionately titled 'Hate Us and We'll Love You to Death' ep came out within a couple of months of my joining the Groove Farm in Sepember 1988. The next two years were spent playing around the UK and releasing a couple more eps and an album - Plug - which beacme a John Peel favourite.
The band split in 1990, paving the way for Beatnik Filmstars and Girlboy Girl. I played drums with both bands before joining Cake, with friends Howard and Deb (ex-Flatmates).
I also decided to plough my own musical furrow, recording three tracks as Vision On, aided by finger style-guitarist Karl Taylor and The Groove Farm's Rupert on bass. The project was shelved while I played drums and organ for ex-Sarah Records outfit Tramway, recording Siesta's first single, and a subsequent album. I also teamed up with a couple of ex-Groove Farmers and John Austin to form Airbomb Repeater, a surf instrumental band. We still get together about once every five years, to record the odd ep.
Eventually, the Vision On ep - Who's Afraid of DeWolfe - came out on Mobstar Records. Japanese popster Cornelius imported around two hundred copies and, by proxy, introduced me to Mike Alway who promptly licenced the Vision On tracks, including one on his seminal Songs for the Jet Set album, credited to Tomorrow's World.
I continued to record for, contributing the odd track here and there to albums released on Mike's if... and Reverie labels, involving a vocal session with French chef-cum-sports-commentator Louis Philippe.
January 2000 -
if..., Reverie and The Sound of Chartreuse
The beginning of the new millennium saw our first full length album: Songs For the Jet Set 2000, with contributions from Milky's Shazna, Angie Tillett (Death By Chocolate) and '70s teen idol and soundtrack composer Simon Turner.
Since then, I've written, recorded and produced under various names, usually with John Austin, Angie Tillett and/or Boyracer's Matty Green or fiIm maker Matt Hulse. More information is available on the releases page.