Contrary to recent speculation, Gary Bamford was born. This unremarkable event occurred at Princess Margaret’s Hospital, Swindon, UK on 5th April 1970. Who was to know that a mere seventeen years later, on his ABRSM Grade 8 piano examination performance, an examiner would comment “The melodies sang QUITE WELL”? Gary began piano lessons at the age of five, at ten he began the trumpet and in his teens taught himself guitar, bass guitar and drums. Read more on Last.fm