Born and bred on a diet of cheddar and cider, Ben Skuse is a Somerset boy and could easily be mistaken for Scottish due to his near constant state of drunkenness. Ben is a student at Edinburgh University and is classically trained in very little but plays original acoustic rocky filth.

Sarah Birch is a Highland girl and consequently can usually be found in a pub, whether it is for the purposes of playing or solely for drinking. When not drinking, Sarah is an acoustic singer-songwriter, studies music at Edinburgh University and is signed to the independant label Karisma Records, based in Newcastle.

Calum Haddow has battled against the odds to overcome a crippling Pringles addiction and with the help and support of his friends and colleagues we hope to keep him Pringles free during the tour so that he can perform his unique brand of rocky blues to the best of his vast abilities.

A fifer from Fife, Peter Somerville is addicted to Buckfast and being "Lonesome Tonight". His heros and influences include J. Spaceman, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello and J. Mascis and the music of Seattle and Nashville.

Chris Hesketh: A monkey from Gibraltar. This hymn loving Buddhist spends his waking hours drinking JD and occasionally hitting stretched animal skin with sticks.

Glaswegian medical student Jamie Smith cites influences including "Livin' In A Box" by Livin' In A Box, Husker Du, the Beta Band, Joy Division, the Clash's "Rock the Kasbah" and the entire Ghostbusters soundtrack. The bagpipes, mouth harp and stylophone are but three of the instruments that he has approached with caution, but you are most likely to see him breaking guitar strings. He has been recording under the pseudonym Jags for about a tenth of his viable life, and earned over $2.83 before tax from song downloads alone at Ampcast. He is a non-profit making organisation.

Julian Wagstaff was born in Edinburgh in 1970 and played violin from the age of 5, taking up guitar at the age of 11. He has played in rock bands, orchestras and as a solo musician since that time, and has also worked briefly in television - researching a documentary about the band Def Leppard. He is the writer and composer of John Paul Jones, a full-length stage musical which premiered in Edinburgh in 2001 and for which the original cast recording is now available on CD. He has just completed a Masters degree in Composition at Edinburgh University, studying with the composer Nigel Osborne.

Writing songs since the age of 15, Azadeh Akhbari didn't release her talent to the public until a year ago. Influenced by the likes of India Arie and Alicia Keys, her sound blends acoustic soul and jazz.

Greg Sanderson: A politics student from Stonehaven in the north east of Scotland who has been interested in music since an early age. Greg was inspired by the likes of Hendrix, Lennon and JJR Smith to pick up the guitar and write songs which are acoustically sound.