| Name: | Sharon Leach |
| Nicknames: | Shazbot, Razzle, Shazakhstan |
| Date of Birth: | 8th March 1979 |
| Hometown: | A Rochdale lass in London village |
| Plays: | Microkorg, glockenspiel, percussion and vocals |
| Favourite Gresham Flyers song: | Student Nurse, for the couplet: ‘I wasn’t looking for a mindless conquest, despite the fact that I’m in love with your chest’. |
| Hobbies and interests: | Knitting, reading and being a radio anorak. |
| Why I’m in a band: | Anything that eases my daily transformation into Candida Doyle from Pulp is alright by me. |
| Best gig ever attended: | This is where I try and think of my most obscure reference point, but I am going to say my first concert seeing Pulp free at the Heineken Music Festival in Leeds. |
| Albums to recommend: | I’ll give you three: Beach Boys – Sunflower/Surf’s Up (I’m allowed them both as they’re a 2for). ‘Til I Die is the aural equivalent of dying in honey. Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information for a blissful sunny afternoon. War of the Worlds – Jeff Wayne. A bloody masterpiece. |
| Book of the moment: | John Steinbeck – East of Eden is the only novel to make me cry, but I have a lot of time for David Sedaris too. |
| Favourite film: | I don’t really do films. I’m naughty. I loved Best in Show and A Mighty Wind though. Ea'. A' 'oe's. |
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| Most likely to say: | Y’alright, chuck? |
| Band I’d join if weren’t in the Gresham Flyers: | I’d make a good Ron Mael from Sparks |
| Describe the other members of The Gresham Flyers in one word: | Waz – Wondrous Andrew – Neptunium Martin – Cheeky Thom – Dandom Dan – Rad |
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