Celebs in Bands

[leftybassman392]

The Kemp boys of course...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrYMO0TN05k[/media]


Emily Blunt is apparently a Grade 8 cellist and an accomplished singer (don't think she's ever played in a band though).

Edited July 24, 2014 by leftybassman392

[stingrayPete1977]

I played at the Bull and Gate in Kentish town a few years, who was on bass in another band? Only Trevor from Trevor and Simon of swing yer pants fame! Terrible band as a recall
Simon actually came to watch them too and David Badiel was in there, weird night.

[geoham]

There is an actor who played a baddie in The Bill and Sliders who is in a
band. Roger something.....

[2004gdavi]

Tony Blair played guitar. I'll get me coat.

[Donnyboy]

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Tony Blair played guitar. I'll get me coat.
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I thought that was Ziggy.I'll get me coat.

[JTUK]

Sean Williams of East Enders fame has a soul band as my friend did some backing tracks for him for solo stuff, but he also put a full band together.
Not a bad singer, as it happens and a really nice guy to boot.

[joeystrange]

Shatner.

[Roland Rock]

Pat Cash

[Hobbayne]

Pauley Perrette from NCIS was the singer in a band called Lo Ball before she joined the show.

[Adrenochrome]

Sam Riley the actor was in 10,000 things who we gigged with a couple of times in Leeds. Decent frontman, I had a chat with him one day and he said he was determined to 'make it' in showbiz.

Aren't the brothers from 30 seconds to Mars actors?

[CamdenRob]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1406233793' post='2509693']
Word I've heard about Mark Butcher is that he's pretty good at it. Personally I think he made the right career choice...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2CRxmoOkcc[/media]


While I'm on the 'cricketers as musicians' theme, here's Curtly Ambrose (Advisory: contains appallingly bad sound quality):

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEMeRrvhro[/media]
[/quote]

I have no soundcard on this PC but Curtly Ambrose playing the bass is about as cool as it gets....

[razze06]

Hulk Hogan was a session musician in the 70's, before he became a pro wrestler. Never seen him live, yet videos of him playing with various bands are available on youtube.

Oh, and he was rumoured to have almost got the metallica bass player position early on...

http://loudwire.com/wrestler-hulk-hogan-metallica-rumors-bassist-position/

[joeystrange]

[quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1406277878' post='2509980']
Aren't the brothers from 30 seconds to Mars actors?
[/quote]

Jared Leto is. In fact, the band started before he made it as an actor then got back together when he was a big star. Not sure about his brother though.

Gary Holton, who played Wayne in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, was the singer in Heavy Metal Kids. When they reformed a few years ago the guy that played Nick Cotton in EastEnders was their singer. Then he was replaced by Phil Lewis of LA Guns.

I suppose everyone that's ever been in Neighbours should be on this list.

Didn't Christopher Lee do a metal album a couple of years ago?

[paulmcnamara]

And Sting the actor, he does some music!

[CamdenRob]

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1406278739' post='2510003']
Didn't Christopher Lee do a metal album a couple of years ago?
[/quote]

He did but I'm not sure it was entirly serious..... It was hilariously pants though.

[Simon.]

As McEnroe and Cash have already been mentioned, continuing the tennis theme, Bob & Mike Bryan have a band going as well.

[fretmeister]

Mike Wedderburn (Sky Sports Presenter) plays keys in a pro function band called Jive Honey. Very good they are too.


I saw Hugh Laurie's band at the New Theatre in Oxford last year. I've been going to big and small gigs for 25 years, and Laurie's show was the finest gig I have ever been to.

It was perfect.

I read somewhere that these days he sees acting as a way of funding his music.

[joeystrange]

A few wrestlers I can think of...

Chris Jericho sings in Fozzy.

Lita sang in a band called The Luchagors for a few years. She also sung on my band's album.

Jeff Hardy had a band that were terrible. Not sure if it's the same band but he did his current entrance music. Also terrible.

The Rock plays guitar, I believe, and once did a song with Wyclef Jean.

John Cena released a hip-hop album a while ago.

[Fozza]

Jamie Oliver was/is drummer in a band called Scarlet Division.

DJ Mark Ratcliffe has played in quite a few bands over the years and his ex-DJ-ing partner Marc "Lard" Riley started out playing in The Fall and later his own band, The Creepers.

[joeystrange]

Brian Cox played keys in D:Ream before he was known for being a physicist.

[flyfisher]

. . . and astrophysicist Dr Brian May used to play in a vaguely known little outfit

[keeponehandloose]

Zac from Emmerdale , didnt his band play on the show and release a record ??

[flyfisher]

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1406279445' post='2510022']
I saw Hugh Laurie's band at the New Theatre in Oxford last year. I've been going to big and small gigs for 25 years, and Laurie's show was the finest gig I have ever been to.

It was perfect.

I read somewhere that these days he sees acting as a way of funding his music.
[/quote]

I once read that Charlie Watts' first love is big band jazz and he used to think of his day job with the Stones as a way of funding it and their tours

[EliasMooseblaster]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1406236268' post='2509731']
Russell Crowe was/is in a band called Forty Odd Foot of Grunts.
[/quote]

Unfortunately, whenever someone puts Russell Crowe and music in the same sentence, all I can think of is:
http://youtu.be/X-DblXaqQMk

"Makin' movies, makin' music and fightin' 'round the world!"

[Dropzone]

[indent=1]I saw Al Murray play drums in a band at Download[/indent]