Graham Patrick
Born – Merseyside
Date of Birth – 2nd September 1966
Plays – drums and sings backing vocals.
Graham first decided that he wanted to play drums after going through his ‘Gary Glitter’ phase when he use to mime to his records using a hairbrush for a microphone. Gary was his idol until his brother Stephen introduced him to Queen. Graham immediately wanted to become Roger Taylor and started miming the drums with a broken snooker cue and a strategically bent coat hanger.
Queen became a bigger and bigger part of Graham’s life as he got older, and eventually he got his first drum kit at 18 years old. He played with no less than ten different bands before he formed GAGA with the ex bass player Dave Harding. Originally the band was called ‘Wanted’ until it was decided to concentrate entirely on Queen songs and then the name was changed to GAGA in 1992.
Equipment Graham uses on stage
PEARL MASTERS – 12″, 13″, 16″ & 22″
PEARL MASTERS 14″ X 7″ SNARE DRUM
SABIAN 20″HH CUSTOM RIDE CYMBAL
ZILDJIAN 18″ ‘Z’ ROCK CRASH CYMBAL
SABIAN 17″ HH MEDIUM THIN CRASH CYMBAL
ZILDJIAN 14″ NEW -BEAT HI – HATS
TAMA / PEARL HARDWARE
REMO PINSTRIPE AND EMPEROR BATTER HEADS
VIC FIRTH 7A DRUM STICKS
John Holmes
Born- Merseyside
Date of Birth – 11th October 1966
Plays- lead guitar and sings lead vocals
John began to plink and plonk on his dad’s old guitar when he was about ten years old. The guitar only had one string but he was hooked. John started to teach himself the ‘Epilogue’ from, ‘The War of the Worlds’.
Not long afterwards John saw Queen on Top Of The Pops doing We Are the Champions. A few weeks later his brother bought A Night At The Opera, that was it, the addiction had begun. John was only 12 years old at the time, but he loved Queen songs so much he wanted to play and sing them for himself. John insists that it has never been easy and is still learning.
Equipment John uses on stage
Yamaha Pacifica 912 Guitar
Brian May Treble booster
Boss Graphic Equalizer into vox value-tronix AD120
Tony Pilling
Born – Merseyside
Date of Birth – 12th August 1956
Plays – Bass and sings backing vocals
Tony first became interested in playing guitar when he was very young and as he grew older so his love for the instrument increased. He taught himself and eventually managed to play ‘Apache’ and various other little riffs. Tony carried on playing on the guitar, and together with his brother and a few friends formed a band called ‘Fox Jeshua’, then came ‘Shy fly’ and finally ‘Branch’ and then left to join ‘No Entry’, when he spent 3 months in North America entertaining tourists.
At the end of year 2000 a band called ‘Eat The Beaver’ that Tony was in came to an end and thought no more about starting again. However a complete fluke brought him together with John and Graham. Dave Harding wanted to leave the band. Knowing how passionate Tony was about Queen, John and Graham offered him the bass position.
Equipment Tony uses on stage
1 – FENDER JAZZ GUITAR
1 – TRACE ELLIOT AMPLIFIER TOP
2 – SPEAKER CABINETS
a) 1 x 15
b) 4 x 10
1 – TRACE ELLIOT COMBO (FOR SMALLER GIGS)
1 – BOSS FX PEDAL