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The Band

Velvet Razor - The Band Dave Kent – Lead Vocalist/Lead Guitarist Dave started playing guitar and joined his first band while attending Heathside School in Weybridge, Surrey. Dave has played in many semi-professional and amateur bands over the years playing originals, covers and 50/50 split. Dave Kent founded Velvet Razor in 2003, he is the main song writer and visionary of the band. Velvet Razor operates as a benign dictatorship.Though Dave has been involved in several bands over the years, Velvet Razor is dearest to his heart. Dave’s Equipment Here is a List of all his lovely musical toys Electric Guitars Gibson 6- String Les Paul standard 1953 (Sunburst finish) Gibson 6- String Les Paul standard 1958 (Sunburst finish) Gibson 6- String Les Paul deluxe 1973 (Sunburst finish) Gibson 6- String Les Paul deluxe 1980 (Red finish) Gibson 6-string Les Paul Custom (Red Semi-Trans finish) Gibson 6-string Les Paul Classic 1960’s Reissue (Sunburst finish) Gibson 6- String Les Paul standard 1992(Sunburst finish) Gibson Nighthawk Custom (Gold finish) Gibson Nighthawk Custom (Red finish) Steam-punk Guitar (unique custom made clockwork finish) Axl badwater 6- String Les Paul (sand crackled finish) Axl badwater 6- String Super strat (dark crackled finish) Ibanez 6-string Saber S470 Custom (Metallic Blue Finish – Main Axe!) Ibanez 6-string Saber S470 Custom (Metallic Green Finish) Ibanez 6-string Saber S470 ( Metallic Grey Finish) Fender Deluxe Stratocaster – Red Fender Stratocaster – Salmon Fender Heavy Metal Stratocaster (Cracked blue ice finish) Fender Squier Stratocaster Japanese (White finish) Arbiter (Gibson SG Copy) 6-string/12-String Double neck (For Sale) Satellite Humbug through neck Strat – (Now SOLD) Shine SIT-80 Superstrat – (Now SOLD) Gibson 6- String Les Paul Custom (Jim Beam Finish) – (Now SOLD) Edwards (Gibson Les Paul 59) Jimmy Page wiring – (Now SOLD) Fender Telecaster Special (Grey finish) – (Now SOLD) Acoustic Guitars Takamine 6-string Electro-acousticTanglewood 6-string Electro-acoustic TW45-FC4 (For Sale) Harmony Sovereign 6-string acoustic Epiphone 12-string Ovation 6-string/12-String Double neck electro-acoustic Strings & Accessories Ernie Ball Slinky, custom slinky  and Super Slinky Martin Strings for Acoustics Hypnotic Straps ( Effects (Foot candy) Vox Tonelab SE Multi-effects TC Electronics G System BOSS GT-8 Multi-effects BOSS ME-8 Multi-effects Line 6 POD XT 3 Live Digitech RP20 Morley Pedal Wah Morley Pro Pedal Phase Morley Pro Pedal Flanger Big Muff Pi Fuzz Box MXR Phase 100 Line 6 DL4 Line 6 DM4 Colorsound Tone-bender Any good fuzz/distortion pedal he can get his hands on… Any good phaser pedal he can get his hands on… Amps Mesa Boogie Studio .22 Mesa Boogie Simul-Satellite (For Sale) Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier head Mesa Boogie 4×12 (400W) Cabinet Ibanez Valbee (Modified) Marshall 4×12 (400W) Cabinet (Now SOLD!) Vintage Orange Overdrive (Now SOLD!) Peavey Chorus 212 (Now SOLD!) Favourite Bands/Artists Sorted by genre:Heavy/Hard & Grunge Rock Led Zeppelin AC/DC The Cult The Doors Guns N’ Roses Nirvana Queens of the Stone Age (QotSA) Foo Fighters Deep Purple Black Sabbath Iron Maiden Queen Pearl Jam Red Hot Chilli Peppers Muse Metallica Bush Progressive & Neo-Progressive Pink Floyd Genesis Peter Gabriel Yes King Crimson Marillion (Fish & Hogarth) Fish Asia Dream Theatre Roxy Music Rush Gothic Sisters of Mercy The Cult The Mission Type ‘O’ negative Fields of the Nephilim The Cure Punk The Stranglers The Damned The Clash Bauhaus Joy Division Billy Idol Pop & Ordinary Rock The The (Matt Johnson) David Bowie Velvet Underground U2 Simple Minds The Police Leonard Cohen Kings of Leon Manic Street Preachers Arctic Monkeys The Verve The Killers Blondie Evanescence “Mutton” Jeff Rose – Bassist Jeff has been playing for many years and is a keen aficionado of Rock/grunge and indie music. Jeff has been the bassist of seminal covers band “Bone Idle” . Jeff has also joined the auspices of Velvet Razor at the tailend of January 2010   Equipment Aria 4-String Bass Trace Elliot Bass Combo Strings & Accessories Hypnotic Straps Favourite Songs/Artists Open Up – Leftfield, Rule the World – Shihad, She Sells Sanctuary and Rain – The Cult. American Dream (Afterlife Remix), Jakatta YYZ – Rush, Ramble On – Led Zep, Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd, Push – The Cure Elegantly Wasted – INXS, All That Money Wants – Psychedelic Furs, Toccata – Sky, Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), Us3 Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes, King of the Mountain – Kate Bush, Talking Loud and Clear – OMD, All Hooked Up, All Saints The Chain – Fleetwood Mac All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix, Time – Pink Floyd, You Should Be Dancing – The Bee Gees Money, The Flying Lizards Dayvan Cowboy, Boards of Canada What You Waiting For?, Gwen Stefani Stop, Sam Brown Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana Benedictus from The Armed Man, Karl Jenkins Helicopter – Bloc Party, 0.7734, Blu Peter Pounding – Doves, Wishing I Was There – Natalie Imbruglia, Destiny –Zero 7, Lucky Man – The Verve Paul Tillotson – Drummer Paul started playing the drums at school and has played in many professional and semi-professional bands (playing mainly Rock covers), he was part of a band named “Poser” in the late 1980’s and toured extensively in the UK and Europe.More recently over the last two years Paul played in a number of music festivals in Asia and toured throughout Thailand in 2008 with a (spicy) Thai superstar Sek Loso before returning to the UK in late 2008. He also toured this year (2015) throughout Thailand again with Sek Loso and Bonehead (Ex-Oasis rhythm guitarist). Paul’s drumming style can only be described as bombastic !! “ So that’s why we call him Mr Fantastic… Also “He Luvs a lovely cup of Rosie Lea”  Equipment Pearls Bass drum Pearl Floor tom Pearl hi-tom Pearl lo-Tom Ludvig snare Zildjian – 18″ A Custom China Cymbal Zildjian – 18″ A Rock Crash Cymbals Hi-Hat Favourite Bands/Artists Led Zeppelin AC/DC The Cult Guns N’ Roses QoTSA NirvanaDeep Purple Black Sabbath Pearl Jam Iron Maiden Metalica Red Hot Chilli Peppers Muse Foo Fighters Kings of Leon