But don't be fooled by his youthful appearance, Craig's musical career spans 3 decades (just about) and numerous musical projects before Strangetown. Who can forget that appearance at the Barrel Organ, Digbeth in early 80's with "The Room Above"? Now, hands up all those who'd LIKE to forget it…..

Since forming Strangetown, Craig has formed his own band of travelling strippers who occasionally show up (and show it all) at gigs, before boarding the coach at gunpoint and returning to their hovels.

Craig's hobbies include chasing parked cars and breeding racing slugs.

Geoff "I don't do Thursdays" Moore first came to our attention playing in the Kidderminster area with his band 'Pork-Sword and the Phantom Whistler', and it became obvious to us that his bass playing skills were second only to his uncanny, radar-like ability to spot pubs which are about to begin a major brawl, and then take us in there.

He plays bass like a virtuoso (saxophonist), and is the inventor of a little-known stringed instrument called the Fretto which he is hoping to market through high-street giants Netto. "It seemed to be the obvious outlet for my instrument but I'm going to have a tougher time finding a shop who will want to sell my new mains-powered flute for people with a high IQ - the Sparks and Mensa" he stated recently.

Rumour has it that Geoff once played 2 songs consecutively without stopping for a roll-up (unconfirmed).

Geoff also enjoys many hours making rusty motor bikes look even rustier and then riding them with no saddle on weekend mystery trips "I've been to Worcester loads of times but I've never come this way before" he said.

Embarrasing write-up to follow as soon as we have some dirt on the squeaky-clean git......

But he labours on with the band, partly because the band have led him to believe that he signed a lifetime contract whilst under the influence of Banks's Mild.

Despite being a mere whippersnapper compared with the elder statesmen of the band, Jason has previously played with 'After Eden' and 'Equinox' …. And himself.

It has been said that Jason has never recovered from the trauma sustained from nearly being struck by the sharp end of a flying bass string. Counselling is ongoing. He also claims to be unfazed by the advances of a very overweight fan "I try not to let it get on top of me" he says, bravely.

Jason's hobbies include frightening small children and spending hours alone in his room vigorously polishing his instrument.

Andy "Don't call me Woody" Allen is the backbone of the group and our newest member (so he's a bone and a member... mmm...). He claims his drumming hero is Ringo Starr, so practices his scouse accent whenever possible and talks a lot about small trains!

Andy also spends his weekends scaring small children away from the drums at a nearby music shop and putting non-diesel fluids into his diesel car to see what colour smoke comes out of the engine.

2nd September 2004 Latest developments.... One dark and wet monday night, I was having a chat with our old bass player David. He was telling me that he had got in touch with an old singer friend of ours called Sarah and he was starting a new band - good luck Dave.

Inspired by this I decided to phone Jase as I knew he had plans to start a band with Marcelle. We organised a coffee evening (yeah right!) with Marcelle, Carrie, Jase, myself and a bass player I knew called Stu. On this night Sister Strange was born. We decided to pool our efforts and create a band that had two female front persons (or whatever the correct term is nowadays) and shift the focus of the band to have a female orientated set, lights, dancing, costume changes and wrestling (OK so i lied about the wrestling but it made you look).

Since then we've had a few rehearsals and things are going great, we hope to be gigging within a few weeks, Watch this space (again). The official site for Sister Strange is > www.sisterstrange.co.uk < Click this link to check for latest news, gigs etc.. as strange-town.com will not be updated for very much longer...

9th August 2004 You may have noticed that things have been a bit quiet lately. Well the band officially split on Saturday 7th August for a variety of reasons. I'd llike to personally thank everyone who turned up to gigs - you are the people who made it worthwhile. And of course thanks to everyone who visited this site to view my ramblings.

On a positive note: David and Stu are continuing with their other project. A Kinks / Who / Small Faces tribute band with a working title of 'Who's the Kinky Faces'. Jase is talking to a singer from our past called Marcelle who was instrumental in the forming of Strangetown and was a driving force in our previous band Blondie and Beyond. Anyone who visits Veg's acoustic night will have already heard her.

As for me (Craig), I'm still in close contact with Carrie, Jase and Veg, and I have other projects on the go as well.

Best wishes, watch this space.... I'll be back.... Craig

24th June 2004 For those of you who haven't had chance to hear Carrie yet, we've added a new song in the Downloads section. Many thanks to Saffron Box and Robin Groucutt for their help on this one.

11th June 2004 Thanks to everyone who turned up to our impromptu gig at the Crown last Saturday. Despite it being announced at very short notice, the place was damn full and plenty beer was ingested!

Our drummer (Veg) has started an 'Acoustic Jam' night at the aforementioned Bottom Crown, every Wednesday night (starting about 8:30pm) to give people a chance to get up and play / sing or whatever. Quite a few of us were there this week (9th June) and much fun was had and plenty beer was ingested (again)! So don't be bashful, come and have a go....

4th June 2004 Don't forget, we're playing at the Bottom Crown tomorrow night. The gig was a cancellation so we offered to do it rather than let the venue down. Because we played there recently we're going to alter things a bit so you don't get too bored!!! Hope to see you there...

1st June 2004 Phew what a weekend it's been.... Those of you who came to the Katie's gig on Saturday (a big thank you) saw first hand that Stu wasn't there - he was ill with a capital I, instead it was up to Carrie to be the focal point. So there we were, without a singer and guitarist, half of the songs too low for a female voice, frantically scribbling down chords to songs we've never played before to fill out the set list.... Despite all this, everyone in the audience really enjoyed themselves and had a good night.

Unfortunately we were unable to play at last night's charity gig at the Broadway, Stourbridge (sorry). Carrie was away on holiday and Stu was still ill. The rest of us (David, Craig, Jase and Veg) went to see the other bands though and really enjoyed it. Hope you went too, it was a great night.

27th May 2004 We're returning to Katie Fitzgeralds this Saturday (29th May), starting about 9:00. Carrie's promised to bring her Saxophone :) so miss this at your own peril...

16th May 2004 New... Check out the photos of the gig at the (bottom) Crown, 1st May. This was the first time out for new singer Carrie and she had a fantastic time - indeed we all did. Many thanks to everyone who turned up and the staff at the Crown for making it all possible. A special thank-you goes to Jam Jar Dave (singer from the awesome Cactus Jack) for making an impromptu guest spot and belting out 20th Century boy, Strangetown style.

24th April 2004 Nikki has left the band for pastures new, we wish her well in her new career. We now have an all-new singer who goes by the name of Carrie (check out her profile in the Band Info section to find out more). Her first gig with us will be at the (bottom) Crown on 1st May. You're more than welcome to come along.....

8th April 2004 Don't forget we're playing the Broadway (Stourbridge) on Saturday night. We have the pleasure of being joined by the brilliant Never 11, so it promises to be a great show. See Gig Dates section for more info, hope you can make it...

2nd April 2004 Have a look at the Pub-Quiz in the Lounge section. We've added a new moderately-average prize that we know you'll cherish for minutes to come.

31st March 2004 Well we've just recovered from a hectic week with a gig on Thursday and Saturday. Saturday's gig was everything we expected from the Crown, plenty of regulars and lots of (drunken) singing and dancing - largely from Jase's brother. We look forward to the 1st May when we play there again in a May-Day party (late bar) with a support band and/or a disco. Hope to see you there...

26th March 2004 Thanks to the audience and staff (esp. Angie) at TC's last night. It's a new venue (about 5 weeks old) but the place is superb. In our opinion TC's is likely to be one of the best venues in Birmingham in the near future. We look forward to playing there again.

PS. Don't forget we're playing at one of our regular haunts - The (bottom) Crown tomorrow night. Be there or be tutted at loudly by Nikki.

24th March 2004 We're playing TC's in Selly Oak tomorrow night (See Gig Dates section for details). Hope to see you there.

18th March 2004 New gigs added. See the Gig Dates section for more info.

26th February 2004 - STOP PRESS - Strangetown has been interviewed by Ciaran Ryan of the BBC. He wanted to know what we were about.See the full interview here.

25th February 2004 The gig at the LAMP TAVERN on 6th March has been **CANCELLED** due to ill health of one of the band members. Sorry for any inconvenience, watch this space for more info..

23rd February 2004. A great big thank you to everyone that turned up to see us at Katie Fitzgeralds. We can't remember the last time we had such a welcome!!!! The audience and the staff were fantastic and really had a good time. It makes our job very worthwhile. Thank You.... Ps. Don't forget to look in our Photos section to see if you were caught on camera.

19th February 2004. Don't forget we're playing Katie Fitzgeralds this Saturday, starting at about 8:45. Hope to see you there!!!

12th February 2004 Photos from the gig at the (bottom) Crown now added to the photos section, is your photo there?

5th February 2004 We are pleased to present you with the first Strangetown Pub Quiz. We have some very special prizes that money just can buy! Just wander on down to the Lounge to test your intellect and see what you can win...

4th February 2004 We've managed to get our gig listings mentioned on the website of the mighty BBC, you may notice that there is a new entry in the Links section of this page to the BBC's Music Listings. Have a look and you should see at least some of the Strangetown gigs appearing. At last we're on the BBC (well sort of!).

27th January 2004 Please check the Gig Dates section. New gigs added.

9th January 2004 Tired of surfing the web? Checkout our new Strangetown Lounge a place to relax, have fun, play games and chat to others.

4th January 2004 Thanks to all that turned up to see us at the Crosswells Inn, Oldbury (well Langley really) last night (have a look for your picture in the Photos section). It's always great to see new faces in the crowd as well as some of our regular followers.

Also a big thank you to the staff who made us very welcome and made it clear that they would definitely be booking us again very soon, watch this space.

3rd January 2004 Anyone who fancies coming to the gig at the Crosswells Inn tonight, but can't figure out where it is can follow this Streetmap link which will help Crosswells Inn, Whyley Walk. Whyley Walk is off Spring Walk and joins onto the B4182 Station Road. Hope to see you there!

28th December 2003 Folks who came to last-night's gig at the Rose and Crown (a big thank you) may like to have a look at the Photos page.Our intrepid handyman Loz was out there taking pictures of you!

22nd December 2003 Checkout the Downloads and Guest Book sections on the left-hand menu bar. Listen to some of our songs and tell us what you think!

21st December 2003 Don't miss us at our next gig... 27th December 2003 at the Rose and Crown (known as the Top Crown), Halesowen Road, Old Hill. Be there or be talked about :)

14th December 2003 Work on the website has now started and you are looking at the first temporary version. There's lots to do yet... Watch out for updates in the next week or so.

In the mean time please feel free to email us at:

13th December 2003 Thanks to everyone who turned up to the gig at the Crown, Old Hill, we had a great time. It really makes it fun for us when the crowd are enjoying themselves so much. Thanks also to the staff for being so accommodating and really pulling out all the stops to make the evening a success.

12th December 2003 For the first time we tried gigging outside of our local area. On this particular night we had a gig at the Unicorn, Telford (many thanks to the staff for having us, and the customers for their support). Although the turnout wasnt massive by any means, the lack of numbers was obliterated by the sheer noise of the audience.'The best band they had ever had there'. A big thank you!