| Name: | Andrew Newman |
| Nicknames: | Concrete, The Newmanator, Newmanoid, Eagle Six (formerly Bridget) |
| Date of Birth: | 23rd July 1977 |
| Hometown: | Swindon |
| Plays: | Synths, Drums, Bass |
| Favourite Gresham Flyers song: | Shiftwork |
| Hobbies and interests: | Mountain biking, building electronic circuits |
| Why I’m in a band: | I'm obsessed with music, and now I've found some similarly-obsessed people to make it with |
| Best gig ever attended: | This is a really hard one, but I'm going to go for Tindersticks, at Camber Sands in 2004. They played most of their 2nd (and best) album, and I was standing right at the front. |
| Albums to recommend: | Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners George Best - The Wedding Present Seventeen Seconds - The Cure |
| Book of the moment: | I'm not exactly an avid reader. I've read an interesting biography of XTC recently though. |
| Favourite film: | Again, not really my thing. I've a 48-track mind, I think. I do like "The Empire Strikes Back" though. |
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| Most likely to say: | "Hey, let's build a theremin" |
| Band I’d join if weren’t in the Gresham Flyers: | I believe the Cure might be looking for a new keyboard player now... |
| Describe the other members of The Gresham Flyers in one word: |
Sharon: starshaped Thom: responsible Waz: calm Dan: skill Martin: grinning |
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