GIG GUIDE
Bio's
Meet "The Cover Up" band members. Feel free to contact us here.
| Dean | Rob | Jeff | Gavin | Craig |
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| Name | Dean |
| Nickname | Deano |
| Job | Vocals, Trumpet, Harmonica, Percussion |
| Starsign | Sagitarius |
| Favourite Bands | Living Colour, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Porkers, Foo Fighters, TISM. |
| Best Concert | AC/DC about 8 years ago and Living Colour 1992, Foo Fighters at a BDO about 8 years ago. |
| Musical Heroes | Nikki Webster, Kermit the Frog (Rainbow Connection was pure brilliance), Flight of the Conchords |
| Stuff | Deano's played in a number of Sydney outfits as a trumpet player in the 90's and turned his hand to singing when he moved to the Central coast about 4 years ago and hasn't stopped singing since. Not too keen on singing ABBA but loves the fact that people are dancing to it and who knows, you may see him pop up in the crowd at any moment in any song. |
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| Name | Rob |
| Nickname | Pump |
| Job | Drums and talking talking talking |
| Starsign | Dunno |
| Favourite Bands | Led Zep, AC/DC, New Kids on the Block, RHCP and N Sync |
| Best Concert | AC/DC fronted by Bon Scott |
| Musical Heroes | Animal from the Muppets, Dave Grohl, Milli Vanilli |
| Stuff | Too long and distinguished to write it all but Pump has played with the best. Supported some awesome acts and discovered some real beauties. Pump is never short of something to say, always on for a chat, especially if it gets him out of packing up his own gear. |
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| Name | Jeff |
| Nickname | Professor Funk, Dr Funkenstein, Sir Funkalot, Poppy J. Funkenhiemer. |
| Job | Bass, Bass, more Bass and fixin' Deano's trumpet |
| Starsign | A load of Bull |
| Favourite Bands | Steely Dan, Weather Report, Doobie Brothers, Pink Floyd, Cream, Mark Robinson and the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. |
| Best Concert | Steely Dan in the Hunter Valley, Sting at the Ent Cent, Bella Fleck and the Flecktones at The Basement. |
| Musical Heroes | Ray Brown, Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Sting, Derek Smalls |
| Stuff | More seasoned than KFC, Jeff started playing bass in 1978. From a Led Zep covers band to blues and roots and even an improvised jazz/funk quartet, Jeff plays, teaches, repairs and restores basses full time. Livin' the dream? "You bet, and The Cover up is the icing on the cake!" |
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| Name | Gavin |
| Nickname | Gav, Mr Slick |
| Job | Guitar/Vocals and all round good looks |
| Starsign | Gemini |
| Favourite Bands | Wilco, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Bardot |
| Best Concert | McCartney 93, Bowie 04 |
| Musical Heroes | Paul McCartney, James Jamerson, David Gilmour and those old jazz guys. |
| Stuff | Gavin likes music. Gavin has a guitar. Gavin likes to play music on his guitar. |
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| Name | Craig |
| Nickname | Maxx |
| Job | Guitar and Rock Moves |
| Starsign | Sagitarius |
| Favourite Bands | Alice Cooper, Kiss, Led Zeplin, Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd |
| Best Concert | Pink Floyd |
| Musical Heroes | Freddy King, John Bonham, Mick Jagger, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Nigel Tufnel. |
| Stuff | Craig has lived and breathed guitar all of his life. He describes himself as an all round FAN of music in addition to being a musician. One of the founding members of The Cover Up he truly brings class and cool to the group. He's our own guitar God and true master of rock presence. Signature move - Head back, eye's closed, foot on the wedge and wailing. |