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Chris “Thumbs” Kirwan
Bass Guitar and Piano
After narrowly missing out on a career as a tennis star look-a-like, I turned my attention to playing music! A six year stint at university allowed me to perfect the guitar, bass and piano when I could have been found playing in various Indie oufits in the east end of London such as The Elephent Men, Retrovirus, Pulse and the Smoker House Band. After a chance reunion with the son of a Chinese chip shop owner from Swindon, I was introduced to Montoya and never looked back - though I have kept a healthy interest in my day job!
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Peter “Sticks” Haworth
Drums and Percussion
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After realising I had a talent for making noise I decided to become a drummer to channel my energy! A founder member of Astronomic Phobia, I played my first gig at the tender age of 16 (the band only lasted one gig!). I have since had a 5 year stint in The Funky Knob Cheeses and The Funky Santas, whilst at University, playing venues all over the South East of England, usually for the princely sum of a hot meal and a few beers. I was drafted into Montoya as a replacement for a drummer who apparently spontaneously combusted during a sound check.
I maintain the Thisismontoya.com website so if you have any suggestions click on my picture to e-mail me.
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From my humble musical roots playing the spoons to great effect, it was decided that I wasn’t going to do very well on the music scene, so I decided to turn my attention to the violin, before finally settling on the guitar in hope of improvement. A 4-year stint with Birmingham-based indie outfit Fahrenheit / Dr Moreau as lead guitarist then followed, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Undaunted, I came to London and, after some searching through phone books for contacts and meeting up with the original Montoya bass guitarist (big shout-out to Joey for the early days - cheers mate!), a plan for global domination was hatched in a pub off Oxford Street - current status: still working on it, we'll let you know....!
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