Planet of Sound (no.6)

Name: Spike
Birthdate: 11th June 1982
Instruments: Lead Guitar / Vocals
Affiliations: Dire Tribe / Demon Flower / Tension Heads
Bio: Spike was the youngest child in a middle-class family. His musical education came from his family, being raised on a diet of melodic guitar pop and, through his brother, a love for loud, crunching guitar riffs. Indeed, this period brought forth a long standing admiration for Pearl Jam and the Beatles.
It was during Spike’s childhood that Seattle became legendary for Nirvana, Pearl Jam and the birthplace of the early nineties grunge/alternative rock explosion. Having come from a city holding a distinguished place in the history rock and roll music, it didn’t take much for Spike to realise that he wanted to form a band and spend his life playing music and winning fans the world over. Well, it was either that or facing lifetime of being broke and unemployed.

At first Spike was a musician for hire, playing through various bands and building up numerous contacts. Eventually however he decided to try leading his own band. This led to the formation of Demon Flower. When Demon Flower had some breakthrough success, Spike decided to put his fame to good use and encourage a new band, Dire Tribe, and assemble a group of musicians for his friend Rick. Later still, when Demon Flower achieved a degree of comfort and stability, Spike formed a new band to work on some new songs that wouldn’t have fit in with the rest of Demon Flower’s repertoire - hence the Tension Heads were born.

Spike is the leader of the Planet of Sound collective. Whilst there are three bands currently in functioning within it (Demon Flower, Dire Tribe and the Tension Heads), Spike is the focal point gathering all the musicians under his banner and having a hand in each band. Through the collective Spike is able to keep track of the contacts he’d built up over the years and find anyone to play with when he needs to get out of a rut. He is the leader of Demon Flower, advisor of the Dire Tribe and, more recently, progenitor of the Tension Heads. Having passionate love for music in all forms, Spike is keen to try new things but is smart enough to set up various avenues to do such a thing.
Despite a dictatorial role in his collective, in what music is played and what his bandmates should do, Spike does however possess a lighter side with him being humorous and of an easy-going nature. And he still plays some mean guitar.