Alan "Al" Gornall

Zane Maertens

Paul "Large" McCormick

Alan Warner

Alan Warner (Lead Vocals and Guitar)

Alan Warner was born in Paddington, London,he started playing Guitar at the age of 11, he originally wanted to play a trumpet but had to settle for a toy accordion, then, his parents bought him a cheap Spanish guitar for Christmas, and he soon realised, listening to the twangy tones of Duane Eddy, Hank Marvin, The Ventures, etc, that this was what he wanted to do. After leaving school at 14 Alan played with several semi pro bands playing local gigs before turning professional at 16, he lived in Ireland for a while Playing the Dublin Club scene and touring the country,whilst living in Ireland he turned down an offer to join The Black Eagles with Phil Lynott who later went on to form rock band Thin Lizzy,on returning to England he carried on as a freelance guitarist playing various gigs and recording sessions.His first big break came when he went on tour backing Edwin Starr, The Toys and Arthur Brown. A founder member of the Foundations, Alan is a true veteran in the professional music business and has his own website www.alan-warner.com. He has writen around 30 instructional books / CD's and videos on how to play the guitar.

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Paul McCormick (Keyboard, and Vocals)

Paul "Large" McCormick started playing piano at the tender age of 5, and continued learning until he was 18, taking GCSE and 'A' level music qualifications in his stride. He first played live with a school rock'n'roll band at the age of 14, and continued to gain experience with a number of live bands, playing covers and originals, before landing on Flashback's doorstep in early 2004.

Paul is a skilled musician with a keen ear (if he's heard it, he can play it!). Although most at home behind a keyboard, Paul is also a competent drummer and can even find his way around a bass guitar in an emergency!

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Kelly "K" Koufopoulou (vocals and percussion)

Kelly 'K'' has recently joined Flashback as lead and backing vocalist.  Kelly recently got married to Michalis, and quite rightly they chose Flashback for their wedding reception!  
We agreed to rehearse a few songs with Kelly as she had always wanted to sing at her own wedding - brave lass that she is.  Turns out she had a stunning voice to match those good looks so we asked her to join the band !  We discovered she comes from a very musical family with her Dad playing drums and her younger Brother Bass guitar.  You can imagine how the wedding reception went!....
 
Kelly has been a DJ since she was 18 years old so is familiar with the function scene. She has a varied taste in music but ultimately is a funky rock chick! She enjoys writing her own music and is starting to record some of her master pieces in 'Studio' G run by her bass guitaring brother! Keep your eye on the Top 40 charts!

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Alan "Al" Gornall (Drums)

Al' (short for Alanimal) started playing at the age of 19 when he bought his first drum kit home claiming he borrowed it ! Playing for 27 years in various rock and pop covers bands on both acoustic and electronic drum kits his favourite instrument is his DW Kit despite the 'interesting' colour ! For the previous 4 years Al' was the drummer for a top British function / covers band, but he left to form Flashback.  As well as playing the drums, Al manages Flashback, does the Sales and Marketing, finance, makes the tea, cleans the toilets etc.....

In his spare time Al' enjoys designing and building very high quality audio systems and runs HiFi Cinema Ltd. He also likes to Fly aeroplanes and try to beat his work colleagues at Squash.

Al often plays in studio recording sessions like the one we performed for our demonstration CD.

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Zane Maertens (Bass Guitar and Vocals)

Zane grew up in south East Spain and began his musical journey on the faithful 'ol banjo at the tender age of 13..........er..... swiftly moving onto Guitar and playing classical and flamenco styles. After moving to England in 1991 he attended the Guild Hall School of music and Drama In London on Classical Guitar.

Played in various unsigned rock/pop/funk bands in the London Pub/Club circuit.
Moved onto Bass in a spur of the moment, and never looked back.
"the bass is an integral part of any band and i feel the contribution is as rewarding as a nice toe-rub".

Touring the world on cruise ships for 3 years has given zane the experience and repertoire in any style of music, specializing in Jazz, Classical, Rock/Pop, Funk, Latin, and having the opportunity of playing with such people as Pearl Kaufman(movie pianist on; Dr Zhivago, Magnificent seven, The Godfather) , Nestor Torres (Latin Flute Virtuoso), Elliot & Ian Finkle (Piano & Marimba), and many others.

Now residing in London he play's with various bands of different genre As well as working with up and coming Irish Singer/songwriter "Chris Singleton", He has His own "Jazz Trio/quartet", which plays from Restaurants like "Prism" in Leadenhall St, and The olive Tree in Hammersmith to The Tate Modern & The Design Museum.
As well as Flashback, Zane also plays in many other function bands, and has his own Solo Classical Guitar gig's.

And believe it or not, he still has plenty of time for his wife and two lovely daughters, Zaya and Zeyla.

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