A Band

The A Band
The A Band at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2009. Back row: Pete Herring, Karl Waugh, Stewart Greenwood. Middle:Stewart Keith, Seth Cooke, Gardyloo SPeW. Front: Andrew Fletcher, Greta Pistaceci.
Background information
OriginNottingham, England
GenresFree improvisation
Years active1990–1999; 2007–present
MembersStream Angel
Stuart Arnot
Stanley Bad
Martin Bizarro
Andie Brown
Seth Cooke
Gaving Christy
Andrea Fletcher
Andrew Fletcher
Megan Fletcher-Cutts
Pete Herring
Stewart Keith
Simon Morris
Simon Murphy
Richard Thomas
Chloe Wallace
Karl Waugh
Gardyloo SPeW
Calum F Kerr
Jonas Golland
Dolly Dollycore
Emu Extraordinare
Tim Drage
"Bonkers" Kev Nickells
Max Leonard Hitchings
David Shewry
Andrew Locke
Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly
Carlos Ferrao
Lara Pearl
Lydia Morgan
Dan Spicer (in denial)
Dunrobin Dobbin
Matthew Lee Knowles
Zali Krishna
Megan Alodon
Phillip Raymond Goodman
Tim Flitcroft
Charlie Wheatley
James Wise
Tina Hibbins
Lisa McKendric
James shearman
Past membersAndy Anderson
John Aziz
Tim Barker
Neil Campbell
Michael Canning
Gavin Christy
Sophie Cooper
Jean-Emmanuel Dubois
Vince Earimal
Sticky Foster
Ginge Attridge
Stewart Greenwood
Dave Higginson
John Hedley
Mick Horton
Billy MacLennan Irvine
Joincey
Julie Kjær
David Large
Dr Neil Lent (a.k.a. Lenty)
Niggle
Verity Spott
Rafe Ozimek
Neal Pates
Greta Pistaceci
Jim Plaistow
Barry Rothery
Sarah Attridge
Matt Scott
Isabel Scum-Plotter
Geoffrey Sick
Phil Todd
Richard Thomas
Dave Walters
Simon Wickham-Smith
Michael Gillham
Mike Vest
Murray Ward
Andrew Williams
Richard Youngs

The A Band are a British musical collective formed in Nottingham in the late 1980s. In 2005, The Wire compared the band's importance to that of AMM and SME, and noted their lack of musical training.

The line-up of the group has never been fixed. New members are always invited to join the band.