1978-1979
The Galactic Quest
Personnel: Rob Szczerba One Stringed Bass Guitar; Dave Szczerba Two stringed acoustic guitar, sixty five in one electronics project kit; Cosmo Hodgson: Drums.
Dave and Rob had been experimenting with tape machines for months, but had no cash for musical instruments. Dave built a sound generator out of a tandy projects kit and started to loop synthetic sounds together. Cosmo had just bought a Drum kit and was keen to demonstrate his solo skills. No-one else was. Robs tapes were running, and before he knew it, the result was sampled and spliced into the first two Galactic Quest Albums. Cosmo left the band to join the Police. The success of the first album put pressure on the band to generate more electronic loops. Finally a quadrouple live album was released leaving critics and fans alike speechless.
Albums Released
1978: Project Skiffle: Rated 4 stars
1979: Project Sinfield: Rated 3 stars
Best Track:
'We Too Can Speak German'
1979-81
The Szczerba / Parry Experience
Personnel: Dave Szczerba Guitars and Drum Machine , Simon Parry Guitar and Violin
Simon had a full beard by the time he was five years old, and played violin whilst riding on a motor bike. Whilst at College, Simon played his first gig as the Horncastle project with a wah wah pedal, and steam powered amp and took it down to Dave's studios in Mirfield West Yorkshire. Dave had just acquired a guiter and fed the pickup through a portable radio to produce earsplitting feedback. The sessions were taped, but are yet to be releasd to the releif of everybody. Simon studied accountancy for two hundred years before escaping to Wales to join a folk outfit with a Huge Amplifier System. He was the first person to have a petrol driven amplifier.
Albums:
1978: Escape from Mirfield (unreleased): Rated 1 star
1979 - 1984
The Molecules # 1
Personnel: Dave, Guitars, effect knob; Rob Bass, Guitars. Robot Alien: Drums
After Cosmo left to join the Police, Dave decided to look for a drummer.Dave met Robot Alien in Music Ground in Leeds and hired him on the spot. Robot Alien had amazing time-keeping skills, and turned up to every session provided a couple of 1.5 volt batteries were suitably inserted. This led to the first 4 track recordings. As Rob and Dave were practicing every night, these sessions were some of the tightest and were similar to their infamous live sets..
Albums:
Mirfield Moments (Compilation), Rated 3 stars
Videos:
Twelve Monsters, Rated 4 Stars
Captain Amazon: Rated 5 Stars
1985
The Molecules # 2
Personnel: Dave, Guitars, Effect Knob; Rob Bass, Guitars. Kev: Paper-Mache Drumkit; Robot Alien: Percussion
Kev's drum kit was made out of paper and twigs. His playing style was unusual. He would folow every beat played on Dave's Guitar. This led to long compositions made up of unrelated sequenced riffs. This was the stage where Dave and Rob started to learn how to play guitars with more than one string. Studio versions of the tracks emerged
1985
Cold Foot / Twenty-Five Envelopes
Personnel: Dave, Guitars, Effect knob; Captain Amazon, Elephant Guitar. Terry, Hi Hat and Snare; Robot Alien Jr, Drums.
Dave, Terry, Craig, Robot Alien Jr: Craig had a guitar that sounded like an Elephant with terrific bowel wind, Terry could only afford a high hat and one drum stick, and Dave had his magic cassette tape echo box, and an Amplifier that gave each member an injury. After a disasterous gig in Sheffield and some initial stage fright under the band name 'Cold Foot', they changed their name to Twenty-Five envelopes. This outfit toured the North of England and supported Eric and the Underpants from Hell in Derby College. It was their first professional gig which boxed £15. Unfortunately, no recordings were made during the live tour.
Best Track:
The Martians are Invading
1988
The Molecules # 3
Personnel: Dave, Guitars; Rob, Bass Guitars. Duncan Little: Percussion
Kev left the band to tour the world, but he forgot to take his Paper Drum Kit. Rob and Dave heard Duncan playing Kev's kit five miles away. Rob and Dave instantly hired him by buying him a Curry. Duncan toured Sheffield and Huddersfield with this legendry live outfit. One of the best gigs ever was at the Crypt in Huddersfield. Unfortunately, the audience was largely made up of a group of pensioners that had been bussed in thinking they were going to see a musical spectacular with Frank Iflield. The band played support to a ukelele player and a whole team of people from Care in the Community.
Live DVD:
1989
The Molecules # 4
Personnel: Dave, Guitars, effect knob; Rob Bass, Guitars. Darryl; Drums.
Dave, Rob, Darryl Was that a lampost?: Darryl was discovered in Kevs house, but he could only play one beat. He left under mysterious circumstances then he suddenly appeared at rehearsals a few weeks later with a couple of teeth missing. The band chose to break up before they lost their teeth too
1989
The Molecules # 5
Personnel: Dave, Guitars, Effect Knob; Rob Bass, Guitars; Mike, Drum Fills.
Mike liked to hit his drums very load. Unfortunately he used all his energy in two hits. He swam 400 lengths every day to build up his stamina, but couldn't play a beat. However, Rob and Dave discovered that Mike could play drum fills, so all compositions during this period consisted of nothing but drum rolls.
Best Tracks:
Mike Couldn't Play This;
The Power, The Power
1990-1998
The Molecules # 6
Personnel: Dave, Guitars; Rob Guitars; Johnny Nightingale, Silent Vocals; Robot Alien, Drums
Johnny Nightingale, an Actor from Barnsley had supported the molecules in their Cult Film Captain Amazon where he played a Mum with muscles. This was a silent film and inspired the band to give Johnny the role of lead vocalist. His silent vocals were an instant success, with the added advantage that they could not afford a microphone. Johnny went on to patent many inventions including a sponge tuning fork and the extra large pint glass. He perfected his silent singing to the extent where he learnt how to stop breathing for the entire length of the live set. He left the band temporarily to tour Australian bars.
Albums
Audio Can Change Your Life : Rated 4 Stars
Gravity Always Lets You Down: Rated 3 Stars
1998-2006
The Molecules # 7
Personnel: Dave, Guitars, Effects knob; Rob, Guitars; And.D, Drums; Johnny, Silent Vocals; Robot Alien Percussion
As Chris' rock and roll haircutting life made him late to many Bouski recording sessions And.D joined forces with Dave to produce new backing tracks to Molecules songs. Ultimately became a fully fledged member of the band on meeting Johnny at a curry house in Sheffield.
Albums
1990-1995
Chris, Dave and Psycho-Chef Nick
Personnel: Chris Thomas, Vocals and Hairdressing; Dave, Acoustic Guitar; Nick, Guitar, Belly Laughs, Vocals.
Dave played solo guitar at Telford's Warehouse in Chester in the early nineties attempting to get over stage fright. Chris Thomas, a local builder, oil salesman and hairdresser saw Dave play and offered to be a vocalist in exchange for a few free haircuts and a pint of Guiness. A number of listenable pop tracks were written. They toured local bars for the next two years and played their songs too. Occasionally, they teamed up with local pop guru Psycho-Chef 'Nick', but he mysteriously vanished one day on his Lambretta and was discovered years later on a health farm eating pickled chillies.
Albums
Chris and Dave's Bargain Basement Album: (Not released)
1995-Present
Bouski
Personnel: AndD: Percussion and Executive Production, Chris, Vocals; Dave, Guitars, and Engineering.
Chris introduced local drummer And.D to Dave at Telford's Warehouse in Chester. And.D accidently joined the band after a few rounds of lager. Dave and And.D both built studios and equipped them with beer fridges. The rest is history. Once prolific writers and performers, the band became more interested in sound production and have been working on their third 'difficult' album for the past three years. Chris suffered from body-clockitis whereby he would instantly fall asleep at half-past ten each night. As most Bouski sessions would not start until twenty past, And.D and Dave took to sampling Chris' singing and snoring and pasting it onto finished tracks. Chris would turn up to the sessions the following week and would be convinced he sang the whole song through himself. However this slow pace of recording gave them time to produce video footage "just in case" they become famous.
Albums
Dec 2006-Present
Strangefates
Personnel: Didier Soyuz, Guitars; And.D, Real Drums; Salamander Maroon, Virtual Guitarist; Harrie Skjellerup, Virtual Guitarist; Cat Gisel, Virtual Drummer; Bittersweet Lime, Virtual Bass
Dave entered the online virtual land Secondlife as frustrated guitarist Didier Soyuz in November 2006. Didier explored music venues and met Sal, Harrie, Cat and Bittersweet along the way who willingly volunteered to create a virtual band for live shows. The band soon established a reputation as a class virtual band act with each character having such strong entertaining personalities. The band origins range from Ireland, Germany, UK, and USA. Sal specialises in high leaps, and sharp wit; Harrie is a cult purple fashion icon as well as chief marketeer, Bittersweet is stagebuilder and full-time Warrior; Cat weilds luminous drumsticks and acts as band counsellor. They continue to tour with increasing popularity in Secondlife. The chronicles of the band are logged here.
Jan 2007-Present
Didier Soyuz
Didier Soyuz: Real and Virtual Guitar
From the success of Strangefates within Secondlife, Didier was encouraged to perform acoustic guitar solo instrumental sets live without a safety net at various clubs, including the Hummingbird, The Cherry, Luxor, Egret and Monkey Island. The live set has become an established event. Didier varies the set list each time, and keeps the audience in suspense, watching to see if he can remain on stage for the full duration without falling off or crashing the SIM.
November 2007 - Present
Didier and Preciousse
Didier: Real Guitar
Preciousse Moody; Vocals
In real life Dave has been working with Preciousse Moody. Preciousse is a very talented singer, songwriter from Toronto, Canada, receiving excellent reviews in Secondlife. They have collaborated on three songs to date:
Free Your Heart
Shine (play on )
Invisible
