Waking Day
Waking Day are a five piece band from the North-West of England. With two albums already under their belt they are busy writing new songs for a third album and preparing to hit the road with a dynamic new live set.
Piya Goddard
Fact File
- Name: Piya
- Instrument: Lead Guitar
- Birth town: City of Angels
- Influences: Paul Kossoff, Matt Schofield, Joe Bonamassa, Wes Montgomery, BB King and many others
- Favourite food: Thai
- Favourite quote: “Let go…”
- Dogs or cats?: Waiting for a cute hybrid… in the meantime, dogs
Equipment Rundown
- Guitars: Suhr Classic Pro (main guitar), Fender American Deluxe Telecaster, Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom.
- Amplification: Victory V40 head and 112 cab (main amp), Fender Princeton Reverb.
- Effects: Xotic AC Booster, TC Electronic Spark Booster, Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, Boss DD-7 Delay, Boss TU-3 tuner.
Chris Bate
Fact File
- Name: Chris
- Instrument: Drums
- Birth town: Warrington
- Influences:
- Favourite food:
- Favourite quote:
- Dogs or cats?: New
Equipment Rundown
- Kit: Various
- Monitoring: IEM
Jon Shaw
Fact File
- Name: Jon
- Instrument: Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals
- Birth town: Ashton-under-Lyne
- Influences: C, G & D
- Favourite food: Greek
- Favourite quote: “We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public”
- Dogs or cats?: Dogs
Equipment Rundown
- Guitar: Taylor
- Amplification: Marshall AS50D acoustic amp
- Vocals: Sure SM58
Ade Hall
Fact File
- Name: Ade
- Instrument: Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Birth town: West Kirby
- Influences: Tony Banks, Rick Wright and Rick Wakeman (there, I said it)
- Favourite food: Anything not containing olives
- Favourite quote: “I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way… so I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness”
- Dogs or cats?: Definitely dogs
Equipment Rundown
- Keyboard: Nord Stage 3
- Amplification: Behringer K3000FX
Andy Cooke
Fact File
- Name: Andy
- Instrument: Bass
- Birth town: Swinton
- Influences: Pete Way, John Paul Jones, Bruce Foxton, Michael Dunlop
- Favourite food: Cats
- Favourite quote: “What are you rebelling against? What have you got?”
- Dogs or cats?: Motorbikes
Equipment Rundown
- Bass: Fender Jazz,
- Amplification: AER Amp 2
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