Band Bios

Commando Overdrive

Welcome to the obligatory part of the website where we make a valiant stab at humour and you can learn a little something about each of the people in the band, whether you like it or not. Who knows, some of it's probably true...

N.B: We shamelessly stole most of the questions from the official Reuben page. Originality be damned.

2/2/05 - Needed updating.

Position in band: Percussionist.
Other names: N/A

Born: 4th September 1989, Leeds.
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 53kg.
Shoe size: 10

Describe your style: Led Zeppelin T-Shirts, jeans.

Allergies: Emo (I'd like to add that I hated them before it was all "OMG LIEK HATIN EMOS IS KEWL").

Fave foods: Sweet and Sour noodles/ Kebabs.

Fave bands/singers: Led Zeppelin, fist and foremost. Bonzo > Jesus.

Motto: "Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuys!"

Fave TV: Red Dwarf, Films. I don't watch much TV.

Hobbies: Reading, writing, drawing, my Apple Mac, films and videogames. Oh, and drumming. Obviously.
Interesting fact about yourself: I'm descended from a pirate.

Favourite drink: Sprite.
Favourite song: "Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin.
Favourite dog: Mine.
Favourite WWF wrestler: I defy you to name me someone who actually likes Wrestlign anymore.

Favourite films: Aliens.

"Don't worry Ripley, me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you!"

Best value purchase to date inc. price: Your girlfriend. PRICE: FREE.

Top tip: NEVER play poker with a guy who calls himself 'The Professor'. EVER.

Top words for 'cool': 'Badass', 'Awesome'.

Worst injury: I broke my pride once. It's still sore.

Favourite robot: Too many to choose from, all of them are cool. It's probably giant and loves destroying cities.
Favourite weapon: Caustic wit. HARHAR.
Favourite war: Vietnam totally had the best soundtrack.

Farthest ever travelled from home: America.

Bath or shower? Bath. My shower's broken.

Coke or Pepsi? Coke.

Neighbours or Home and Away? I don't do soaps.

Burger King or McDonalds? McDonalds. Burger King fries suck.

How do you take your tea? Intravenously.

Beatles or Stones? Stones. Ringo's drumming is like pensioners' sex; slow, creaky, out of time and mentally scarring for anyone in a five-mile radius.

Batman or Superman? Batman. Red spandex underpants should be punishable by hanging, drawing and quartering.

Wayne and Garth or Bill and Ted? WILD STALLYNS. *Solo*

Writing or reading? Neither, they're both just as fun.

Popcorn - salted, sweet or toffee? Butter.

Last word: "Zeppelin rule!"

Name: Lewis Cahill
Position in band: guitarist/backing vox
Other names: lew, loobs, double rimmy rim rim Mcrim burger (decided in the back of a strangers car one hour after the leeds fest 04' it's a long story and i might post it in the people page sometime)
Born: 5th of June 1990
Height: aboot 5'4 i've been told
Weight: 48 kg
Shoe size: 7

Describe your style: Baby faced good looks and boyish charm
Allergies: i'm allergic to pain
Fave foods: pot noodles, noodles, sausages rice and peas, sausages and noodles, pizza, pasta and some other stuff but i can't think of them right now, all you need to know is that it's all unhealthy
Fave bands/singers: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy too many to name.Jimi Hendrix, ac/dc, van halen, funeral for a friend, hell is for heroes, reuben, colour of fire,incubus, joe satriani (is a god), the dead kennedys, NOFX, incubus, cave in, slayer, the holiday plan, kinesis, black wire, the kaiser chiefs, maximo park, dinosaur jr, bloc party, charlie christian, robert johnson, the icarus line, the mars volta, and a lot more i'll up date this when i can think of what else there is
Motto: i don't really have one although at regular intervals one would be "oh god please stop hitting me" another one could be "oh jesus/crap i'm so tired *runs hands over face* i need some coffee"
Fave TV: Futurama, family guy, the simpsons, dead ringers, invader zim, ren and stimpy, cribs, pimp my ride is pretty cool as well, downtown is a great show, once again i'll update if i can remember any others

Hobbies: Playing guitar, Playing video games, Watching t.v, Listening to music and reading. and one of these days i''m going to get back into the drums
Interesting fact about yourself: beleive it or not i will one day grow.

Favourite drink: Dr. pepper. COFFEE that's by far the best drink ever (or i think at least) exept it doesn't help me stay awake anymore because i drink too much
Favourite song: holy crap. I would probobly say stepping stone by jimi hendrix

Favourite dog: Ned's dog
Favourite WWF wrestler:I thought the dudly brothers were pretty damn cool

Favourite films: dumb and dumber, waynes world 1 and 2, reservoir dogs, preditor, back to the future and south park bigger longer and uncut and the best film ever...... dum dumdumdumdum dum dum dum duuuuuummmm: a clockwork orange
Best value purchase to date inc. price: a glass slide for my guitar, 2.50
Top tip: for god's sake man ALWAYS use the shotgun

Top words for 'cool': cool, awsome, top and some other crap that i probably say subconsesly

Worst injury: i havn't really had any injuries that are worth mentioning.
Favourite robot: the super armour plated one from robotech battlecry.
Favourite weapon: twin nano mp. for god's sake a begginer could kick ass with these in a 5 on 1 match.
Favourite war: i don't really care for wars enough to have a favorite.
Farthest ever travelled from home: America.
Bath or shower?: shower.
Coke or Pepsi?: pepsi because it has less fizz which is always cool but don't get me wrong i do like coke.
Neighbours or Home and Away?: i hate all soaps except for the bill

Burger King or McDonalds?: it was McDonalds but now they've replaced the vegetable deluxe burger with the quorn supreme so i don't like either
How do you take your tea? milk and two sugars although i prefere coffee to tea
Beatles or Stones?: neither. i havn't heard enough of either of them to make a judgement
Batman or Superman? Batman. he let his fists do the talking not like that wuss super man "oh watch me stare at you until you blow up" i mean god he even came out in day light batman didn't AND batman proved he was a bad-ass by wearing just black not blue and red and yellow damn that superman i will kill him one day.
Wayne and Garth or Bill and Ted? Wayne and Garth because they're more believable than bill and ted and they didn't even have a real plot line because they're real men AND they could actually play instruments.
Writing or reading?: reading i'm not creative enough to write well
Popcorn - salted, sweet or toffee?: Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.
Last word: i hate you adam vernon i hate you so much

Name: Josh

Position in band: Guitarist, singer, pirate
Other names: N/A

Born: 14th of april
Weight: 10 stone something

Height: About 6 foot i thinl
Shoe size: 12
Describe your style: Piratical

Allergies: Jimmy Saville

Fave foods: Nice nice food
Fave bands/singers: The Clash, The Libertines, Joy Division, RATM, Beastie Boys, QOTSA, SOAD, David Bowie, Joey S, The Pixies, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Sufjan Stevens, some others

Motto: I can always get by on my good looks and charm

Fave TV: Funny stuff mainly

Hobbies: Guitar, tv, music, video games, being awesome.
Interesting fact about yourself: Keanu Reeves was in this shop the other day, and I walked right up to him and floored him with a single punch.

Favourite drink: Milkshake

Favourite song: Golden Brown by The Stanglers

Favourite dog: Fry's dog in Futurama
Favourite WWF wrestler: SuperUltimateJesus
Favourite films: A Nightmare Before Christmas, Fight Club, Reservoir Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, Snatch, Lock stock...; Mmmm-mm

Best value purchase to date inc. price: I'll say my pirate hat, and that was like £2:00 or something

Top tip: Don't get run over by a smart car, because then you'll just look like a dumbass

Top words for 'cool': Bitchin and Awesome

Worst injury: That time I got shot in the face and died instantly

Favourite robot: Bender, yo
Favourite weapon: My awesomeness
Favourite war: One with Aliens

Farthest ever travelled from home: Australia

Bath or shower? Shower

Coke or Pepsi? They both suck shit and are exactly the same
Neighbours or Home and Away? Bleuch.

Burger King or McDonalds? Shit or Shit?

How do you take your tea? With sugar.

Beatles or Stones? Stones, the Beatles are disgusting and I hate them. Especially that bastard McCartney.

Batman or Superman? I hate them both, Spiderman would floor them with a single punch. What a badass.
Wayne and Garth or Bill and Ted? Bill and Ted, EVEN THOUGH it has that sickening piece of shit Keanu Reeves in it. I hate him sooo much.

Writing or reading? Either.

Popcorn - salted, sweet or toffee? Sweet. Salted defies the point of popcorn

Last word: "Keanu Reeves sucks ass!"

Name: Tom

Position in band: Bassist
Other names: N/A

Born: 28^th October 1989 Leeds.
Height: 510

Weight: 9 ½ stone
Shoe size: 9
Describe your style: T-shirt, baggy trousers, vans. Fairly tidy hair.

Allergies: None.
Fave foods: Chicken enchiladas, pizza, Chicken Korma, Prawns, most spicy stuff
Fave bands/singers: Led Zepplin, Rage Against The Machine, Muse, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Darkness, System of A Down

Motto: If it doesnt make your ears drums explode then its not worth listening to.

Fave TV: I dont watch much TV, I like Toonami and Kerrang.

Hobbies: Computer-ness, Consoleing

Interesting fact about yourself: Im not an interesting person.

Favourite drink: Oasis Summer friuits
Favourite song: Bliss by Muse or Love Island by Fat Boy Slim
Favourite dog: Buster
Favourite WWF wrestler: Wrestling sucks.
Favourite films: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Alien, the Austin Powers Films, Alien, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir dogs.

Best value purchase to date inc. price: Aliens vs. Prtedator 2 - £4. 95

Top tip: Dont eat yellow snow

Top words for 'cool': Awesome Funky Teh Funk

Worst injury: My broken heart When I fell off my bed and cracked my head.

Favourite robot: R-109

Favourite weapon: The NICW from Red Faction 2
Favourite war: War is bad.

Farthest ever travelled from home: Portugal/Germany, whichevers furthest

Bath or shower? Shower

Coke or Pepsi? Coke.
Neighbours or Home and Away? Neighbours

Burger King or McDonalds? Neither

How do you take your tea? Never

Beatles or Stones? Stones

Batman or Superman? Batman
Wayne and Garth or Bill and Ted? Both.

Writing or reading? Reading

Popcorn - salted, sweet or toffee? Toffee, the one you do in the microwave.

Last word: Boobs! Heh heh, I said boobs!


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