Spent the 90's playing rhythm guitar in a heavy 'rock' band, then got spinning trip-hop, big(break) beat and drum &amp; bass on the 1210's until the early 00's. Also enjoyed sound engineering for bands, both in studio or live, as well as multitrack and sequence work but having spent a few years switched off i've been drifting back into it since '09.

Now living in Cyprus i have monthly slots on local internet 'station' blueraccoon.fm and on local fm radio rockfmcyprus.com, and guest with local bass music crews such as UltraViolet, Ravemonster and Dirty Basslines.

I also setup & run a portal/news website about bass n beats in Cyprus promoting all events, crews and artists on the island : http://www.breakbeatcyprus.com

My passion remains making noise and spinning vinyls out and about whenever i can, send me your music via aim:geofforia

I've been in some great bands and made some great connections with amazing musicians. here is a smattering of our rehearsal recordings

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Stephen Hammond &amp; Geoff Dutch when interviewed simply said "We formed the band initially called Mother Careys Chicken in spring 1992. &nbsp;A summer of car washing meant that we could then buy guitars and learn how to play. &nbsp; In January '93, we hooked up with Tom Hennah, who played air drums really well, he borrowed a kit for a while then started to learn once he bought his own. &nbsp;We asked Simon Burgon to join Summer '93 (because he could play the solo from "The Unforgiven"), and the four of us played Metallica &amp; Guns n Roses covers for a year or so in the local Scout Hut.




In this time we tried out a few vocalists but we thought they didn't fit in too well. &nbsp;We then changed the name to "Lunatic Fringe" and decided that we'd go with Stephens brother, David, as our frontman and vocalist. &nbsp;We wrote a few tunes , added a load of Nirvana tunes to our repertoire and played a few gigs, including "The St. Albans Abbey Crypt" (May 7th 1994), which incidentally has become a cult home video, and the "Northampton Irish Centre" which was our first proper gig bemusing the local crowd.




After writing a few wicked tunes with David, we decided that his hair cut was not cool enough and his black clothes began to fade to grey so we had to boot him out. &nbsp;For a few months we were headless chickens, until we mistakently decided that a frontman wasn’t necessary and we’d do fine as a four piece. &nbsp;So initial shyness had to be pushed aside and from July 1996 the new ' Fringe was arown town."




Odd recordings of various sessions were distributed to friends, family and local gig spots during late 1996 in an attempt to stop playing behind closed doors and to get some feedback on the band. &nbsp;The result was a pleasantly surprised group of friends and a handful of gigs over the following years at The Wag n'Bone (Watford), Long Island Exchange (Rickmansworth), Watford Live Aid, The Wheatsheaf (Leighton Buzzard), The Hop-Pole (Aylesbury) and the Buckinghamshire Arms (Aylesbury).




David Mills increased the band to a 5-piece in the latter half of the decade but by the millenium things had started to fragment ....

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to be continued !



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