TheVarukers

The Varukers were formed in 1979, the original line up was Rat (vox) Bruce Riddel (guitar) Garry Moloney (bass) and Tom Lowe (second guitar) and some guy called Garry on drums. Around about 1980 the drummer quit and Tom went onto bass and Garry took up drums, the band started to play gigs and attracted the attention of inferno records, in 1982 shortly after the release of I Dont Want To Be A Victim EP 7"Single garry left and joined discharge. Brian Rowe was his replacement, not long after that Tom dropped out and was replaced by George. This line-up released Blood suckers on riot city records and then George left-he was replaced by Broken Bric, the brian dropped out! Andy Baker took up drums and Damien took up guitar. The Bric left! (bloody hell!) He was replaced by Tony.

It was now 1984 and the varukers toured Europe, but when they returned Tony and Damien left. These were replaced paul miles on guitar and Graham kerr on bass, after a few releases andy left. He was replaced by Warren, he played on the 1985 release one struggle one fight, and then they brought in a second guitarist, warren left and kevin frost joined them on drums. Then they split in 1988, they reformed about two years later with Biff on guitar, rat on vox, kev frost on drums, and brian on bass and released the 7inch nothings changed on weird records. Then Brian left the band and was replaced by Kierran-though not for long. The varukers then entered the studio and recorded the album how do you sleep, they toured a lot and then Kev left. He was replaced by ricardo on drums and another guitarist joined (shaun). So after all those changes the current line-up stands at Rat on vox, Biff on guitar, Taff on bass, Shaun on guitar and Ricardo on drums…wonder how long that’ll last.