Failure of Usual Reasoning

well, a temporary biography until we can come up with something better

What, or who, is Failure of Usual Reasoning? To put it shortly, they are a bunch of musicians who write music that they like playing. Simple, isn't it?

FoUR formed in early 2001 after a conversation in a nightclub the previous year between Wes, Richie and Chris along the lines of "I play guitar", "Hey, I sing", "Oh, I play guitar too", "Lets form a band!". Mario a Brazilian funk drummer now got involved, and the band was completed by Ricky, drummer of Inner Rage, on bass. This was only a temporary arrangement until a full time bass player could be found, when Tam was roped in before he had even left his native SA. With the completed line up, the songs continued to get more interesting, and a few small gigs were played with encouraging reactions.

2002 was not a year that will be remembered by FoUR with joy. Things started to go wrong in late spring, and a combination of travel and medical disasters meant that little could be achieved. The writing, however, was improving, and other highlights included reaching the final of the Romford/Secrets battle of the bands against well established acts. All this was overshadowed by circumstances - 3 full band rehearsals in a 6 month period was very frustrating for everybody.

2003 started slowly. Motivation after the previous year's chaos was not easy, and Mario needed to leave the country for a time, but... a one-off gig in March showed everyone in the band what they were missing out on, and hurt a few other people's ears too. Steve who had also covered at the last Romford show, played that show and subsequently agreed to help out on a more regular basis. After several more shows, and following the start of recording the new demo, Mario returned to the band. Two thousand and FoUR should be an interesting year....

Wes

Also known as: Wezboy, Metallica Boy, Roadkill
Loves: Spiderman, The Metal^TM, Lucozade
Hates: Traffic, people, anything not The Metal^TM

An obnoxious northern git - if you can call Grimsby northern, that is - Wes now finds himself in London. Despite being the vocalist for FoUR, it is disturbing to note that he can play guitar, bass and drums better then he can actually sing.
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Richie

Also known as: Newky, The Chard, The Ging, Captain Random
Loves: The Metal^TM, white paint, talking rubbish
Hates: Keyboards, working, normal conversation

Although the baby of the band, Richie's full and luxuriant flowing mane puts the rest of the band's hair to shame. Whilst not being an artist, he is on a pseudo-religious quest to write the perfect beatdown. In the meantime, he enjoys the unique FoUR aroma.
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Chris

Also Known as: Hairy Chris, Captain Wrong
Loves: Big books, high cholesterol food, The Metal^TM
Hates: Mornings, afternoons, evenings, nights

Chris makes up for his woeful lack of talent by playing so fast that the rest of FoUR don't notice. Regularly changing his appearance to avoid recognition, he still has all his own teeth even at his advancing age.
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Tam

Also known as: The Donkey
Loves: Annoying people, The Metal^TM, annoying more people
Hates: Annoying people

Tam received his nickname after making an inopportune comment about a celebrity slapper. Still a member of FoUR after years of abuse, he has a strange relationship with Wes involving bitchtits.
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Mario

Only known as: Mario
Loves: The sun, the ladies, The Metal^TM
Hates: Stress

International man of mystery. The first, and last, FoUR drummer spent a year on secret missions before returning to the stool of destruction to continue bringing the comedy. Also helps to keep the UK's mobile phone companies in business.
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